CSCI 457 Assignment 3 – Biography Viewer
Choose one of your favorite games, and implement an app that shows the biography of each
character of the game.
Requirements:
• Your app should show a list of characters in the main view using a table view.
• A small icon and some brief information of each character should be displayed in the table
view.
• The user can scroll up and down to see the full list.
• The user can swipe right to reveal two buttons to favorite a character or unfavorite a
character.
• A checkmark is displayed for each favorite character, and the checkmark is removed if the
character is unfavored.
• The user can touch a character to open a detail view to see the character’s large portrait and
full biography.
• Do not use parallel array

Case Analysis: Instructions (Due Date – 30th November 2020)
Reckoning with Jemima: Can the Brand Be Remade for Good?
Written by: Joseph C. Miller, Michael A. Stanko, Mariam D. Diallo
Product Number:IM1062
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Thoroughly read the case and prepare a case analysis report. Please ensure that while analyzing
the case, the following questions are incorporated as a part of the case analysis report:
1. Why did it take Quaker Oats/ PepsiCo so long to change this brand?
2. Discuss the timing of the decision to move away from Aunt Jemina.
3. How are triple bottom line elements visible in this case? Where does it appear that the
company has made tradeoffs?
You may like to organize your report as follows:
• Introduction (Brief summary of the case – not more than 150 words)
• Company Background (based on data in the case and from company website; not more
than 150 words)
• Issue (based on discussion questions provided – Please name the sections appropriately)
• Evaluation of Issues
• Suggested Alternatives
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
Word Limit: 1500 to 1800 words; use external academic and relevant non-academic references
to support your answers.
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https://www.unb.ca/fredericton/studentservices/_resources/pdfs/wss/casestudyanalysis.pdf
https://awc.ashford.edu/PDFHandouts/Guidelines_for_Writing_a_Case_Study_Analysis_08.31.2

Assn. 2 Environmental Policy & Procedures due: The term takings in relation to environmental law

Takings in relation to environmental law can be defined as an act of the government acquiring property and compensating the previous owner justly. This is drawn from the fifth amendment of the United States constitution, which says “Nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation”. The government however has been seen to infringe on property owners rights by acquiring their land without any form of compensation. Such property may be used in the construction of roads or a military base (Malone, 2007).

Example of a legally resolved takings case

In the case of Dolan v. city of Tigard, 512 US.374 (1994) the court ruled that development permits must be roughly proportional to the effects the land in question will have to the community. In this case, the applicant sought to replace her hardware store with a larger facility and pave a 39 paving store. She was granted her wish but with conditions to it. The court however ruled in her favor stating that Dolan could not be forced to give up her land without just compensation. The land disputed formed part of wetlands that Tigard wanted to improve but had unfair conditions (Durant et al, 2004).

Effectiveness of NEPA

The national environmental policy act is a statute that requires all governments to integrate policy values into decision-making processes considering impacts of their proposed actions. (NEPA Homepage)This institution forces the state agencies to put in consideration the environmental factors in their decision making process but also empowers them to make informed decisions on the same. This was not in existence before (Malone, 2007).The environmental impact assessment is the heart of the implementation of the act. NEPA addresses the larger environmental problem, and has made a significant effort in addressing environmental issues. Its regulations have caused attitude and behavioral change thus leading to better agency decisions.

NEPA action forcing strategies to meet their goals have raised concerns and its critics ask if force will help attain quality in the environment. Critics of this act have a problem with the procedural emphasis. All projects must pass through some procedure to determine if they will have negative or positive impact on the environment. For this to be achieved several actions must be taken. The inability for the act to have requirements to guide implementation or abandon of the project is not agreeable with the critics (Anderson, 2009).

Success and failure of NEPA to prevent environmental harm

One of the victory stories is that of the construction of a parkway in Utah that would act as an alternative route to salt lake county. This project elicited several reactions from the public. This included a lawsuit filed by a coalition of environmental groups. After having gone to court, it was decided that all parties involved draft a way forward that will enable them to revise the initial plan. Thus, the idea of the parkway was conceived instead of a highway. The parkway is operational now (Environmental law institute et al, n.d). A recent failure by the environmental stakeholders is seen in the case of the deepwater horizon blowout. This case was looked into by engineers but continues to be a mystery to date. Questions raised by public on the environmental stakeholders’ role in this tragedy are yet to be answered. (Barstow et al, 2010)

Environmental laws can be procedural or substantive

NEPA has been seen to have both procedural and substantive laws that give direction on what is to be done. Procedural laws are set of rules that govern proceedings of the court in criminal lawsuits and administrative proceedings. Substantive law is a law that deals with the legal relationship with people and the state. The difference between the two is that procedural laws lay down the rules and enforces them while the substantive law defines the rights and duties of the people. (Meiners et al, 2012).An example of a substantive violation could be pollution of the atmosphere by dumping heavy metals and radioactive materials. This is a violation that infringes on the rights of people, and they have the duty to guard against this. Concerning procedural environmental law, the rights to public participation, access information, and access to justice are realistic ways to attain environmental protection and attain development .The procedural laws deal with structures already to pursue some form of justice.

