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The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® has formed an affinity programs working group whose goal is to study the impact
of affinity relationships and relocation referral fee practices and disseminate information about them to practitioners.
Not exact matches
It has been noted from time to time in the literature that the thought
of Charles Hartshorne has a number
of affinities with personalism, and this is a special case
of the
relationship between process and personalist thought.
Further, if human beings are open to an experience
of the Infinite and it is that
relationship which is perfectly embodied in Jesus Christ, then, however great the gap, there is an
affinity between Jesus and his followers.
An «
affinity» which is difficult to analyze is necessary to enter into and comprehend the
relationship between the data which represent the structure
of a cult.
«We have a very good
relationship between us, good
affinities as with the rest
of the team.
These include: 1) finding and describing new fossils in Precambrian strata, 2) using analytical tools to examine those fossils in order to determine taxonomic
affinity, taphonomy, functional morphology, and paleoecology, 3) using modern analogs to determine phylogenetic
relationships and physiology
of early eukaryotes and animals, and 4) combining multiple sources
of data to create a timeline
of biotic and abiotic events in the Precambrian.
I love that it came out
of a natural
affinity and
relationship with the store.
The
relationship site matchaffinity.com uses our unique
affinity questionnaire — designed by a team
of psychologists — to assess your levels
of compatibility with other members.
MatchAffinity.com suggests compatible
relationship matches based on results
of an in - depth
affinity test and was added to the Match brand portfolio in 2005.
We'll show you your most compatible matches, and you will be able to see your
affinity score with other matchaffinity.com members, plus a more in - depth breakdown
of your
relationship compatibility.
By diverting attention from the religious entente to the emotional
affinity between the protagonists, tenuously held together by strained
relationships with their children, Captive places a befuddled and detached leading cast in an awkward position, unable to discern the characters» psychology and grasp the gravity
of their spiritual transformation.
Please join NEP and the Black Teacher Project as we partner to explore the crucial work
of building
relationship and understanding among and across race identity groups, with a focus on using racial
affinity group structures in sustained collaborative work contexts.
I have a longstanding
relationship and
affinity for non-profits having worked with some, near and dear to my heart, in my hometown
of El Paso, Texas.
But the stylistic
affinity with Pollock
of the paintings on view means that not to reference their
relationship would be disingenuous.
Sharing a formal
affinity with these patterns, Keegan's photographs possess a stable figure - ground
relationship akin to that
of the panels, and like the lattice, contain and collect, like a city's sieve.
Employing the language
of museum display, the artists chart the recurrence
of forms and themes across cultures and history, to reveal unexpected
relationships and
affinities.
The exhibition is accompanied by a small publication that features a timeline
of Tang Chang's life and Thai history and an original essay by Orianna Cacchione that traces Chang's
relationship with the Thai art scene and examines
affinities and divergences between his work and international forms
of gestural abstraction and concrete poetry.
This exhibition will present the development
of Rothschild's work in the context
of two particular concerns: the visual and intellectual
affinities between her sculpture and its artistic precursors, in particular the work
of Barbara Hepworth, and the
relationship of sculpture to its architectural setting.
In thinking about this time / space
relationship of patterns and movement I became interested in the
affinity of postmodern dance to works such as «Single Strand, Forward Motion» that also forge a
relationship to cultural activities such as walking meditation, marching bands, and line dancing.
While Darboven is certainly engaged in developing a historical perspective, her methods — as they might in a sociological or anthropological study — have little to do with cultural
affinities, formal
relationships, or morphologies
of ritualistic behavior.
Neither solely about fashion nor about art, the exhibition builds on the tensions,
affinities, and distance between the two and the problem
of contemporariness revealed in their
relationship.
Through his
affinity of found objects, archives and landscape compositions Reith selected a group
of four (two Canadian and two Dutch) artists that have an intentional or unintentional
relationship with these subjects.
