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‘Here’ movie review: Join Tom Hanks in this living room at the end of the universe

While the gimmick of multiple frames wears thin fairly quickly, this mixed box of chocolates from Robert Zemeckis rides on Tom Hanks’ quiet charm




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This budget Roomba robot vacuum is nearly half off ahead of Black Friday

The blackest of Fridays is nearly upon us and companies have already begun rolling out the deals to separate consumers from their bank accounts. Here’s one for a well-regarded and budget-friendly robovac. The iRobot Roomba Essential Vac is on sale for just $140, which is a discount of 44 percent. The regular price is $250.

The Essential Vac features a similar design to the iRobot Roomba 694, which topped our list of the best budget robot vacuums. This one includes a three-stage cleaning system that works on both carpet and hard floors. It features the same smart navigation system as other iRoomba vacuums, so it’ll avoid stairs and work its way around items of furniture.

Despite being a budget-friendly robovac, there are some modern flourishes. The vacuum will automatically return to the charging station when the battery runs low, which is always nice. It also integrates with the Roomba app for setting cleaning schedules and for building a custom map of the home.

The battery life sits at around two hours, which is a decent metric for the price. That should be more than enough time to thoroughly clean a medium-sized home. The major caveat here is that this is a budget robovac, so it doesn’t mop and it doesn’t ship with a large debris canister. Still, the price is right for those curious about eliminating sweeping from that to-do list.

Check out all of the latest Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals here.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/deals/this-budget-roomba-robot-vacuum-is-nearly-half-off-ahead-of-black-friday-184426408.html?src=rss




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DFAT makes room for women

The Department of Foreign Affair­s and Trade has renamed its meeting rooms in honour of pionee­ring female diplomats.




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Amgen Foundation Announces New $4 Million Commitment to Bring Hands-On Biotechnology Labs to Secondary School Students - The Amgen Biotech Experience in the classroom

The Amgen Biotech Experience empowers teachers to bring biotechnology into their classrooms to spark students� love of science and features a hands-on curriculum that introduces students to the excitement of scientific discovery.




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They Say There’s No Room for Immigrants While Desperate Rural Towns Lie Empty All Across the Western World

Here’s a thing I keep noticing, and it drives me nuts. In Italy, a ship captain is arrested for bringing immigrants to shore after rescuing from them near death at sea: The number of migrants reaching Italy’s shores has drastically diminished – just 2,800 so far this year – and the country is now led […]




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Lentil, Mushroom, and Farro Soup

Is there anything more comforting on a cold, wet day than a steaming bowl of lentil soup? If there is, I haven’t found it yet. Other soups are also warm and inviting, but there’s something homey, something friendly, about lentil soup that warms me spiritually as well as physically. When cooler weather finally hit Louisiana,...

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"Roommate thinks my cat is 'our' cat": Fed Up Cat Owner Tries to Find Peaceful Ways to Navigate A Frustrating Feline Conflict

Those of us who have at some point in our lives lived with roommates know that having roommates can be a total disaster. Speaking from my own experience, moving to a big city and needing to find an apartment ASAP causes you to compromise on some things, but roommates shouldn't be one of them. Unfortunately, that's often the way the cookie crumbles. From messy roommates to roommates who use the kitchen to cook the weirdest and most unappealing foods, to roommates who never take their clothes out of the dryer, there often is much to be desired. 

For the original poster of the thread we are featuring today, a frustrating feline situation left them feeling confused and fed up as to how to approach their roommate. The roommate in question completely crossed the line when it came to OP's cat, often referring to the cat as their shared cat, rather than OP's cat. The kicker is that this cat is OP's childhood cat and of course, OP covers all of the cat's expenses. What would you do in a situation like this? We would have to move out at all costs. 




