Showing posts with label Assignment #5. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Assignment #5. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Assignment #5 Identifying Local Opportunities

Identifying Local Opportunities
From the Miami Herald
  1. "Teens burned to death after 116-mph crash. Lawsuit blames Tesla for the speed and fire."
  2. "VENEZUELA - Food shortages, hyperinflation stoke hunger that overwhelms - About one-third of Venezuelans are eating only one meal a day, due to the country's economic collapse under Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Lack of food and hyperinflation are the leading causes of the hunger."
  3. "Here are the major chains that may have stocked turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak."
  4. "Federal government - Paychecks, mortgages, audits: - how South Florida is feeling shutdown's effects"
    • https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AMIHB%21Miami%2BHerald%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2019%212019/mody%3A0106%21January%2B06&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/170CB70673783178
    • The effect of the 2 week long  government shutdown has been difficult for those in South Florida. Thousands of South Florida government workers won't get their paychecks on time. Courts are running low on money, therefore, it will soon be difficult to function. All sorts of government agencies have been running low on money as well, which has an enormous impact on South Florida. Because Trump won't approve of a national budget until it includes a certain amount of money for a border wall that he approves. 
    • The problem presented is the lack of productivity currently in the federal government, the unproductive nature of government agencies, and lack of pay for government workers. Also airport security seems to be heavily affected by this. 
    • This problem is the large affect that this shutdown has on government workers and their families, who rely on their income. This also affects the United States as a whole and other countries since it is a global economy. 
  5. "Florida Health officials delayed notifying residents about tainted water, emails say"