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JR West tests tourism-savvy robot at Osaka Station

10/21/2018, 11:07:39 PM
OSAKA--An AI robot schooled in the art of travel completed its trial duty at JR Osaka Station earlie ✔ When addressed in Japanese or English, the robotic guide showed passengers where to change trains for key tourist destinations, such as Umeda Sky Building and Tsutenkaku Tower ✔ The device learns how questions are asked through conversations with non-Japanese, according to JR West ✔ Tourists can speak or use the touchscreen to communicate with the device



These 4 Destinations Should Be At The Top Of Any Brit Lit Lover's Travel List

10/21/2018, 7:43:50 PM
Get to know the England that Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Virginia Woolf and Agatha Christie knew! ✔ It is also the town where crime master Agatha Christie was born, and it's where you can also visit the places inspired many of the locations in her novels like the Imperial Hotel, Anstey's Cove or the body beach ✔ The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews



Japan’s unusual way to view the world

10/21/2018, 8:37:27 PM
Wabi-sabi offers a refuge from the modern world's obsession with perfection, and accepts imperfections as all the more meaningful – and, in their own way, beautiful. ✔ Withdrawing my hands reluctantly from the slowly spinning bowl, I watched its uneven sides slowly come to a stop, wishing I could straighten them out just a little more ✔ Intrigued by the personal element of this appreciation, I contacted artist Kazunori Hamana, whose unique pieces are often considered to have an element of wabi-sabi



Fortnite Halloween event release date: Fortnitemares coming with next Epic Games update?

10/21/2018, 5:05:19 PM
FORTNITE fans are getting ready for Epic to release a brand new Halloween event called Fortnitemares. ✔ Judging by the imagery used in the tweets, the event will have something to do with Kevin the cube ✔ There's also a problem with music for certain emotes not playing ✔ There's no date on these fixes, so it's unlikely they'll be completely sorted for the next update ✔ Remember, always buckle up and thank your driver!



Doctor Who season 11 spoilers: Is Krasko this BIG returning character? Here's the evidence

10/21/2018, 10:00:54 PM
DOCTOR WHO aired its poignant retelling of Rosa Parks’ story this evening in the third episode. But did it also introduce season 11’s villain in an unexpected twist? ✔ There, the TARDIS team had to stop the evil Krasko (Josh Bowman) from changing the course of history ✔ The criminal clearly had some issues with race and wanted to stop Rosa Parks from getting on the bus she would change the world with ✔ Created by the Time Agency, it allows some to travel very crudely across time and space ✔ Doctor Who continues next Sunday on BBC One at 9pm



Icelandair flight forced to make an emergency landing after cockpit window shatters

10/21/2018, 10:45:58 PM
An Icelandair flight from Orlando, Florida, was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada after a "crack" was found in one of the plane's windows. ✔ Legroom on many airlines has been shrinking over the years ✔ Photos of the aircraft show that Icelandair's use of the word crack was a rather mild description for the shattered cockpit window ✔ Related:  Ask the Captain: What’s a typical schedule for an airline pilot ✔ Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren for USA TODAY Fullscreen An HK Express Airbus A321 lands in Hong Kong in August 2017



Top Gear: Paddy McGuinness and Freddie Flintoff are new hosts

10/21/2018, 10:29:05 PM
Top Gear have reportedly signed Paddy McGuinness and former cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff as new hosts. ✔ Top Gear have reportedly signed Paddy McGuinness and former cricketer Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff as new hosts ✔ Starting in 2019, Take Me Out host Paddy, 45, and sportsman Freddie, 40, will take the driver's seats on the BBC2 series, after impressing bosses with their 'infectious' chemistry in a secret run-through at a test track last week ✔ He signed a two-year deal for £2million following Jeremy Clarkson's departure



The Central American Caravan Now Numbers 7,200 As It Begins A March Into Mexico

10/21/2018, 5:44:21 PM
A dozen buses of Mexican riot police were waiting along the highway but had taken no action to stop the caravan. ✔ The caravan is the second large movement northward of Central Americans this year to have captured Trump's attention, and it prompted a fresh waves of tweeted threats against the governments of Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador ✔ Many also expressed fears of government repression after a controversial presidential election last year



Mega bridge will boost Greater Bay Area - Opinion

10/21/2018, 11:56:01 PM
undefined ✔ The idea is to let Hong Kong drivers without a mainland license apply for a permit online and drive around Guangdong for a short period after entering the province through designated ports ✔ The author is research officer at the One Country Two Systems Research Institute, Hong Kong