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1-year-old siamese cat refuses to use the bathroom unless human accompanies him to the litter box, fed up feline owner seeks solutions: 'My cat demands bathroom reciprocity'

Cats are truly unique creatures. Much like us humans, each one has their own completely developed personality and quirks. Some cats are perpetual balls of energy, pausing from their mischief only to engage in a well deserved cat nap. Some cats are totally indifferent to your existence, you could provide them with treats, pets, the whole lot and still not receive much attention in return. And some cats need their favorite human to accompany them to the litter box any time they need to take care of business. The cat featured in the story we are covering today is the latter, and might we add, a total goofball. 

To be honest, this is a new one for us. We have yet to come across a cat who demands that their human be present during all bathroom activities. We've heard of cats who like to go to the bathroom while their humans are in the bathroom, to protect them from whatever evil lies dormant in the toilet, but yeah, this is a new one. What advice would you give to the original poster? All we can think of is to laugh and cry at the same time. 





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Dad gets back at teenage stepdaughters for making his 16-year-old daughter sleep on the floor of their hotel room: 'I gave my daughter an entire room for herself'

Who knew that evil stepsisters were still a thing? One would think these two teenagers would get a grip and be kind to the Cinderella of this story, rather than lean into the Evil Stepsister caricature. Unfortunately, however, they could not help themselves.

This Redditor was traveling with his family for a memorial service, and his wife booked a hotel room for his daughter Shiloh and two stepdaughters to share. Things went a bit south when the stepdaughters insisted that Shiloh sleep on the floor. When the original poster (OP) discovered that this was going on, he told Shiloh to pack her things and immediately booked her a separate hotel room.

This ultimately backfired as the two stepdaughters went crying and complaining to OP's wife (their mother), accusing OP of playing favorites. The fact that OP's wife had the audacity to not hear and empathize with her husband's side of the story leads us to believe that this second marriage is unlikely to work out. For more stories like this, check out this post about some Thanksgiving drama.




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Snapchat most-used app for grooming, says NSPCC

The children's charity says the police data shows people are "still waiting" for social media to be made safe,




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Law firm finds grooming claims against MrBeast co-host baseless

The YouTuber hired the firm to look into claims that a co-host had sent inappropriate messages to a minor.




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Mushroom Gummies May Contain Illegal Hallucinogens

Experts from UVA Health are issuing a warning about mushroom gummies marketed to enhance brain function, as they may contain the illegal hallucinogen




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Period Poverty Affects One-Third of Teens in Emergency Rooms

One in three teens visiting a pediatric emergency room struggles to access menstrual products due to their inability to afford them. The research




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Keep Your Phones Out of the Bedroom at Night to Sleep Well

Spending too much time on digital devices at night can affect youth medlinkmental health/medlink and sleep, warn heath experts. The Surgeon General's




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A Recipe for Trouble: School Kids Fall Sick After Eating Mushrooms

Thirteen schoolchildren in a village in West Bengal's Bankura district fell ill after eating medlinkmushrooms/medlink they cooked at an Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) center.




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Atlas Bathrooms Showcases an Exclusive Range of Crosswater Taps

Atlas Bathrooms Showcases an Exclusive Range of Crosswater Taps




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Amgen Scientists Visit Biotechnology Classrooms Across the Country in Support of National Lab Day

Amgen Scientists Visit Biotechnology Classrooms Across the Country in Support of National Lab Day




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Color Additive Wipes Make Hospital Rooms 69.2% Cleaner

Keeping hospital rooms properly sanitized is essential to stop the spread of germs between patients. Dirty surfaces in hospitals often contribute to medlinkhealthcare-associated




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Different rooms with different floor tiles

3D Inkjet Full Polished Floor Tile LH3D8622YFull Article



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Use Interactive Whiteboards to Make Your Classroom Experience Astonishing

Interactive whiteboard is basically a hardware product that seems more or less like a standard whiteboard. It is widely used now days in classrooms and board meetings by connecting it to a computer or a projector....




