Citations missing date September 2007 Globalize date December 2010 Affinity fraud includes investment fraud s that prey upon members of identifiable groups, such as religious or ethnic communities, language minorities, the elderly, or professional groups. The fraudsters who promote affinity scams frequently are or pretend to be members of the group. They often enlist respected community or religious leaders from within the group to spread the word about the scheme, by convincing those people that a fraudulent investment is legitimate and worthwhile. Many times, those leaders become unwitting victims of the fraudster s ruse. These scams exploit the trust and friendship that exist in groups of people who have something in common. Because of the tight knit structure of many groups, it can be difficult for regulators or law enforcement officials to detect an affinity scam. Victims often fail to notify authorities or pursue their legal remedies, and instead try to work things out within the group. This is particularly true where the fraudsters have used respected community or religious leaders to convince others to join the investment. Many affinity scams involve Ponzi scheme s or pyramid scheme s, where new investor money is used to make payments to earlier investors to give the illusion that the investment is successful. This ploy is used to trick new investors to invest in the scheme and to lull existing investors into believing their investments are safe and secure. In reality ... Affinity frauds can target any group of people who take pride in their shared characteristics, whether ... have investigated and taken action against affinity frauds targeting a wide spectrum of groups ... investor pubs affinity.htm Affinity Fraud How To Avoid Investment Scams That Target Groups ... 19 Million The SEC s complaint alleges that this affinity fraud targeted Armenian Americans with little ... Affinity Fraud Category Finance fraud ... more details
Infobox Company company name Affinity Gaming company logo File Affinity Gaming logo.png 160px company type Privately held company Private company slogan foundation Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. 1987 location Paradise, Nevada Paradise , Nevada, U.S. 8449 Russell Road is in Paradise per CC Assessor key people David D. Ross CEO num employees industry Entertainment & Hospitality products Casino game Casino Games br Resort s revenue homepage URL herbstgaming.com Affinity Gaming , formerly known as Herbst Gaming , is a casino and slot route operator based in Paradise, Nevada Paradise , Nevada, United States that operates under the name Terrible s . It shares its logo and headquarters with the family owned Terrible Herbst Terrible Herbst Oil Company gas station franchise. History File Herbst Gaming logo.jpg thumb The old logo of Herbst Gaming The business traces it roots to the Terrible Herbst Oil Company founded in 1959 by Ed Herbst grandfather of the current owners which owns gasoline station s throughout Nevada, California, Utah and Arizona. ref http www.terribleherbst.com gas locations.html ref The stations bear the logo of a terrible cowboy wearing a handlebar mustache and black hat. ref cite web url http ir.herbstgaming.com phoenix.zhtml?c 130603&p irol irhome title Investor Relations Home accessdate 2009 03 12 work publisher Herbst Gaming date ref In 1987 Herbst Gaming was formed by brothers Ed Herbst, Troy Herbst and Tim Herbst grandchildren of the patriarch to service the slot machines ... from Chapter 11 on December 31, 2010 under new ownership and changed its name to Affinity Gaming ... In March 2012, Affinity sold the Terrible s Town Casino and Terrible s Lakeside Casino & RV Park in Pahrump ... date 1 March 2012 ref Golden in turn sold to Affinity three casinos in Black Hawk, Colorado the Golden Gates, Golden Gulch, and Golden Mardi Gras. ref name stutz On the same day, Affinity sold the Terrible ... Affinity Gaming Category Affinity Gaming Category Gambling companies of the United States Category ... more details
File Electron Affinity in Band Diagram.png thumb Electron affinity E sub EA sub in a band diagram for solids .... The electron affinity of an atom or molecule is defined as the amount of energy released ... GoldBookRef title Electron affinity file E01977 ref X e sup sup X sup sup This property is measured ... of the electron affinity and ionization potential . ref Robert S.Mulliken, Journal of Chemical Physics ... electron affinity include electronic chemical potential and chemical hardness . Another example, a molecule or atom that has a more positive value of electron affinity than another is often called ... reactions. In solids, the electron affinity is the energy difference between the vacuum energy ..., electron affinity can also be defined as the amount of energy required to detach an electron ... Electron affinities of the elements Main Electron affinity data page Although E sub ea sub varies greatly ... be found in group 2A, and this trend only applies to group 1A atoms. Electron affinity follows the trend of electronegativity. Fluorine F has a higher electron affinity than oxygen and so on. The following ... Actinides Synthetic center PeriodicTablesKey Molecular electron affinities The electron affinity of molecules is a complicated function of their electronic structure. For instance the electron affinity ... are positive. In silico experiments show that the electron affinity of hexacyanobenzene surpasses ... Abstract ref Electron affinity of surfaces The electron affinity measured from a material s surface is a function of the bulk material as well as the surface condition. Often negative electron affinity ... affinity is one parameter. For one illustration of the apparent effect of surface termination ... 348 349. External links http www.iupac.org goldbook E01977.pdf Electron affinity , definition from the IUPAC Gold Book DEFAULTSORT Electron Affinity Category Atomic physics Category Chemical bonding ... eletr nica ru simple Electron affinity sl Elektronska afiniteta sr ... more details
