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Armadillos are mammals that have bony plates covering much of their body. They are the only known living mammals to wear these plates. Their shield-like shells led these animals to obtain the Spanish name armadillo, which in English translates to “little armored one.” There are 20 recognized varieties (with multiple subspecies) of armadillos and all but one can be found primarily in Latin America (Mengak, 2004).
The nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus), aka long-nosed armadillo, can be found in North, Central, and South America, and is the most widespread of the armadillo species (Smith, 2007). They are primarily found in Continue reading...

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The field of management has undergone a lot of changes over the years, a significant component of this being reliance on teams for organizational operations. Contemporary organizations rely more on teams to attain pertinent goals. It is evident that an organization can manage more efficiently and effectively by applying team building principles (Saha, 2007). This paper examines the concept of team building, the theoretical and practical implementation in firms, the inherent success of this approach and lessons learned during this research.

What is team building?

It is important, though, to understand that teams are temporary and not permanent units (Parcon, 2007). Some teams Continue reading...

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E. coli is a representative of the normal bacterial composition (microflora) of the human gastrointestinal tract. Escherichia coli infant receives from his mother at birth, and then multiplies and persists throughout life. In the large intestine, where most of these bacteria are localized, they perform some very important functions: protection against pathogens and curbing the growth of opportunistic pathogens; synthesis of vitamin K, B2, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12; it breaks down milk sugar (lactose); involved in the digestion of proteins and carbohydrates; involved in the processing of cholesterol, bile and fatty acids; assimilate oxygen, contributing to the development Continue reading...

Adolescents have always been concerned with their identity. Wrestling with one’s identity is one of the fundamental experiences of adolescence; it is this drive to find out who one is that brings children from childhood into adulthood. It is not always an easy task to discover one’s purpose or identity, and it is common for adolescents to try on many different identities for size before determining who they want to be as an adult. Nell Bernstein suggests that adolescents today are claiming that they identify with the identity of certain ethnic minorities; most notably, these ethnic minorities Continue reading...

Abbott, Philip. "What Can We Learn From Shakespeare About 'Bad' Leaders?" Journal of Leadership Studies 3.4 (2010): 102-07. JSTOR. Web. 25 Mar. 2015.
This article delves into the leadership qualities as presented in William Shakespeare's Richard III.  What qualities did Richard have that made him a so-called "bad" leader?  Consider that Richard's tyrannical actions may have been necessary to become a successful although temporary leader.  We can explore the comparison of Richard's leadership qualities with what Machiavelli considered successful leadership.  Did Richard embody those leadership qualities or did he deviate from them?
Machiavelli, Nicolo. "The Prince." Trans. W.K. Continue reading...

Traditionally, literacy has often been described as inability to read and/or write. However, the meaning of the word is much broader. In order to understand the meaning of literacy properly, we have to put the meaning in context. The broader meaning would include the inability to read and write as well as the inability to understand images, symbols, gestures and other dominant ways of communicating in a culture. Therefore, a new branch has appeared which refers to cultural literacy. Despite the broad description, there are problems associate with illiteracy in every culture. There are links of lack of literacy Continue reading...

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National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is a broadcasting company founded in 1926 by Radio Corporation of America. The network is a commercial television broadcast and radio network that is owned by NBCUniversal, which is a division of Comcast. The broadcasting company has its headquarters in Comcast Building in New York City. The building is located at the Rockefeller Center, but the network has additional offices in Los Angeles and Chicago. The NBC logo, which was adopted officially in 1979, gives the network the name ‘Peacock Network’. This is because the emblem has many colors, which are shaped like a Peacock.
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Aronia berries also known as chokeberries are widely consumed across the U.S. It was established that they have very beneficial effects on human’s health. At least two species of chokeberries are known, which are red and black. The plant is very small with about 1cm size fruits. According to Gonzalez E., Seigler D., Sueiro L. & Yousef G. (2004), red berries are thought to be sweeter than the black one. There are several health benefits aronia berries have. What is interesting is that these small berries are widely attracted by food scientists and fitness lovers because of their Continue reading...

The 1929 stock market raised eyebrows across the globe. Indeed companies were in need of survival to create growths that they needed to meet. Though exaggerations came up from newspapers, companies were on the verge of collapse even when bankers and brokers were on bargain hunting. This article paper review will provide an evaluation of the causes and immediate effects of the 1929 trauma that caused the stock market break-down.
Klein in his article believes that, the crash of this stock market has mademany scholars ask many desperate questions regarding the causes of this crash, the effects and solutions Continue reading...

Integration of the Mobile Banking Technology into the Business Activities

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Demco Communications, a new company of less than two years since inception, deals with the manufacture and distribution of electronic software and hardware equipment. It has had some problems with the existing payments system since most of its clients are not in the same geographic location. Some other clients either do not have bank accounts or would like to avoid the numerous bank transaction charges. In addition, there are those clients that have bank accounts, but they would like to have and try something different in payments system. The market for Demco’s products is readily available and Continue reading...