By forming Biters and referencing the image
of a DJ and MC from a rap crew, the two artists acknowledge the debt their practices hold to hip - hop culture and its
relationship with art and appropriation; the reconfiguring
of prefabricated objects, a logo or symbol becoming a mark
of tribal
affinity, an audio source and / or drum break that paints the environment to an entire song.
If Anderson's paintings have contemporary
affinities in practices (especially with that
of Peter Doig, his former teacher), the theoretical contexts they summon are well - rooted — in particular those teleological forecasts about the
relationship between his chosen genres as articulated by critics including Kenneth Clark and Clement Greenberg; the latter wrote, in 1949,
of the evolutionary conundrum whereby French painting «was brought to the verge
of abstraction in and by its very effort to transcribe visual experience with ever greater fidelity.»
The sculpture has a strong visual
affinity to Minimalist sculpture and shares Minimalism's preoccupation with the
relationship between sculpture and the body
of the spectator.
«
Affinities» also relates to paint as a substance that is relied upon for its use in combination with other material; it has the capability
of facilitating
relationships between color, texture, structure, and design.
Phylogenetic
relationships and generic
affinity of Uncinula septate inferred from nuclear rDNA sequences.
Back in 2009, I wrote a head - to - head comparison
of Fastcase and Casemaker, its chief competitor for bar association
affinity relationships.
If awarding damages for the coming - into - existence
of an unwanted parent / child
relationship is offensive in terms
of principle, is it not equally offensive to award damages because the (innocent) child who is the subject
of the parental
relationship lacks genetic
affinity with one
of its parents?
Lead counsel to Citibank on its $ 1 billion pre-purchase
of AAdvantage Miles from American Airlines and its worldwide
affinity relationship in connection with American's chapter 11 proceedings
(3) Any Contracting State may declare in accordance with Article 63 that it will extend the application
of the whole or any part
of the Convention to any maintenance obligation arising from a family
relationship, parentage, marriage or
affinity, including in particular obligations in respect
of vulnerable persons.
Check with your employers or organizational leaders to see if you can benefit from one
of these «
affinity group»
relationships.
In light
of men's greater
affinity for pornography, it is probably not surprising that women are more likely than men to see porn as a potential
relationship problem, and there are indeed many women who find their male partner's porn watching highly distressing.3 At the same time, however, there are many women who have a positive attitude toward porn and there are some couples for whom watching pornography is a mutually enjoyable activity that actually increases rather than decreases intimacy.
NAR's
affinity marketing working group is in the process
of developing a white paper on the impact such
relationships have on practitioners.
In an era fond
of retro products and services, the venerable real estate franchisor, reported to be the largest global network in the residential real estate industry with approximately 6,900 independent offices worldwide in 78 countries and territories with more than 101,000 independent sales professionals, understands that building
relationships and earning the
affinity and trust
of real estate consumers is as important today as it was when brokers Art Bartlett and Marsh Fisher established the CENTURY 21 ® brand in Orange County, Calif., on July 28, 1971.
And, in some cases, prospects who come by way
of affinity programs may be more apt to make a deal, says Howard Hanna, president, Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, Pittsburgh, whose company has formed
affinity relationships with a local medical society and a home improvement company.
«Clearly,
affinity relationships could end up generating a lot
of activity.
Fruth is describing the benefits
of belonging to an
affinity program, a type
of mutually helpful
relationship with other businesses or membership organizations.
«If customers are members
of an
affinity group, salespeople may have to pay a referral fee even though they may already have established a
relationship with those customers,» he says.
I read with disdain industry forecasters» predictions
of more
affinity relationships and recommendations
of commission - cutting plans for brokers to compete («
Affinity Programs: Casting a Wider Net to Gather Prospects,» March 1997, page 47).
Coalition members are piqued that a number
of states, including Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, and West Virginia, are restricting cash benefits made to consumers who transact real estate business that are based on their membership in or
relationship to an
affinity group.