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Montgomery County leaders decry race-baiting graffiti

Edit The Washington Times 16 Nov 2016
Montgomery County officials stood together Tuesday to denounce race-baiting graffiti at a local church and schools as hateful, anti-immigrant acts in the aftermath of last week's presidential election. Residents of the largely Democratic county have been rocked by racist messages and swastikas scrawled in public places, with one citing President-elect ... ....

Railroad signal tower gets updated in Grand Rapids

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 16 Nov 2016
Railroad signal tower gets updated in Grand Rapids (AP) — An iconic railroad tower that has stood in Grand Rapids for more than a century has been revealed to the public after undergoing five months of renovations. The renovated tower with a new green-and-white paint job was revealed at a small dedication ceremony Monday, MLive (http.//bit.ly/2fdTL8e ) reported ... ....

‘Hamilton’ Lin-Manuel Miranda Went All Fanboy When Meeting Weird Al Yankovic

Edit Inquisitr 16 Nov 2016
Lin-Manuel Miranda Freaked Out Meeting Weird Al https.//t.co/rtYKx97dr0 pic.twitter.com/G3xjkMvPJ1 ... One day at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, he got to meet Weird Al Yankovic, and he went all fanboy. “It was actually pre-Hamilton, it was the first time I met [song parodist] Weird Al Yankovic ... Lin-Manuel Miranda and Weird Al perform 'Star Wars' parody song ... Lin-Manuel Miranda rushed on stage to join Weird Al in finishing the song....

Showalter finishes 3rd in AL Manager of the Year voting (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
• All-time AL Manager of the Year winners. Showalter -- who has guided the O's to postseason appearances in three of his last five seasons as manager -- was the only AL finalist who didn't win a division title. The Orioles, a club largely picked to finish in last place, rode a red-hot April to an early AL East lead ... A three-time AL Manager of the ......

Indians' Terry Francona named 2016 American League Manager of the Year

Edit The Miami Herald 16 Nov 2016
It's the second time in four years Francona has won the award, making him the eighth AL manager to win multiple times ... In his four years in Cleveland, Francona has led the Indians to a 352-294 record, the best AL record in the span, as well as two trips to the ......

Francona wins 2nd career AL MOY Award (Cleveland Indians)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
Cleveland held off the defending champion Royals and resurgent Tigers to win the AL Central, the Indians' first division title since 2007, then used a makeshift rotation and highly leveraged bullpen to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1997. • AL Manager of the Year....

Ted Cruz meets with Donald Trump

Edit The Oklahoman 16 Nov 2016
Cruz visited Trump Tower on Tuesday afternoon to meet with the President-elect, a step most congressional Republicans have not yet taken ... Cruz and Trump previously met at Trump Tower in the middle of the primary last year, when Cruz, unlike much of the Republican field, was ......

AL MOY Award the second for Francona (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
Cleveland held off the defending champion Royals and resurgent Tigers to win the AL Central, the Indians' first division title since 2007, then used a makeshift rotation and highly leveraged bullpen to advance to the World Series for the first time since 1997. • AL Manager of the Year....

Dodgers' Roberts, Indians' Francona win Manager of Year

Edit Dayton Daily News 16 Nov 2016
Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers has won the National League Manager of the Year award and Terry Francona of the Cleveland Indians has earned the AL honor. Roberts won in his first year as a manager ... read more ... Baseball's Manager of the Year in the AL and NL are awarded Tuesday, Nov ... � ... Baseball's Manager of the Year in the AL and NL are awarded Tuesday, Nov ... �. ....

The man in the tower: Trump out of sight during transition

Edit The Miami Herald 16 Nov 2016
"We've really just been ensconced in Trump Tower trying to form a government.". Advisers have provided few specific details of Trump's schedule, leaving journalists gathered in the lobby of Trump Tower to piece together clues based on who is seen entering and exiting the building ... Trump Tower has balcony space, but it's unclear whether the ......

Legal action against four buildings sans fire safety

Edit The Hindu 16 Nov 2016
Two of the four premises inspected as part of the surprise inspections by the fire service personnel belonged to Apollo Hospitals at Hyderguda and Jubilee Hills as also the Leo Meridian Resort on the city outskirts at Shameerpet and Vaishnoi Towers in Saroornagar ... The Vaishnoi Towers management has been charged with putting obstructions in the form ......

Developer pulls plan for Syracuse student high-rise, but only temporarily

Edit Syracuse 16 Nov 2016
Syracuse, N.Y. — A Georgia company has temporarily withdrawn its latest plans for a student apartment high-rise near Syracuse University ... "We hope to be back at a future meeting soon." ... It quickly withdrew the plan after the university said the tower would be too tall for the area. Landmark Properties submitted a new plan last month, proposing a 330-bedroom tower that would be 13 stories tall instead of 17 stories ... Genesee St ... ....

Dr Dagmara Dimitriou (Annaz): The role of sleep on cognitive and behavioural functioning in children. (Birkbeck - University of London)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Nov 2016
Several studies have now reported that optimal quality and quantity of sleep leads to more effectivelearning, in terms of knowledge acquisition and memory consolidation (Gomez et al., 2006; Wilhelm, Prehn-Kristensen & Born, 2012) ... Chervin, 2004; Edgin et al., 2015) and challenging behaviours (Lewin, Rosen, England & Dahl, 2002)....
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