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Human Relations is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering original research on social relationships at and around work and organizational forms, practices, and processes that affect the nature, structure, and conditions of work and work organizations. The journal is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations (London). The journal was established in 1947 by the Tavistock Institute and the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

 

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Angela Christine Watson (born November 12, 1975 in Danville, Illinois) is an American model and actress best known for her role on the American sitcom Step by Step, where she played one of the daughters of Suzanne Somers' character.

 

[ChibCU]

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Kuusalu is a village in Kuusalu Parish, Harju County in northern Estonia. It has a population of 221 (as of 1 January 2010).

 

[aiw]

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A poet is a person who writes poetry.

 

[bfactor]

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Site tree refers to a type of tree used in forestry to classify the quality of growing conditions at a particular forest location. A site tree is a single tree in a stand (group of growing trees) that gives a good representation of the average dominant or co-dominant tree in the stand. Site trees are used to calculate the site index of the site in reference to a particular tree species. A site tree should belong to the dominant or co-dominant overstory class.

 

[aiw]

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WorldStarHipHop (WSHH) is an American hip-hop site, shock site and content aggregating video blog. Created in 2005, the site averages 1.1 million unique visitors a day. Alexa ranks the site 247th in site traffic in the United States and 983rd for worldwide traffic.[1][2] The site was founded by Lee 'Q' O'Denat, a Hollis, Queens-based hip-hop fan,[2] and a dropout from Grover Cleveland High School,[3] who calls himself a "Haitian ghetto nerd."[4] Described by Vibe as a "remnant of the Geocities generation", the site regularly features public fighting caught on tape, music videos and other content targeted to young African-American audiences. Denat refers to the site as the "CNN of the ghetto."[5]

 

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Metrodora (c. 200-400 CE) was a Greek female physician and author of the oldest medical text known to have been written by a woman, On the Diseases and Cures of Women. Her medical treatise covers many areas of medicine, including gynecology, but not obstetrics. It was widely referenced by other medical writers in ancient Greece and Rome, and was also translated and published in Medieval Europe. Nothing is known of Metrodora's identity beyond her name.[1] However, several women physicians are known to have existed in the ancient Greco-Roman world, and she is generally regarded as the first female medical writer.

 

[Pantone287]

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If food must be removed from the mouth for some reason, a diner should subtly bring the napkin to his/her mouth (as if to wipe his/her mouth) and quietly spit out the food into the napkin, which is then returned to the lap (while still concealing the partially chewed inedibles). The diner thus avoids insulting the cook/host since the process is nearly indistinguishable from merely wiping one's mouth. An exception is that fish bones may be removed from the mouth between the fingers.

The fork may be used in the American style (in the left hand while cutting and in the right hand to pick up food) or the European Continental style (fork always in the left hand). (See Fork etiquette) The napkin should be left on the seat of a chair only when leaving temporarily. Upon leaving the table at the end of a meal, the napkin is placed loosely on the table to the left of the plate.

 

[aiw]

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Grandma Mema is the grandmother of Elaine Benes and her cousin. Her napkins are excellent for concealing mutton.

 

[Pantone287]

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EC-style eaters are so barbaric. It's as if they're members of a nation or ethnos, typically a tribal society as seen by an urban civilization either viewed as inferior, or admired as a noble savage. A brutal, cruel, warlike, insensitive person, even.

 

[bfactor]

Old Brick Church (Lower Church, Southwark Parish) is a historic church in Bacon's Castle, Virginia.
It was a brick rectangular room church built in 1754 about a mile northwest of Bacon's Castle in Surry County, Virginia. The church was destroyed by a fire allegedly set by freed African slaves following the American Civil War but its thick brick walls remained standing. Its ruins were added to the National Register in 1986.

 

[aiw]

Continuum theories or models explain variation as involving gradual quantitative transitions without abrupt changes or discontinuities. In contrast, categorical theories or models explain variation using qualitatively different states.[1]

 

[bfactor]

The Weizer Building at 11801 Buckeye Rd. in Cleveland, Ohio was built in 1925. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It is a Beaux Arts style building.[1]

 

[aiw]

The University of Michigan (commonly referred to as Michigan, U-M, UMich, or U of M) is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States.[5] It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan. It is one of the original eight Public Ivy universities and is one of the founding members of the Association of American Universities. It has been ranked among the top five research universities in the US,[6] and among the top 20 universities in the world[7][8][9][10], including one ranking, as high as the 4th best university in the world.[11] U-M also has satellite campuses in Flint and Dearborn.

 

[aiw]

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It is the second oldest of the ten campuses of the University of California system, and the most selective public university in the United States.[8] UCLA, (along with Berkeley), is considered a flagship campus of the University of California system,.[9][10][11][12][13] It offers over 300 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a wide range of disciplines. With an enrollment of about 27,000 undergraduate and about 12,000 graduate students from the United States and around the world, UCLA is the largest university in the state of California in terms of student body,[14] and the most popular university in the United States by number of applicants.[15] The university was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1974.

 

[aiw]

St. Louis /seɪnt ˈluːɪs/ (French: Saint-Louis or St-Louis, [sɛ̃ lwi] ( listen)) is an independent city[6] on the eastern border of Missouri, United States, and it is the second-largest city in the state. With a population of 318,069 in July 2011,[5] it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St. Louis combined statistical area (CSA) population of 2,882,932 is the 15th-largest in the country and is the largest in Missouri.

 

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Saint Louis University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1818 by the Most Reverend Louis Guillaume Valentin Dubourg[5] SLU is the oldest university west of the Mississippi River. It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

 

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Hakkelaarsbrug is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Muiden, and lies about 6 km northwest of Bussum.[1]

 

[Thain]

Noodling is fishing for catfish using only bare hands, practiced primarily in the southern United States. The noodler places his hand inside a discovered catfish hole. Many other names, such as catfisting, grabbling, graveling, hogging, dogging, gurgling, tickling and stumping, are used in different regions for the same activity.

 

[DukeNukem05]

Kyle Hawkins is the head coach of the German National Men's U-19 lacrosse team, as well as the HTHC Hamburg Warriors lacrosse team and former head coach of the University of Missouri Men's Lacrosse team. In May 2006, he discussed his sexual orientation with several media outlets, including the New York Times and MSNBC.com after having revealed to his university and team that he was gay. In April 2007, the story again made media waves with an Associated Press story featured on MSNBC.com. Hawkins was named the first openly gay man coaching an intercollegiate men's team sport by ESPN.