Critical thinking and effective decision-making Critical thinking and effective decision-making help students to stay focused and attain their goals. Friendship is so important that in some cases, friends have shared dreams and aspirations. I share similar ambitions with the students undertaking an agribusiness management degree. We all want to carve out a career as well as a professional niche in the same field. As a result, it is crucial to work in solidarity and as friends also. We have diverse capabilities which complement one another, and there are higher benefits in working as a team. In some instances, friends provide a sense of identity. Toby and Luke stuck together because they were from the town and socioeconomic backgrounds, they faced the same challenge of dysfunctional families. They felt that the situation in their town was challenging; hence leaving was the best option they had. Student can become their enemies by making the wrong choices. As much as we value our friends, but we should be wary of them being unreliable. mm

Article Analysis The article analyses racial profiling; evaluate the position of the court on the subject by reviewing related literature materials and then compare the information to the data obtained from Nebraska’s law enforcement agency from 2002 to 2007. It then generates a suitable assumption in an attempt to offer policy recommendations. It tests the hypothesis that the race was a determiner of who gets harassed, searched, arrested, or prosecuted by the police. A number of related literature reviewed showed racial bias by the police in the U.S, especially on the African Americans. Kumalu deducted that the higher occurrences of minority arrests in comparison to the majority in Nebraska were compelled by besieged racial profiling instigated by the Drug Enforcement Agency in its crackdown which is majorly aimed at the minority community because of racial stereotype that the minority are more drug-driven that the whites. The author references a landmark case in 1996 Whren V. U.S.A that saw the U.S. Supreme Court upholding this stereotypical method of fighting crime. According to Kumalu, this case expanded the police pretext and latitude,…

Question 2 Strengths Bank Albilad is one of the largest Islamic Banks in Saudi Arabia and across the world. It has one of the largest retail networks across Saudi Arabia and worldwide. It has more than 150 branches and about 184 sales centers. Then, the bank has embraced e-business. As a result, its electronic services are available on a 24-hour basis, including their website, phone app, or even through social media channels, which include LinkedIn, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram. This enables their clients to meet all their banking needs in the comfort of their homes. The online channels also are cost-friendly to customers. The bank practices product differentiation. It offers a wide range of banking services like customer retail banking, corporate banking, treasury, treasury, and brokerage services. Offering a variety of choices helps improve customer responsiveness. Again, the bank has a track record of successful product innovation. Finally, Bank Albilad has projected itself as the most trusted in Saudi Arabia, winning several customers’ loyalty. Weaknesses The Bank’s social media platforms are not well developed, there is less expertise in…

The international theory is a set of traditions detailing the working systems of international governments or states. Significantly, international theories assist with the comprehension of global frameworks and how States engage with each other. The international theory attempts to give the fundamental directions that governments frequently take concerning diplomacy and centered political issues (Acharya and Buzan, 2019). The theory permits people to comprehend and attempt to sort out their general surroundings through different focal points, every one of which speaks to an alternate hypothetical viewpoint. Besides, international theories act as a roadmap that directs people to a particular direction as thought out by a theorist—as such, studying international relations theories encourages people to have an open mindset about the world. Most importantly, international theories give people the ability to defend what they say and understand what others have to say about emerging issues. International theories are derived from liberalism and realism theories. Critically, understanding the causes of international theories can resolve scholarly contestations on international relations. First, liberalism and realism are the two focal speculations of international relations theory. Even…

“Beyond Borders: Our changing climate – its role in conflict and displacement – World,” A country has several duties beyond its borders; this are among others working with other countries to tackle climate and environmental challenges; a country must work with other international communities to acknowledge the reality of climate change and take urgent action to limit the crippling effects on our global community. It must look for consensus and greater support for vulner5able nations to increase their resilience to climate risks and adapt to their impacts. (“Beyond Borders: Our changing climate – its role in conflict and displacement – World,” 2020) It must participate in international agreements that will clarify the rights and ensure the protection of climate refugees. It must participate in agreements such as the Paris agreement  to cut greenhouse gas emission  and ensure temperature rise is kept below 1.50c (“Beyond Borders: Our changing climate – its role in conflict and displacement – World,” 2020)   A country has an obligation to ensure human rights are not just breached within its territory but also beyond its borders.…

The POP music festiva For days in September, residents of Montreal city celebrate the POP Montreal International Festival, which is a long-running and wide-ranging festival of rock, electro, folk, hip hop, R&B, and new music that defies all genres of music. With venues ranging from classic theatres to intimate local bars and rooftops to haunts, the festival fills the city with more than four hundred musicians exploring their music scenes with their fans (Resto Montreal). Daniel Seligman founded this festival together with Noelle Sorbian and Peter Rowan in 2002, where artists performed eighty musical acts in 40 venues around Saint Laurent Boulevard. This paper will be focusing on the festival that took place from 23 to 27th September in 2020.