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Interactive Whiteboards Need Of Modern Classrooms

Gone are the days when children used to sit facing those ugly-looking blackboards polluting the classroom with chalk dust. With the change in time, the needs of the students have also changed. Now they need smarter ways to study which...




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15 strength and cardio moves that can be performed in your living room

Individuals across various age groups have adopted virtual ways of accessing fitness and are working out from home, in a bid to get healthy and focus on overall well-being.




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Quoroom acquires Investory to scale up its capital-raising platform for startups

These days, private investors have a range of options for investing in startups without having to deal with them in real life. This ecosystem more or less started with AngelList, but there are now a plethora of options — such as Carta, Allocations, Vauban, and Odin — that startups can use to raise funding and […]

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Love Mushrooms? 5 Simple Hacks To Keep Them Fresh

Mushrooms are a crowd-pleaser! They're tasty, nutritious, and there's a type for everyone. Whether you're a vegetarian or not, mushrooms can add that extra something to your meals.



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From Battlefield To Boardroom: How AI Is Transforming Global Defence Industry

The defence industry is experiencing significant growth. With the world becoming more unstable due to geopolitical churning, such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing conflict in Gaza and increasing competition between major global powers, countries are boosting their spending on




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Wasim Akram’s Cat Grooming Mishap: A Haircut As Costly As An iPhone

Akram, known for his humor and wit, quipped that this amount could cover grooming costs for nearly 200 cats back home in Pakistan.




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Expert Article: 6 Ways To Style Your Dining Room

Dining rooms in any household are warm informal gathering spaces to dine and discuss. A dining space is a crucial area in the house that symbolises utility and functions by connecting the family and guests under one roof to enjoy a




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6 Decor Tips To Add A Luxurious Vibe To Your Living Room

If you always wanted to replicate the plush-looking living room look featured in home decor magazines and simply brushed off the idea thinking it will cost the earth, then it's time you change this decor perspective for good. For a start,




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Banned From Broom In Brother’s Room : Court Says ‘No Entry’ To Sister’s Late-Night Cleaning Crusade

Sometimes, even the most well-intentioned actions can spark unexpected reactions. What seems harmless to one person may feel like an intrusion to another. It's a reminder that in our relationships, respecting boundaries is just as important as showing care for one




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Machine learning-driven investigation of the structure and dynamics of the BMIM-BF4 room temperature ionic liquid

Faraday Discuss., 2024, 253,129-145
DOI: 10.1039/D4FD00025K, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Fabian Zills, Moritz René Schäfer, Samuel Tovey, Johannes Kästner, Christian Holm
We demonstrate a learning-on-the-fly procedure to train machine-learned potentials from single-point density functional theory calculations before performing production molecular dynamics simulations.
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What is Green War Room, created to curb Delhi air pollution?

The Delhi government has launched a 24x7 'Green War Room' and a 21-point Winter Action Plan to combat air pollution incorporating technology and public participation.




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A high-performance room-temperature NH3 gas sensor based on WO3/TiO2 nanocrystals decorated with Pt NPs

RSC Adv., 2024, 14,12225-12234
DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00881B, Paper
Open Access
Zhixuan Wu, Zhengai Chen, Zhixiang Deng, Ning Dai, Yan Sun, Meiying Ge
In this work, a high-performance room-temperature ammonia (NH3) gas sensor based on Pt-modified WO3–TiO2 nanocrystals was synthesized via a two-step hydrothermal.
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The augmented classroom

Why not allow connectivity to enrich our knowledge even as we attend classroom lectures?




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Groom the new age entrepreneur

With students hooked on to the idea of becoming entrepreneurs, how can parents nurture their ambition?