Affinity analysis is a data analysis and data mining technique that discovers co occurrence relationships among activities performed by or recorded about specific individuals or groups. In general, this can be applied to any process where agents can be unique identifier uniquely identified and information about their activities can be recorded. In retail, affinity analysis is used to perform market basket analysis , in which retailers seek to understand the purchase behavior of customers. This information can then be used for purposes of cross selling and up selling , in addition to influencing sales promotion s, loyalty programs, store design, and Discounts and allowances discount plans . ref name demystifyingmba cite web title Demystifying Market Basket Analysis url http www.information management.com specialreports 20061031 1067598 1.html accessdate 3 November 2009 ref Examples Market basket analysis might tell a retailer that customers often purchase shampoo and conditioner correlation together , so putting both items on promotion at the same time would not create a significant increase in profit, while a promotion involving just one of the items would likely drive sales of the other. Market basket analysis can be used to cluster analysis divide customers into groups . A company could look at what other items people purchase along with eggs, and classify them as baking a cake if they re buying eggs along with flour and sugar or making omelets if they re buying eggs along with bacon and cheese . This identification could then be used to drive other programs. Business use Business use of market basket analysis has significantly increased since the introduction of electronic point of sale . ref name demystifyingmba Amazon.com Amazon uses affinity analysis for cross selling when it recommends products to people based on their purchase history and the purchase history of other ... An overview of Market Basket Analysis DEFAULTSORT Affinity Analysis Category Data mining de Warenkorbanalyse ... more details
Infobox Company company logo Image Affinity Equity Partners Logo.png 250px Affinity Equity Partners company name Affinity Equity Partners company type Private Company Private Ownership foundation 2002 ... www.affinityequity.com Affinity Equity Partners is one of the largest dedicated Asian private equity firms and focuses on leveraged buyout and growth capital transactions. Affinity invests primarily ..., healthcare, financial services, and business services companies. Affinity typically invests in companies ... , Japan , Korea , Singapore and Taiwan . Affinity was founded by Kok Yew K.Y. Tang and David Lai in 2002 ..., Australia . David Lai left Affinity in 2009. Meantime, some of the portfolio companies, including ... Announcements , June 17, 2009 ref History The two founders of Affinity, K.Y. Tang and David Lai, joined UBS AG UBS Capital in the mid 1990s. Affinity, founded in 2002 , was originally known as UBS ... out as an independent firm in March 2004. In 2004 , Affinity raised its first independent private equity fund, Affinity Asia Pacific Fund II, with 700 million of investor commitments. In 2007 , Affinity raised its next fund Affinity Asia Pacific Fund III with 2.8 billion of investor commitments ... Jones Financial News, January 29, 2007 ref Among Affinity s notable investments are the following Colorado Group Limited an Australian company that operates a chain of clothing retailers acquired by Affinity in a hostile takeover in 2006 . ref http www.theage.com.au news business affinitys affinity for colorado proof that private equity ismainstream player 2006 07 18 1153166383260.html Affinity s affinity ... Hi Mart a South Korean online shopping mall and chain of electronics stores acquired by Affinity, together ... 21, 2007 ref Jaya Holdings Affinity acquired a minority interest in Jaya, a Singapore based offshore ... parts manufacturer acquired by Affinity, together with CCMP Capital CCMP Capital Asia in 2000 and sold ... 2 CCMP, Affinity sell S.Korea s Mando for 690 mln . Reuters , January 21, 2008 ref External links http ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 In Canon law Catholic Church Canon law of the Catholic Church , affinity is a relationship ..., Washington DC 1999 . ref Affinity is so computed that those who are blood relatives of the man are related in the same line and degree by affinity to the woman and vice versa. ref ibid. paragraph 2. ref Today affinity does not beget affinity. Therefore the relatives of the man do not become relatives ... line. Early Christian law The Christian emperors extended it to the first degree of collateral affinity ... of Rome recognizes the impediment of affinity as well as of consanguinity to extend to the seventh ... 