21 Tweets That Are Both Funny And Sad

10/21/2018, 7:13:39 PM
Ha ha... oh no. ✔ Ryan Patricks @Ryan_Patricks My annoying little cousin is bragging about how he sleeps in a race car bed ✔ jaboukie young-white @jaboukie me to my anxiety: people are focused on themselves ✔ TechnicallyRon @TechnicallyRon Let’s play a game of MILLENNIAL MONOPOLY ✔ Kevin Farzad @KevinFarzad A job is more than a paycheck



Opinion | Competition RIP?

10/21/2018, 11:48:48 PM
Don’t let politics overwhelm reason: Policy should remain modest and focused on deals involving direct competitors. ✔ During these years, the economy experienced three huge competitive jolts from: (a) foreign competition; (b) deregulation air travel, oil and gas production, television (the rise of cable), telephone service; and (c) personal computers and the Internet



Why People Continue to Work Even After They Won a Million

10/21/2018, 9:46:26 PM
There are many stories of people who won the lottery and enjoyed a free and careless life for some time and then cursed the day they bought their lucky ticket. Many people who have never won the lottery can’t always comprehend why those who did don’t just relax for the rest of their days. What’s even harder to understand is how those people make the choice to go to work when they don’t even need the money. Basic income experiments in different countries were carried out to determine what people would do if they received enough money to cover their basic expenses. As it turns out, people who receive money for nothing end up working even harder. ✔ And some of them even started their own business! Additionally, the crime rate decreased ✔ Martin Ford, the author of  Rise of the Robots thinks that this idea is unrealistic ✔ Common sense says, No. While a study directed by Dr. Guy Standing from London University says, Yes ✔ Preview photo credit depositphotos, depositphotos



Why Scotland, Wales and Ireland get so annoyed by the English

10/21/2018, 11:26:53 PM
Our journalists give their verdict as Al Murray's new HISTORY show asks 'Why Does Everyone Hate the English? ✔ And the results - from a Scottish frustration over us not accepting their bank notes to the Germans still fuming over 1966 - have left many people surprised ✔ I can’t imagine why they don’t support us at football World Cups.. ✔ They think we get over-excited, are loud, go bright red because we’re so unused to sunshine, and drink far too much, which makes us even louder and more annoying



A man on Ryanair yelled racist insults at a black woman. She was the one who had to change seats.

10/21/2018, 7:39:14 PM
In a widely shared video of the confrontation, the man calls the woman a "stupid ugly cow” and “ugly black bastard!" He was allowed to remain on the flight. ✔ Lawrence later uploaded the video to YouTube, where it has more than 100,000 views ✔ Read more: Limo involved in New York crash that killed 20 had failed prior inspection, records show Boeing 737 flies into brick wall and just keeps going A man tried to board a flight wearing everything he packed



Bruce Nauman Reappears: Pay Attention

10/21/2018, 10:29:21 PM
“Disappearing Acts” lets us see with clarity where the artist stands and why he is pertinent to our wrenching moment. ✔ He’s approached this line by many paths: history, humor, shock, politics and formal variety ✔ But his bump-and-grind sashay brought conventions of female striptease to mind ✔ Bears: New England Wins as Trubisky’s Hail Mary Lands One Yard Short Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider



'Doctor Who, Rosa', review: A thoughtful look at the civil rights movement

10/21/2018, 8:42:35 PM
Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King make appearances in a slower, more contemplative episode ✔ Quite a few historical figures have popped up on Doctor Who across the decades ✔ Almost as good are a support cast including Alison Brie (Glow, Mad Men), Aaron Paul, of Breaking Bad, and Amy Sedaris as a pampered Persian cat who is also BoJack’s agent



Stan & Ollie review, LFF: Insightful and endlessly touching

10/21/2018, 8:42:33 PM
Our critic reviews the Laurel and Hardy biopic, starring Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, as it closes out the London Film Festival ✔ Dir: Jon S Baird; Starring: Steve Coogan, John C Reilly, Nina Arianda, Shirley Henderson, Danny Huston ✔ Marvel Studios / Disney 15/17 Sicilian Ghost Story Sicilian Ghost Story is a genre-bending affair that combines elements of teen romance, gothic psycho-drama and political thriller



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