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Mealworms infest stored products. The mealworm/darkling beetle’s scientific name is Tenebrio molitor. As larvae, mealworms are long and cylindrical, with hard light-brown bodies. Mealworms grow to become darkling beetles with a 2-3 centimeter long black body. The larvae, the only point in the insect’s life when the insects are called mealworms, become fully grown into beetles in close to 3 months. The mealworm/darkling beetle’s life cycle is as follows. The insect starts as an egg and hatches…

Michelle Han Tran Professor Thibodaux ENG 1157 3 December 2015 White Chicks: Farce and Purposeful Revenge of the Whiteface Controversy? When many people hear of the Wayans Brothers movie White Chicks, they would inevitably picture the humorous scene where Terry Crews, being the physically huge, prideful jock he is, ironically does gestures and lip-syncs to Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” on his car radio. Everyone around me adores this particular movie with a passion, often quoting…

The impacts of the Mongols obsession over communication Is way more positive for us, than negative, although there has been some pretty big problems that the are being blamed on the Mongol Empire. The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of anywhere from 75 to 200 million people peaking in Europe in the years 1346-53. The reasons to why this plague is to blame against the Mongol Empire is because…

Benjamin Spock once said, “Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal” (Goodreads). With the minority in the United States, the majority never knows how tough lives of minorities can be. Wesley Lowery writes a book on the discrimination of police brutality and what he saw through his own cultural lens. He is an African American journalist for the Washington Post. Lowery attended Ohio University…

We all have seen the cartoon show called, “The Simpsons.” We all know the character named Homer Simpson, who works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. His job place always dealing with radiation around him and his co-workers. But we don’t know deep details about radiation. Let’s start by talking about the thermal radiation. Thermal radiation is energy where it transfers by the emission of electromagnetic waves. The waves hold energy away from releasing object. For a normal temperature, the…

Forrest Gump “Momma always said, Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” This is one of the most recognizable quotes from Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is a drama that covers the life of a simple-minded boy, with IQ below 70, from Alabama and the love he has for Jenny, his best friend. Forrest Gump is the best film ever because it shows important events that happened in American History, love between Forrest and Jenny, and influences on social and media networks.…

Affirmative action was created to help those races who have been historically suffering under segregation and domination to obtain representation in society and to balance the income disparity (Hasan, Zoya vii). Affirmative action is the special tool box that the government uses to accelerate the progress of the position of groups that have difficulty because of discrimination. The ongoing action has caused lots of problem benefiting minorities while majorities have a feeling of unfairness.…

As I sit here I’m aggravated of the accusations by people who remain ignorant of what essentially goes on in areas they don’t frequently visit. Therefore, this writing is inspired by two things, the first is the media and secondly a favorite song of mine by Tye Tribbett andGreater Anointed entitled “Good in the Hood”. For decades, there have been misconceptions of people who represent African, Asian, European, and Spanish descent that produce the “Lower Income” group or those that reside in…

Culturally and socially Elvis’ music was particularly associated with topics such as sex, race, and class which contributed to important culture changes in America. "That's All Right Mama," was the first single Elvis released. It was played perpetually on his home-town Memphis station and quickly became a local and national hit. Elvis immediately scored big on the radio once he started making his records. Elvis was fascinated with radio and loved to talk live on the radio with broadcasters and…

watched her milk get stolen (Ochoa). The stealing of Sethe’s milk not only hurt her, but it harmed Halle as well because “whatever he saw…broke him like a twig” (Morrison 81). Through this simile Morrison shows “the depth of the pain experienced by black…