1215 limited both affinity and consanguinity to the fourth degree. The Council of Trent Sess ... degree of affinity. Reasoning The motive for the impediment of affinity is akin to, though not as strong ... intimacy with the blood relatives of the other side. The degrees of affinity are determined by the same ... of affinity were recognized as an impediment to marriage. If a man then married a widow, those ..., akin to Titius by the first kind, became akin to Sarah by the second kind of affinity. Titius ... by second kind to Sarah, become akin by the third kind of affinity to Robert. Affinity no longer begets affinityAffinity also, in the ancient law, arose between the children of a woman from a deceased ... could not marry a mother and a daughter. Affinity begot affinity. But the Fourth Council of Lateran took away all but the first kind of affinity hence the axiom that affinity does not beget affinity ... Council of Lateran. The impediment to marriage from affinity arises from ecclesiastical law . This is clearly recognized today by theologians with regard to collateral affinity. The Church grants dispensation in all the degrees of this affinity. In regard to affinity in the direct line, there was a serious ... February 20, 1888 implies that this affinity arises from ecclesiastical law The Holy Father permits ... law, except from the order of the priesthood, and affinity, in the direct line, arising from lawful ... more details
Advert date August 2010 An affinity credit card program allows an organization to offer its members and supporters those who have an affinity for that organization a credit card that promotes the organization s brand and imagery each time a cardholder uses the card. An affinity credit card program may pay the brand owning organization a bonus for each new account generated, plus a percentage of every transaction charged to the card. In some cases the brand owning organization will form a revenue and profit sharing joint venture on a 50 50 basis. The venture is funded by the interchange income from the card scheme such as Mastercards or VISA , fees, charges and credit lent to cardholders. Affinity credit cards are offered by many retailers, shopping centers, airlines, universities , alumni associations , sports teams, professional associations and others, and increasingly by small and mid sized nonprofits and membership based groups that rely on these programs for incremental revenue. The first example was Diners Club in New York, and the concept is now widespread and global. In fact, the explosion in popularity of affinity credit cards helped generate the global expansion on the number and use of credit cards in general. But the affinity credit card industry is changing. To recapture the costs of offering a group s affinity credit card, issuers often prefer working with large organizations that allow direct access to members. This provides the issuer with the group s implied endorsement and access to members for the purpose of cross marketing credit cards and other financial products. An affinity group with sufficient number of members say in excess of 5,000 and who can give access to its membership base will find many banks willing to issue the credit card. External links DEFAULTSORT Affinity Credit Card Category Credit card terminology pl Karta affinity ... more details
Infobox musical artist name Johnny Alegre AFFINITY Commented out because image was deleted image AFFINITY Live.jpg caption background group or band origin Philippines instrument genre jazz years active label Candid Records associated acts website http candidrecords.com artist profile artist profile inline frame.shtml Artist Roster of Candid Records past members Koko Bermejo drums , Tots Tolentino sax , Elhmir Saison piano current members Johnny Alegre guitar , Colby dela Calzada bass , Mar Dizon drums Associated members Ria Osorio keyboards orchestrations , Joey Quirino keyboards , Jerri de Leon bass , Simon Tan bass , Dave Harder bass , Terry Undag trumpet flugelhorn , Alvin Cornista sax The Johnny Alegre AFFINITY is a jazz group originating from the Philippines . It is led by self taught Philippine guitarist composer Johnny Alegre , together with bassist Colby de la Calzada, drummer Koko ... Jazz Bar heralded the AFFINITY s reputation as described by aficionados in the ensuing reviews as Manila ... of the eponymous album, Johnny Alegre AFFINITY , by the UK based jazz specialty label, Candid ... . In November, the Johnny Alegre AFFINITY inaugurated their new compositions and arrangements ..., AFFINITY once again became the focal point of two major jazz concert events, the Makati Jazz Festival ..., entitled Eastern Skies , was launched in December 2007 featuring AFFINITY amidst big band and symphonic ... of Intramuros br 2005 Johnny Alegre AFFINITY CAN KC 5001 aka Jazzhound CCD 79842 in the UK br 2006 Environmentally ... Skies CAN KC 5006 External links http www.johnnyalegre.com affinity Everything Johnny Alegre AFFINITY http www.alegre.com.ph The Community Page about Johnny Alegre AFFINITY on Facebook http reverbnation.com ... Alegre & AFFINITY on Multiply http groups.yahoo.com group affinity PH Johnny Alegre AFFINITY at Yahoogroups br DEFAULTSORT Johnny Alegre Category Jazz ensembles Johnny Alegre AFFINITY Category Philippine musical groups Category Candid Records artists es Johnny Alegre Affinity ... more details