        11th Scaffolded     Name Institution affiliation Course Instructor’s name Date                           11th Scaffolded Introduction Bruner introduced the term scaffolding in an educational logic in the 1970s. It refers to the interactional instructional connection between adults and learners that assists a child or trainee to unravel a problem beyond his unaided exertions. (Wood, Bruner and Ross 1976). Scaffolding has its origins in psychology but has since stretched into the educational sciences. Because of its elastic nature, scaffolding is an extensive thought. Various researchers recognize scaffolding as a new representation for Vygotsky’s proximal development zone, employing it resolutely in social-cultural principle. (Smagorinsky2018). Other researchers contend on developing it as a device to use in the classroom, inclined toward more constructivist attitudes (Hogan and Pressley 1977). As Gerald Fischbach states, memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed. Researchers normally approve that the aim of scaffolding is student independence ( Van de pol, Volman and Beishuizen 2010), which is recognized through tailored support…

 Overview of Common Weakness Enumeration scoring system The Common Weakness Scoring System lays out a mechanism used to prioritize software vulnerabilities or weaknesses in a uniform, elastic, and transparent way. It provides a partnership platform to address the needs of stakeholders in the government, academic field, and the industrial community.   The scores are automatically calculated using a code analyzing tool. Sometimes, a developer can calculate the scores manually. Automated analysis is often faced with insufficient information, such as the operating environment of the application. This means CWSS scoring has to be conducted in several rounds. This is achieved by having a tool automatically calculating the CWSS scores.   The manual addition of other details is done then a human analyst recalculates the scores. CWSS has three metric groups: A Base Finding, An Attack Surface, and the Environmental. Every group has several factors used to calculate a CWSS score for every weakness. The Base Finding metric captures the built-in risk of the weakness, trust in the precision of discovery, and the controls’ firmness.  The Attack Surface has barriers that an aggressor has…

An elaborate e-business strategy depends on the successful implementation of an organization’s operations over the internet. Rapid development in computer technology and its subsequent embrace by society ensure that organizations have to adapt their activities and quickly accommodate the inevitable change. Bank Albilad has various key elements of e-business strategy that ensure the future success of the organization. Customer service is an integral part of any successful business. Since many customers opt to use online platforms to access banking services, Bank Albilad needs to develop effective customer service and relationship management to target high customer experience. In this charter, the bank’s customer service section should ensure that all customers who visit the organization’s online or mobile-based platforms enjoy friendly services at reasonable rates and appropriate time. One of the major issues that customers sighted from their interaction with traditional banking operations is a long waiting time. Supply chain management is also a critical element of the e-business strategy for the company. In this approach, Bank Albilad will carefully evaluate all its processes in providing products and services for its market.…

Homo erectus has special body features that enable them to be bipedal. The most critical factor determining the bipedalism of Homo erectus is their pelvis morphology (Gruss & Schmitt, 2015). The pelvic of Homo erectus contributes to the length of their through rotation of the pelvis when running. The rotation allows for the increment of the stride legs’ swing without necessarily lowering the body mass, resulting in heavy muscle exertion. Besides, the enlarged pelvis of Homo erectus makes it ideal to be bipedal because the modified pelvis helps resist the stress associated with running. The pelvis modification, called the iliac pillar, also plays a crucial role in preventing stress from running. On the other hand, the wide femora also give room for maximum mechanical advantage, especially for the muscles that bring legs towards the midline. In Australopithecus apheresis, the pelvis’s width affects the muscular requirement necessary for running (Schulkin, 2016). When one leg supports the body, the Australopithecus apheresis tends to fall off from the supporting leg limiting its ability to run. Australopithecus apheresis had a tall waist and broad…