At first glance, this seems like a typical interview picture from CNN. Look a little closer and it looks like the woman, who is CNN correspondent Jessica Yellin is about to be abducted by aliens. In an effort to win viewers on election night, CNN took interviewing over the top and beamed in Yellin as a hologram. Yellin was actually in Chicago covering the results.

I guess this was not a true hologram, but resulted in the use of a green screen and many cameras taking the images and transmitting them into the studio. I do not know anything about technology, but I do know it is not natural to interview real but fake people. I actually watched this on TV and it did look good, but creepy at the same time. What do you think? They used the technology twice that night when Anderson Cooper interviewed Will I Am from the black eyed peas. I personally did not see that interview, but I hear it is a YouTube favorite.

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At first glance, duct tape certainly does not inspire the story that follows. After reading this article, it turns out that a United Airlines flight from Puerto Rico to Chicago had more than they bargained for in the way of drama. Maria Esther Castillo, a native of Oswego, NY, was restrained with duct tape to her chair after fighting and grabbing at the flight attendants and passengers. Castillo hit a flight attendant on the buttocks, and then proceeded to fall on a blind man's head and pull his hair, after falling from her stance standing on the seats. 

The situation apparently became so out of control that the flight was forced to land early in North Carolina.  While ankle cuffs were attempted to restrain Castillo, they did not hold. Flight attendants were forced to use duct tape to hold her to the seat until landing. Witnesses claim to have seen her drinking at an airport bar, and flight attendants served her another drink on the flight. Do you think that there should be limits to how many drinks you are served on an airplane or at the airport?

Castillo is being charged with resisting arrest and interfering with the operations of a flight crew, and is due to court for her arraignment today. Certainly it appears Castillo had one too many drinks. Not to mention the airport isn't exactly a club. No doubt the airline will be more cautious in serving alcoholic beverages to its passengers in the future, and we can only hope that Castillo will be just as cautious as well. Do you think that the use of duct tape was warranted by flight attendants? 

 

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What a race and now it comes down to the final hours. The world is watching and waiting for the declared winner. Polling stations are filled and there is excitement all over the nation. The campaigning is now slowing; candidates have given their reasons of why they are the best choice to lead the nation. Myself I’m very excited to see what happens, it’s an important time for the country. Our new leader will have his plate full of problems that will need to be solved.

I think the current situation in the U.S. is the reason for mass numbers of voting. People are ready for a change and so am I. This turnout shows how upset the public is with how things have been run these past years. I think that everyone is ready for a change in the way this government is run. In a few hours there will be a new president and the country will wait to see if things are being addressed.


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The Dalai Lama wants to preserve compassion in this world, because the world is materialistic. "Up to now on this planet, I think people put all their hope on money, on material wealth. It is unethical and very unhealthy," said the Dalai Lama. He is right, so many people are interested in the new trends, having the most expensive car, the best clothes, that they don't realize the important things in life such as family, friends and being healthy. I don't think people really realize how much we depend on material stuff to make us happy. If we don't have a cappuccino from Tim Hortons, we get upset and are upset for most of the day. This shouldn't be the way of life, there should be more meaning to our lives than just material stuff.

He also said that more and more people want peace and that they are fed up with war. I also believe that is true. We have been at war for so long that everyone is sick of it and just wants the war to be over.

If we want to change the way we live we have to actually do it not just say that we are going to change.

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