Affinity describes itself as a growing network of many hundreds of Bible centred churches and Christian agencies throughout Britain and Ireland . It was founded in 1953 as the British Evangelical Council and in 1981 numbered over 2,000 churches. ref name Bebbington http books.google.com books?id W1BITTth4ZUC&pg PA265&dq 22british evangelical council 22 1953&hl en&ei V23cTZPnBdTAgQf 5 T Dw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 1&ved 0CCoQ6AEwAA v onepage&q 22british 20evangelical 20council 22 20 201953&f false Evangelicalism in modern Britain a history from the 1730s to the 1980s , David W. Bebbington, Psychology Press, 1989, p. 265. ref The organization stagnated in the 1980s following the death of Martyn Lloyd Jones . The rebranding and relaunch happened in 2004. ref name Affinity cite news last Benton first John title To Affinity and Beyond A new name for the British Evangelical Council publisher Evangelicals Now date 2004 05 url http www.e n.org.uk 2895 To Affinity and beyond.htm accessdate 2011 05 26 archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20110606104616 http www.e n.org.uk 2895 To Affinity ... http www.bibleleaguetrust.org articles affinity.pdf Affinity , Bible League Trust ref Affinity provides ... and Ireland . There are currently about 1300 church congregations linked to Affinity. ref name BBCRadio ... is Church centred Partnership for Bible centred Christianity . ref name Affinity The British ... with Affinity would consider Bible centred Christianity to be reformed , Calvinist , and non Charismatic ... needed date May 2011 Groups of churches linked to Affinity include the Apostolic Church denomination ... Connexion of the Free Church of England . ref http www.affinity.org.uk smartweb affinity partners corporate partners Corporate Partners , Affinity website ref As of 2008, the director of Affinity ... reflist External links cite web title Affinity website url http www.affinity.org.uk accessdate 2007 ... 2007 DASHBot deadurl no DEFAULTSORT Affinity Category Evangelical parachurch organisations Category ... more details
Infobox Company company name Affinity Credit Union company logo company type Credit Union foundation location city Saskatoon , Saskatchewan location country Canada key people George Keter, Chief Executive Officer industry Financial services revenue 86.4 million Canadian dollar CAD 2009 ref name 2009 annual report http www.affinitycu.ca common media pdfs media centre financial statements 2009 annual.pdf Assiniboine Affinity Union 2009 Annual Report ref net income 15.2 million Canadian dollar CAD 2009 ref name 2009 annual report assets 2.04 billion Canadian dollar CAD 2009 ref name cucc Q4 data http www.cucentral.ca Default.aspx?DN 55b19575 92c0 4fca 87b6 48c238f9e10d&l English Central Credit Union of Canada Largest 100 Credit Unions Caisses Populaires Results Q4 2009 ref num employees 610 2009 ref name 2009 annual report homepage http www.affinitycu.ca www.affinitycu.ca Affinity Credit Union is a credit union based in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , and at the end of 2009 was the tenth largest credit union in Canada . ref name cucc Q4 data Affinity has 44 branches in 36 communities in Saskatchewan. As of 2009, the credit union has 2.04 billion in assets under administration and approximately 92,356 members. ref name 2009 annual report Affinity is a member of the World Council of Credit Unions . Image Saskatoon Credit Union.jpg thumb Affinity Credit Unit Branch in Saskatoon References reflist External links http www.affinitycu.ca Affinity Credit Union website Canadian banks Saskatoon Corporations Category Credit unions of Canada Category Companies based in Saskatoon canada company stub ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Affinity Type studio album Artist The Oscar Peterson Trio Cover affinityoscar.jpg Released 1962 Recorded September 25 27, 1962, Chicago , Illionis Genre Jazz Length Label Verve Records Verve Producer Norman Granz Last album Bursting Out with the All Star Big Band br 1962 This album Affinity br 1962 Next album Something Warm br 1962 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 3 5 ref Allmusic class album id r145444 pure url yes Allmusic review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Affinity is a 1962 studio album by the Oscar Peterson Trio. ref Allmusic class album id r145444 label Affinity ref Track listing Waltz for Debby song Waltz for Debby Bill Evans , Gene Lees 5 53 Tangerine 1941 song Tangerine Johnny Mercer , Victor Schertzinger 4 41 Gravy Waltz Steve Allen , Ray Brown musician Ray Brown 4 26 This Could Be the Start of Something Allen 4 43 Baubles, Bangles, & Beads George Forrest author George Forrest , Robert Wright writer Robert Wright 4 13 Six and Four Oliver Nelson 7 03 I m a Fool to Want You Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra , Jack Wolf 3 44 Yours Is My Heart Alone Ludwig Herzer, Franz Leh r , Beda Fritz Loehner 5 38 Personnel Oscar Peterson piano Ray Brown musician Ray Brown double bass Ed Thigpen Drum kit drums References Reflist Category 1962 albums Category Oscar Peterson albums Category Verve Records albums Category Albums produced by Norman Granz id Affinity album Oscar Peterson ... more details