NEPA has been instrumental in guarding against environmental degradation. However the action forcing law and lack of regulations need to be looked into, so that this policy can serve everyone in the nation. The NEPA officials need to step up and work diligently to avoid public outcry and injustices when dealing the environment.

References

Anderson, M. W. (n.d.). National Environmental Policy Act.http://umaine.edu/. Retrieved March

11, 2014, from http://umaine.edu/soe/files/2009/06/National-Environmental-Policy-Act.pdf

Barstow, D., Dodd, L., Glanz, J., Saul, S., & Urbina, I. (2010, June 20). Between Blast and Spill,

One Last, Flawed Hope.The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/21/us/21blowout.html?_r=0

Durant, R. F., Fiorino, D. J., & OLeary, R. (2004).&nbsp.Environmental governance reconsidered:

Challenges, choices, and opportunities. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.

Environmental law institute, Grand Canyon Trust, & The Partnership Project (n.d.). NEPA

success stories: Celebrating 40 years of transparency and open government .&nbsp.soe.salsalabs.com. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from https://soe.salsalabs.com/o/1/images/nep

Malone, L. A. (2007). Environmental law. Austin: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business/Aspen

Publishers

Meiners, R. E., Ringleb, A. H., & Edwards, F. L. (2012).&nbsp.The legal environment of business.

Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.

NEPA Homepage. (n.d.).&nbsp.EPA. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from

http://www.epa.

The sector which was more affected by the social changes during this period was the employment. It should be noticed that the standardisation of employment was an achievement of the post 1945 period which was characterized by high growth. However, the globalisation (which followed that period and is constantly developing until today) has led to the deregulation of the labour market and as a result to the collapse of standard (and of teenage) employment (Burgess & Campbell, 1998:15).

It should be noticed though that the youth transition of the post 1970s period involved to more elements than employment, like family and education. The results of relevant studies have shown that there is also a differentiation regarding the gender and the social ‘classification’ as well as the general environment of the young people.

Under these terms, the main question is not whether the youth transition is faulty or not but if the environment of young people has the necessary willing to understand the constantly changing social conditions and to cooperate with them in order to achieve a more integrated adaptation in the society.

The content of social change has been examined by an important number of researchers. The relevant studies have shown that ‘individualisation’ is the most important of its elements. Individualisation has been explained as ‘a process that relates to the disintegration of traditional structures in people’s lives so the inherited recipes for living and role stereotypes fail to function’. Moreover, according to this view ‘there are no historical models for the conduct of life

The entitlement theory insists on distributive justice and includes principles that govern how someone can divest himself from a holding and pass it to an unheld state. The principle of justice mainly states that a person who acquires a holding in accordance with this principle in acquisition then automatically becomes entitled to the holding. Also, a person who acquires a holding in accordance with the principle from someone who is entitled to the holding then he genuinely becomes entitled to the holding (Nozick 154).

In the principle of distributive justice, Nozick stresses that a distribution is just if every person is entitled to the holding they possess in the distribution. Distribution is just when and if the holdings emerge from another distribution that is just and legitimate. The principle specifies the legitimate means and ways of moving from one distribution of holdings to another in the transfer process. Whatever arises from a just process and just situation makes itself just because it has been acquired in the required and legitimate manner. The principle is meant to preserve justice in the transfer hence referred to as truth-preserving. This means that a situation arising from repeated transitions in accordance with the principle from a just situation is itself just. Not all situations are generated in accordance with the principles of justice in holdings. Some people defraud or steal from others or enslave people in order to seize their products and at the same time prevent them from living freely as they choose or please. Others forcibly exclude other people from competing in the exchanges. These methods and modes are not permissible ways of transition from a situation to another because they are unlawful and unfair. The existence of the injustices and mean not sanctioned by the principle leads to the third topic under justice in holdings, the rectification of injustice in holdings (Corlett 234).

Nozick suggests that the rectification of injustice in holding tries to determine what ought to be done to rectify the situation. It tries to figure out the obligation that the performers of injustice have towards those in worse positions. It also tries to determine the direct and indirect beneficiaries of the injustices.