Showing posts with label kidnappings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kidnappings. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

News Round-Robin Solution: 3D Globe of Headline News Hot Zones

Most and possibly all viewers of the news over the past few months have realized that there has been a round-robin hopping around of the geographic locations of major news stories, which have taken place for the purpose of this illustration, in less than a half dozen places, call them international hot-news-zones.

You choose which place to start, the Boston, Massachusetts Marathon, reference the bombing there, you might choose the strife in Syria, or the conflicts in the very center of Africa. 

In Dhaka, Bangladesh there was a building that collapsed, then about a week later, an explosion in Prague, Czechoslovakia, all in April 2013.

Feeding into, or some might put it, some might feel it is a downside of other human relations matters, or exacerbation to the round robin, are the complexities of when to extend a helping hand and how much not to extend.  In a time of high technology, the decisions are heavily weighted in split second intervals, making it a challenge.  Howbeit the level of challenge, and the 'acceptable room' for 'level' of failure, failure can have repercussions, among those repercussions, is, the potentialities that adversely affects international cooperation.

TaoBao, AliBaba, the online shopping center in the Asian hemisphere, is blowing away with gross dollars generated, we are talking about millions of dollars a minute, an example occurrence amid many others.  Are potential customers turning away from American products and platforms, and moreover, if they are, is it because there were intervals where a helping hand might well could have been given, but wasn't? And that if they were extended, there would have been no harm done, at least not enough on the popular sensed relations level.

The helping hand situation is another discussion.

The purpose of this blog post, which was originally intended to have an elaborate work of art/diagrams/presentation produced by ETIS, is precluded by the fact that solutions are already developed.

The main core of the concept: Keeping track of the hot zones of conflict on a bird's eye view and 3D level all at one snapshot.
This might be able to prevent the situation that occurred over the past few weeks.  The situation of the Boston Marathon bombing occurred, which engulfed the news, meanwhile, the situation in Syria which has resulted in massive losses of life, is almost completely missed by headlines.

Here is one of very possibly many more.  It is using the interface described for international news:

picture at videohive.net titled high Tech Interface Project













Simply, what you would do, upon deciding to use this interface, practical usage for newscasters, is you would insert the headlines of the top stories into the boxes, and the globe spins.  This could be integrated into television, your website, or a background graphic illustration box as headlines are being presented.  The user or viewer of the news then clicks on the box to read further about the story or developments in the region that corresponds to it.

The result would be an interactive graphic that would look something like this:
 URL of original picture of the two illustrations above: <http://videohive.net/item/high-tech-interface-project/609140?ref=ManuelGarciaPH&ref=ManuelGarciaPH&clickthrough_id=129802221&redirect_back=true
^^^ also at '25 After Effects Templates for Futuristic Presentations', see http://designrshub.com/2012/09/after-effects-templates-for-futuristc-presentations.html

Considered, is an ETIS International website or page with either the globe or a spinning globe, which provides the hot zone updates at intervals, such as everyday, or few days.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Earthquakes and Bombs: Ways of Seeing: Stand Back from the Forrest in the Case of a Region Comprised of Areas of Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Surrounding, Might be a Disaster Area for the Rest of April 2013; Boston Marathon Bombs Bring Up the Subject of Not Losing 'Eyes on the Ball' of Other Crimes

A question that puts the claim of the region of the 5 give or take a few earthquakes that occurred in Oklahoma this morning might converge with the Van Buren County tornado that struck last week, is: were the earthquakes and Van Buren County close enough together to consider the total geographic region a disaster zone?
Location of earthquake epicenter: 7 miles east of Luther, Oklahoma.

It is about 300 miles from Botkinburg, Arkansas to Luther, Oklahoma.


screenshot of http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/10/arkansas-tornado-april-2012_n_3057686.html
 
How long before these severe weather conditions blow over?

Is there a generality that Oklahoma, Arkansas, and surrounding region, including regions in Alabama, Mississippi, and Missouri, need to be prepared for both types of events, earthquakes and tornadoes, and might as well include hurricanes, over the next few weeks?

Do some folks that live in houses that are not very stable in terms of their construction, and, or, are way out in rural areas, if they have not already, might have increased safety if they were to collect their needed belongings, and head to a region not as turbulent for a couple of weeks?

Are there temporary emergency bunkers built in those regions in case earthquakes/tornadoes/hurricanes hit again in the next few days?

Tornado conditions additionally affected Mississippi, Missouri, and Alabama last week, causing damage.
original map before diagram courtesy Google maps; click for larger view



On the Boston Marathon tragedy yesterday.
It is wonderful that there is an outpouring of emotional support, YouTube postings, etc.; at the same time, the rates of abducted/ kidnapped/ abused children, averaged even on a daily basis is startling; no matter what happens, it is important that this aspect of safety be maintained.