The Affinity Business School ABS is a private business school in Bhubaneswar , Orissa, India. It was established in 2008. Its director is K.S. Satsry. History Affinity Business school is an autonomous college, established in September 07, 2008. ABS was declared in the list of top 100 b schools in India . ABS is approved by All India Council for Technical Education AICTE . It has been offering quality management education with a human face. Affinity Business School has established an identity of its own, and it is getting to be known not only for the various courses it offers but also for the innovative methods adopted to design and deliver the courses. ABS achievements in such a short span of time can be attributed to its innovative spirit and its indomitable will to excel. Our founders some of the best minds from the corporate and academic worlds visualized that the rapidly changing business landscape would require young leaders with anunderstanding of evolving economies, with a global perspective and community sensitiveness. It has focused on quality and rigorous education, academic infrastructure, technology and innovation. All these efforts have paid rich dividends in form of placement ...,Chairman, Affinity International Trust Mr. Ratikanta Mohanty,Secretary, Affinity International Trust Dr. K.S.Sastri,Director of Affinity Business School Mr. Barada Prasad Panigrahy , Chief Resource Officer ..., Ohio, USA Mr. Arun Mishra,Sector Head HR, GMR Group Mr. Bibhudendra Samal,Director, Affinity International ... Visits Affinity Business School conduct Study tour and industrial visits to the students without ... supplementary needs of the students, faculty,research scholars and members of the institute Affinity ... and applications with a digitized bibliographic database. In addition to this, Affinity has subscription ... to have access to a unique Wi Fi campus which portrays the high tech face of Affinity Business ... without the hassle of wires and plug ins. Incidentally, Affinity Business School is in the group ... more details
ad date February 2012 Brand Affinity Technologies BAT is an American advertising firm. Founders The company was founded by brothers Chad Steelberg and Ryan Steelberg . The Steelbergs have backgrounds in building market changing businesses including dMarc Broadcasting, developer of a technology platform related to radio advertising sold to Google in 2006 2Can Media, one of the first and largest Internet advertising sales organizations sold to CMGI in 1999 and AdForce, the world s largest independent ad serving and management solution at the time of its sale in 1999. Brand Affinity Technologies BAT is supposedly founded on the same underlying principal sic that all of these ventures have shared efficiency and profitability go hand in hand. ref Orange County Business Journal, Brothers Launch Latest Start up for Celebrity Ads http brandaffinity.net pressandnews viewarticle?article 040609 ref History Brand Affinity Technologies acquired http www.fantapper.com Fantapper in November, 2010 ref http brandaffinity.net pressandnews viewrelease?article 111610 ref Brand Affinity Technologies acquired http www.roimediadirect.com ROI Media Direct in June, 2010 ref http brandaffinity.net pressandnews viewrelease?article 062910 ref Brand Affinity Technologies acquired http apps.facebook.com beelyaltd ?installed 1 Beelya in January, 2010 ref http brandaffinity.net pressandnews viewrelease?article 020110 ref Recognition Brand Affinity Technologies has received many awards for its technology and services 2011 American Business Awards for Best New Product or Service of the Year Finalist ref http www.stevieawards.com pubs awards 403 2646 21015.cfm ref 2011 Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award by the Orange County Business Journal ref http www.ocbj.com accounts login ?next news 2011 mar 17 smile brands executive other entrepreneurs honored ref 2011 OnMedia Top 100 Companies ref http www.alwayson network.com AOStory Announcing 2011 OnMedia 100 Top Private Companies ref 2010 OMMA Award Finalist ... more details
Isotope coded affinity tags ICATs are a gel free method for quantitative proteomics that relies on chemical labeling reagents. ref name pmid10504701 cite journal author Gygi SP, Rist B, Gerber SA, Turecek F, Gelb MH, Aebersold R title Quantitative analysis of complex protein mixtures using isotope coded affinity tags journal Nature Biotechnology volume 17 issue 10 pages 994 9 year 1999 month October pmid 10504701 doi 10.1038 13690 url ref ref Cite patent US 6670194 Rapid quantitative analysis of proteins or protein function in complex mixtures, Rudolf Hans Aebersold et al. ref These chemical probes consist of three general elements a reactive group capable of labeling a defined amino acid side chain e.g., iodoacetamide to modify cysteine residues , an isotopically coded linker, and a tag e.g., biotin for the affinity isolation of labeled proteins peptides. For the quantitative comparison of two proteomes, one sample is labeled with the isotopically light d0 probe and the other with the isotopically heavy d8 version. To minimize error, both samples are then combined, digested with a protease i.e., trypsin , and subjected to avidin affinity chromatography to isolate peptides labeled with isotope coded tagging reagents. These peptides are then analyzed by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry LC MS . The ratios of signal intensities of differentially mass tagged peptide pairs are quantified to determine the relative levels of proteins in the two samples. The original tags