Thursday, January 30, 2020

Assignment 5A- Identifying Local Opportunities




1.     Pull off a stress-free Thanksgiving dinner with this turkey day menu and timeline

This article talks about some of the stress that comes with preparing a perfect Thanksgiving dinner. They offer some tips for prepping for this busy day such as doing all your grocery shopping ahead of time and doing some of the cooking in advance. The “who: in this situation is whoever is cooking the dinner which is usually a mom or grandmother.


2.     Police seek tips after pedestrian killed in Orange Blossom Trail hit-and-run

Late Wednesday a 21-year-old female was hit and killed by the hit-and-run that occurred on orange blossom trail. She was found lying in the road by a witness who called Ems. She was pronounced dead at the scene and the incident is now being investigated. Unfortunately they don’t know who the driver was or the vehicle that hit the victim and have no leads.  The “who” in this situation is the female victim as well as the police investigating the crime.


3.     Orange County voters cant request a vote-by-mail ballot online this week. Here’s why.

Normally voters are able to request a vote-by-mail ballot online but because the system has been down for maintenance as they try to move to a new platform that is used by the majority of counties in Florida. They are making some last-minute touches to the site and hope that it will be up by this weekend.  The “who” in this problem are the residents of Orange county Florida.

4.     6,000  people trapped aboard cruise ship in coronavirus scare, reports say

Wednesday night a cruise ship traveling through the Mediterranean put a Chinese national and her companion in isolation because they displayed symptoms of the virus. This then led them to hold the 6000 passengers on board in case the passenger did have the virus. As of now health officials are on the ship and looking into the situation. The “who: in this article are the 6000 passengers who are not quarantined on the cruise.


5.     Fitness Instagrammer sues South Florida plastic surgeon for botched butt injection removal

Back in 2010 Jenelle Butler, (the "who" in this situation) an Instagrammer, went to a hotel room to have silicone injected into her but. For a while she liked how her butt looked and was pleased with the outcome. But after giving birth to her third child she realized she wanted the injections removed because her butt had become so big. Unfortunately, the surgery went terribly and left her with cut blood vessels and excessive blood loss. After the injection removal she had to be hospitalized and have blood transfusions. And months after she still had large open wounds and unable to do simple activities. Because this left Jenelle in such a bad state she decided to sue the doctor.




3 comments:

  1. I thought you found some very interesting problems local newspapers are focusing on. The corona virus scare that has 6,000 people stuck on a cruise ship was very interesting to me because those people have such a large problem which means they really want a solution. That means that there may be a large opportunity in that scenario, so I was glad you included it in your post. Great Job!

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  2. Thanks for sharing Katelyn! I also used the story about the vote-by-mail ballot system being down. I believe that the systems we currently use to vote can be improved to be easier, more accurate, and more secure so I think there are some great opportunities out there to help fix the problems. The story about the coronavirus being on a cruise ship was also very interesting to read. Great work!

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  3. Interesting articles you found there, I like the range of basic consumer based problems such as Thanksgiving tips and an unreliable plastic surgeon up to large scale issues like voter rights being suppressed and the police seeking help from the community to solve a hit and run. It is enough to get an idea about the problems in the word today without going overboard. Kudos!

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