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Life with my noisy roommates Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa

Comedy of errors are wont to occur when a tech writer’s lockdown friends — IoT devices — come out to play




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Influence of symmetry breaking on the absorption spectrum of crystal violet: from isolated cations at 5 K to room temperature solutions

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4CP03825H, Paper
Open Access
  This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.
Alexander Schäfer, Samuele Giannini, Dmitry Strelnikov, Theresa Mohr, Fabrizio Santoro, Javier Cerezo, Manfred M. Kappes
Theoretical and experimental spectroscopy of crystal violet resolves the influence of temperature and symmetry breaking on absorption properties in different environments.
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Students block road, demand classrooms in Dharmapuri




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Ban the use of cane in classroom




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Mushrooms know : wisdom from our friends the fungi / Kallie George + Sara Gillingham

George, K. (Kallie), 1983- author




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Ellen's broom / Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Daniel Minter

Lyons, Kelly Starling, author




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Millets and mushrooms take the top spot on Godrej’s food trend report

The sixth edition of the report, which was launched in Mumbai with a dinner highlighting millets, predicts more interest in hyper-regional cuisine, vegan diets and mindful snacking



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Circularly polarized Room-Temperature Phosphorescence enhanced by Dynamic Cross-linked Networks fixation

New J. Chem., 2024, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/D4NJ00510D, Paper
Bochun Wang, Yuzhan Li, ChangLi Zhang, Sirong Sun, Wanli He, Dong Wang, Hui Cao, Zhou Yang
Organic ultra-long room temperature phosphorescence (OURTP) has been widely used in applications including encryption and anti-counterfeiting. However, few research has focused on circularly polarised luminescence (CPL) with RTP materials. In...
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A facile synthesis of a Ce-based MOF at room temperature for effective adsorption of methylene blue

CrystEngComm, 2024, 26,2009-2017
DOI: 10.1039/D4CE00096J, Paper
Yang Zhou, Dan Wang, Qiuxiang Feng, Qi Wu, Feng Cao, Li Jiang, Qianli Zhang, Jie Liu
Ce-UiO-66-NH2 was synthesized in water and ethanol at room temperature for effective removal of MB in aqueous solution.
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WhatsApp private messages to appear on mirrors in restrooms, Anushka Sharma roped in to drive awareness

The messages will appear on special mirrors in restrooms installed at select locations in Delhi and vanish without a trace like disappearing messages, the company said.




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Metal- and light-free decarboxylative direct C–H alkylation of heteroarenes at room temperature

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2024, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D4OB00187G, Paper
Tong-Bo Zhang, Xi-Dong Guan, Yan Gao, Shi-Chao Lu, Bing-Long Li
This study reports a metal- and light-free decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes at room temperature.
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Outdoor learning in higher education [electronic resource] : educating beyond the seminar room / edited by Wendy Garnham and Paolo Oprandi.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge , 2025.




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Meet the Robot Portrait Artists in this 'Robot Classroom' | WIRED Originals

WIRED gets an exclusive look at artist Patrick Tresset's new exhibition. His "robot classroom" features 20 robots that chat in Morse code and learn to draw in scribbles, while three other robots sketch portraits of human sitters. WIRED's senior editor Victoria Turk meets Tresset and his robots, and gets her portrait drawn by some of the talented machines. Read more: http://wired.uk/Q4N6em




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Technique Critique - Lawyer Breaks Down 17 More Courtroom Scenes From Film & TV

Former prosecutor Lucy Lang is back to take a look at more courtroom scenes from television shows and movies and breaks down how accurate they are. Lucy Lang is an executive director at the Institute For Innovation In Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Learn more about Lucy Lang and the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at http://www.prosecution.org and follow their work on Instagram and Twitter @LucyLangNYC and @iip_johnjay




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How Virtual Reality Can Deliver Real Results in The Classroom

Produced by WIRED Brand Lab with Qatar Foundation | The face of education is changing faster than ever before with so much technology at our fingertips. Some educators are particularly excited about the promise of virtual reality creating transformative learning opportunities. In this WIRED guide, we reached out to experts at Qatar Foundation to get the full scope of what’s possible with VR.