were developed using deuterium, but later the same group redesigned the tags using 13C instead to circumvent issues of peak separation during LC due to the deuterium interacting with the stationary phase of the column ref cite journal last Yi first E.C coauthors et al. title Increased quantitative proteome coverage with 13 C 12 C based, acid cleavable isotope coded affinity tag reagent and modified data acquisition scheme journal Proteomics year 2005 volume 5 pages 380 7 doi 10.1002 pmic.200400970 pmid ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Affinity Type album Artist Bill Evans Cover Affinitybillevans.jpg Released 1979 Recorded October 30 November 2, 1978 Genre Jazz Length 42 36 Label Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Producer Helen Keane Last album New Conversations br 1978 This album Affinity br 1979 Next album We Will Meet Again br 1979 Affinity is an album by United States American jazz pianist Bill Evans , released in 1979. Bill Evans plays a Fender Rhodes electric piano on many of the tracks and it is the last time he uses the electric piano on a studio album. It is the recording debut for bassist Marc Johnson musician Marc Johnson . Reception The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars calling it Excellent if not essential music that Evans generally uplifts . ref name Allmusic Yanow, S. http www.allmusic.com album affinity r138412 Allmusic Review accessed July 22, 2011 ref Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 3 5 ref name Allmusic Track listing All songs by Bill Evans unless otherwise noted. I Do It for Your Love Paul Simon 7 16 Sno Peas Phil Markowitz 5 51 This Is All I Ask Gordon Jenkins 4 14 Days of Wine and Roses song Days of Wine and Roses Henry Mancini , Johnny Mercer 6 40 Jesus Last Ballad Gianni Bedori 5 52 Tomato Kiss Larry Schneider 5 17 The Other Side of Midnight Noelle s Theme Michel Legrand 3 17 Blue in Green Miles Davis , Bill Evans 4 09 Body and Soul song Body & Soul Edward Heyman , Robert Sour , Frank Eyton , Johnny Green 6 16 Personnel Bill Evans piano, keyboards Marc Johnson musician Marc Johnson bass Eliot Zigmund drums Larry Schneider flute, tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone Toots Thielemans harmonica Production notes Helen ... The Bill Evans Memorial Library Bill Evans DEFAULTSORT Affinity Bill Evans Album Category Bill Evans albums Category 1979 albums 1970s jazz album stub fr Affinity album de Bill Evans ... more details
Infobox golf tournament name Nedbank Affinity Cup nickname image location flagicon ZAF Sun City, North West Sun City , South Africa establishment 2007 course Lost City Golf Club Lost City GC par 72 yardage 7,637 yards tour Sunshine Tour format Stroke play purse South African rand R 550,000 month played November aggregate 202 Mark Murless 2007 to par 14 as above current champion flagicon ZAF Warren Abery The Nedbank Affinity Cup is a golf tournament on the Sunshine Tour . It was founded in 2007 as a precursor to the Nedbank Golf Challenge , and is played at the Gary Player designed Lost City Golf Club , in Sun City, North West Sun City , North West South African province North West province , South Africa . ref cite web url http www.sunshinetour.com default.asp?AId 235526 title Nedbank s golfing affinity grows publisher Sunshine Tour date November 15, 2007 accessdate 2008 11 14 ref Winners class wikitable Year Winner Score 2011 flagicon ZAF Warren Abery 205 11 2010 colspan 2 no tournament 2009 flagicon ZAF Jake Roos 204 12 sup PO sup 2008 flagicon ZAF Tyrone van Aswegen 204 12 2007 flagicon ZAF Mark Murless 202 14 References reflist External links http www.sunshinetour.com Sunshine Tour official site Sunshine Tour Events Golf tournament stub Category Sunshine Tour events Category Golf tournaments in South Africa ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Affinity, West Virginia settlement type Unincorporated community nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map mapsize map caption image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 pushpin map West Virginia Location coordinates region US WV subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 West Virginia subdivision type2 List of counties in West Virginia County subdivision name2 Raleigh County, West Virginia Raleigh Government government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 area land km2 area water km2 area total sq mi area land sq mi area water sq mi Population population as of population footnotes population total population density km2 population density sq mi General information timezone Eastern Time Zone Eastern EST utc offset 5 timezone DST EDT utc offset DST 4 elevation footnotes elevation m elevation ft 2336 latd 37 latm 42 lats 46 latNS N longd 81 longm 13 longs 33 longEW W coordinates display Area postal codes & others postal code type postal code area code Area codes 304 and 681 304 & 681 blank name Geographic Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank info 1553701 GR 3 blank1 name blank1 info website footnotes Affinity is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia Raleigh County , West Virginia , United States . Affinity is convert 1.5 mi km east northeast of Sophia, West Virginia Sophia . References reflist Raleigh County, West Virginia Category Populated places in Raleigh County, West Virginia Category Unincorporated communities in West Virginia RaleighWV geo stub ... more details
