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TripAdvisor Reveals Traveler’s Choice Awards For Experiences & Attractions
While a lot of us aren’t going on a typical vacation this year, there will be vacations in the future, and just as hard as deciding where to go, is deciding what to do once you get there. Well, now TripAdvisor has made that a little easier for us.
- The travel site has just come out with their Traveler’s Choice Awards for Experiences and Attractions, both in the U.S. and around the world.
- This year’s awards recognize 375 experiences, tours and activities, including day cruises, cultural tours, day trips, hop-on-hop off tours and more.
- Winners were chosen based on reviews and ratings of bookable experiences over a 12-month period.
Among this year’s winners:
- The Top Experience in the U.S. - Chicago Architecture River Cruise, Chicago, IL
- The Top Experience in the World- Premium Red Dunes & Camel Safari with BBQ at Al Khayma Camp – Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Top Food Experience in the World- Private Street Food Tour by Motorbike with Local Students, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Top Day Trip in the World- Cinque Terre Day Trip from Florence with optional Hiking, Province of Florence, Italy
- Top Amusement Park in the U.S.– Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL
- TopAmusement Park in the World– Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Orlando, FL
- Top Water Park in the U.S.- Disney's Typhoon Lagoon Water Park – Orlando, Florida
- TopWater Park in the World- Siam Park – Tenerife, Spain
Click herefor the complete list of Traveler’s Choice Experience and Attraction winners.
Source:TripAdvisor
But Why?...Researchers Teaching Robots to Write a Stage Play in Czech Republic
Researcher Rudolf Rosa of Charles University said his team is working together with Svanda Theater and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague to create the world's first play written entirely by "robots." The project is being dubbedTHEaiTRE.
Rosa said the idea was suggested by entrepreneur Tomas Studenik as a means of celebrating the 100th anniversary of R.U.R., aka Rossum's Universal Robots, a 1921 play by Karel and Josef Capek that is credited with originating the term "robot."
He said the team is working with artificial intelligence models that were previously successful in generating pieces of text, including poetry and dialogue.
"Thanks to the approaching anniversary, our main target is clear and fixed: by January 2021, we need to have a play ready for premiere," Rosa said.
Link:United Press International
Man Sets His Apartment On Fire While Proposing
If you're looking for the perfect proposal, don't do what this guy did.
In Sheffield, England, a man hoping to set up a romantic marriage proposal for his girlfriend accidentally burned down his apartment in doing so. Seems the romantic, lit hundreds of tealight candles all throughout the place. He then apparently, left the candles lit and went to pick up his girlfriend for the "big moment." Big mistake because when they returned, the place was engulfed in flames.
Fortunately, nobody was injured and - she said "yes" anyway. The local fire service posted a reminder on social media: "As romantic as they are, and as much as we all love 'em, candles can be so dangerous." The service also wished the couple "all the best" and said the crews who put out the blaze were looking forward to receiving a wedding invite.
Source: DailyMail
Supercharge Your Work From Home Productivity
This working from home thing isn’t going anywhere. The president ofGlobal Workplace AnalyticsKate Listeris confident that 25-30% of the workforce will be working at home multiple days a week by the end of 2020. But the struggle to stay productive in the same spot you eat, sleep, and Netflix is real so here’s some tips that might help.
- Take Strategic Pauses.Figuring out how to take micro-breaks at home is one of the best things you can do to break out of that feeling you’re stuck in a time loop. CEO ofWhitespace at WorkJuliet Funtsays the key is to “listen to your internal cues” to know when you need a breather.
- Strengthen Communication.To be successful working remotely, you’ve got to crank up the quantity and quality of your communication. And try your best to figure out your fellow work from home coworkers’ schedules. You don’t have the benefit of peeking over the cubicle to see if they’re busy so you’ll have to figure out a new way to let each other know you’re available to chat.
- Create A Calming Space To Work.It’s time to invest in your home office. Incorporate natural elements like some plants, and consider adding a subtle amount of noise like birds chirping or maybe some waves on the beach. Equally important to optimizing your workspace is blocking off a “nonwork area” too. Someplace where you can completely unplug and destress.Like a soundproof closet where you can scream into the void...Just spit-balling though.
Check out more tips to supercharge your productivity at homeHERE.
Source:Fast Company