Orphan date April 2012 Affinitymagnetic separation AMS is a laboratory tool that can efficiently isolate bacteria l cells out of body fluid or cultured cells. It can also be used as a method of quantifying the pathogenicity of food, blood or feces. Another laboratory separation tool is the immunomagnetic separation IMS , which is more suitable for the isolation of eucaryotic cells. Technique Refimprove date April 2011 Bacteriophages Attachment and penetration Host recognition of bacteriophages occur via bacteria binding proteins that have strong binding affinities to specific protein or carbohydrate structures on the surface of the bacterial host. Bacteria binding proteins derived from bacteriophage coating paramagnetism paramagnetic beads will bind to specific cell components present on the surface of host thus capturing the cells and facilitate the concentration of these bead attached cells. ref Kretzer JW, Lehmann R, Banz M, Kim KP, Korn C. Loessner MJ 2007 Use of high affinity cell wall binding domains of bacteriophage endolysins for immobilization and separation of bacterial cells. Appl Environ Microbiol 73 1992 2000 ref ref Rozand C, Feng P.C.H. Specificity analysis of a novel Phage derived ligand in an Enzyme Linked Fluorescent Assay for the detection of Escherichia coli O157 H7. Journal of Food Protection, 2009 72 1078 1081 ref The concentration process is created by a magnet placed on the side of the test tube bringing the beads to it. Due to the phage ligand technology , AMS is superior to the antibody based immunomagnetic separation IMS on sorting bacterial cells. ref http www.hyglos.de en products services products bacteria capture kits.html Affinity magnetic separation of Listeria spp and Escherichia coli O157 Bacteria Capture Kits ref References references DEFAULTSORT Affinity Magnetic Separation Category Laboratory techniques Category Molecular biology de Affinit tsmagnetische Separation ... more details
Elements Chemical elements data references class wikitable sortable Z Element Name Electron affinity ... ref name Zollweg Electron affinity can be defined in two equivalent ways. First, as the energy that is released by adding an electron to a gaseous atom. The energy or electron affinity is a scalar ... E is a negative quantity . The electron affinity is also defined in the case of electron capture ... title Electron affinity file E01977 ref The reverse definition is that the electron affinity is the energy ... be consistent in according a scalar, i.e. positive number to the electron affinity. A negative sign appearing with a value for electron affinity indicates a change in direction, either that electron ... Element Electron affinity br Joule per mole kJ mol References References 1 Hydrogen 72.77 ref name ... affinity br Joule per mole kJ mol References References colspan 2 align center Diatomics Bromine .... Kiyan, I.Y. Hanstorp, D. Pegg, D.J. 2000 . Measurement of the electron affinity of potassium. Phys .... and Martensson Pendrill, A.M. 1995 . Isotope shift in the electron affinity of chlorine. Phys. Rev ... 2001 . http prola.aps.org pdf PRA v64 i2 e024501 Electron affinity of Bi using infrared laser photodetachment ..., P. Delsart, C. Trainham, R. 1989 . High Resolution Determination of the Electron Affinity of Fluorine ... of the electron affinity of lanthanum, Journal of Physics B 31 L855 60 doi 10.1088 0953 4075 31 20 002 . ref ref name DavisLu Davis, V.T. Thompson, J.S. 2001 . Measurement of the electron affinity ... Davis, V.T. Thompson, J.S. 2002a . Measurement of the electron affinity of cerium. Phys. Rev. Lett ... . Measurement of the electron affinity of thulium. Phys. Rev. A 65 010501 doi 10.1103 PhysRevA.65.010501 ..., U. Pegg, D.J. 1996a . Electron affinity of Li A state selective measurement. Phys. Rev. A 53 ..., J. Berzinsh, U. Hanstorp, D. 1996b . The Electron Affinity of Tellurium. Zeitschrift f r Physik ... et al. 2010 . The electron affinity of tungsten. Eur. Phys. J. D 60 , 219 doi 10.1140 epjd e2010 ... more details
File Taptag simple.png 350px right Tandem affinity purification TAP is a technique for studying protein protein interaction s. It involves creating a fusion protein with a designed piece, the TAP tag, on the end. The protein of interest with the TAP tag first binds to beads coated with IgG , the TAP tag is then broken apart by an enzyme, and finally a different part of the TAP tag binds reversibly to beads of a different type. After the protein of interest has been washed through two affinity columns, it can be examined for binding partners. The TAP method involves the fusion of the TAP tag to the C terminus of the protein under study. The TAP tag consists of calmodulin binding peptide CBP from the N terminal, followed by tobacco etch virus protease TEV protease cleavage site and Protein A , which binds tightly to IgG . The relative order of the modules of the tag is important because Protein A needs to be at the extreme end of the fusion protein so that the entire complex can be retrieved using an IgG matrix. Variant Tags This tag is also known as the C terminal TAP tag because an N terminal version is also available. However, the method to be described assumes the use of a C terminal tag, although the principle behind the method is still the same. History TAP tagging was invented by a research team working in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory at late 1990s Rigaut et al ... ref name puigoetal cite journal author Puig, O., et al. title The Tandem Affinity Purification TAP ... the cells and retrieving the fusion protein through Affinity pharmacology affinity selection .... This second affinity step is required to remove the TEV protease as well as traces of contaminants remaining after the first affinity step. ref name puigoetal After washing, the eluate is then released ... affinity purifications, the chance for contaminants to be retained in the eluate reduces significantly ... expression levels. On the other hand, the tag may also not be sufficiently exposed to the affinity ... more details
Refimprove date June 2007 In molecular biology, an annexin A5 affinity assay is a test to quantify the number of cells undergoing apoptosis . The assay uses the protein annexin A5 to tag apoptotic and dead cells and the numbers are then counted using either flow cytometry or a fluorescence microscope . ref name pmid9450519 cite journal author van Engeland M, Nieland LJ, Ramaekers FC, Schutte B, Reutelingsperger CP title Annexin V affinity assay a review on an apoptosis detection system based on phosphatidylserine exposure journal Cytometry volume 31 issue 1 pages 1 9 year 1998 month January pmid 9450519 doi url ref The annexin a5 protein binds to apoptotic cells in a calcium dependent manner using phosphatidylserine containing membrane surfaces which are usually only present on the inner leaflet of the membrane. Background Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death which is used by the body to remove unwanted, damaged or senescent cells from tissues. Removal of apoptotic cells is carried out via phagocytosis by white blood cells such as macrophages or dendritic cells. Phagocytic white blood cells recognize apoptotic cells by their exposure of negatively charged phospholipids phosphatidylserine on the cell surface. In normal cells the negative phospholipids reside on the inner side of the cellular membrane and the outer surface of the membrane is occupied by phospholipids which do not have a charge. After a cell has entered apoptosis, the negatively charged phospholipids are transported to the outer cell surface by a hypothetical protein known as scramblase . Phagocytic white blood cells express a receptor which can detect the negatively charged phospholipids. After detection the apoptotic cells are removed. Detection of cell death with annexin A5 Healthy individual apoptotic cells are rapidly removed by phagocytes. However in pathological processes the removal of apoptotic ... pmid 15183481 doi 10.1016 j.ijrobp.2003.11.017 url ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Annexin A5 Affinity ... more details
Multiple issues wikify April 2012 orphan April 2012 advert March 2012 Third party date March 2012 File Affinity Plus logo.png thumb 300px Affinity Plus logo Affinity Plus is a Minnesota based credit union . Founded in 1930 as State Capitol Credit Union SCCU , later changing its name to Affinity Plus in 1998. At this point, CEO Kyle Markland radically revitalized the company s strategy to more accurately serve the interests of members. Markland did so by reworking the loan application process, and allowing loan officers to more readily provide loans on a personal basis. Today Affinity Plus has 25 branches in Minnesota, and is currently Minnesota s largest non bank financial institution. ref https www.affinityplus.org what we do about affinity plus history Affinity Plus History ref Eligibility A person is eligible to join Affinity Plus if they, a family member, or a household member satisfy one of the following criteria ref http hbr.org product affinity plus a an 209026 PDF ENG Harvard Business Review Case Affinity Plus ref 1. is an employee of The State of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Any organization that receives funding from the State of Minnesota, including most schools, community colleges, private and public universities, nursing homes and hospitals, counties, cities, municipalities, and nonprofit groups 2. is a member of The University of Minnesota Alumni Association a student in the Minnesota State University System an alumnus of the Minnesota State University System 3. lives works, or worships in Roseville Arden Hills Mounds View Shoreview St. Anthony New Brighton 4. is a Minnesota Twins employee, or a family member of a Minnesota Twins employee 5. is a relative or housemate of any eligible person or current member 6. is a dues paying member of the Affinity Plus Foundation References Reflist Category Credit unions based in Minnesota ... more details
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iMac is a line of Apple Macintosh computers. IMAC or Imac may also refer to Necmettin Imac born 1987 , Netherlands footballer Isochronous media access controller , a method of transferring data that must not be interrupted telecommunications . Affinity chromatography Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography Immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography , a technique to purify proteins International Miniature Aerobatic Club Install Move Add Change, in IT Service Management Independent Medicare Advisory Council , intended to monitor health care in the United States I Marine Amphibious Corps dab de IMAC fr IMAC ... more details
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