* Affinity ( band ), A Jazz / Rock band active in the late 60s and early 70s

As part of Linux Affinity and the free AIX Toolboxes for Linux Applications ( ATLA ), open-source KDE Plasma Workspaces and GNOME desktop are also available.

* Affinity ( law ), kinship by marriage

* Affinity ( canon law ), a kinship arising from the sexual intercourse of a man and a woman

* Affinity ( Christian organisation ), formerly known as the British Evangelical Council

* Affinity ( mathematics ), an affine transformation ( which preserves collinearity )

* Affinity ( pharmacology ), in biochemistry, protein-ligand binding

* Affinity ( sociology ), shared interests and commitments between persons in groups, " willingness to associate "

* Affinity ( taxonomy ), mainly in natural history-resemblance suggesting a common descent or type

* Affinity ( Fire Emblem ), the numerous bonuses units in the videogame Fire Emblem have from sharing support conversations with one another

* " Affinity " ( Stargate SG-1 ), a season 8 episode of Stargate SG-1

* Affinity ( novel ), 1999 novel by Sarah Waters

* Affinity ( film ), a 2008 feature film based on Sarah Waters ' novel

With the help of local contacts and, after intensive correspondence over the course of years, Morgan analyzed his research and wrote his seminal Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity ( 1871 ), which was printed by the Smithsonian Press.

Affinity groups can be based on a common ideology ( e. g., anarchism, pacifism ), a shared concern for a given issue ( e. g., anti-nuclear, anti-war ) or a common activity, role or skill ( e. g., legal support, medical aid, black blocs ).

The “ Affinity ” Membership, by Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd ( SATS ), offers passenger preferential check-in services at their specially designated “ Affinity ” check-in counters and the use of SATS Premier Club lounges available in all terminals of Singapore Changi Airport as well as the lifestyle “ Rainforest ” lounge in Terminal 1, regardless of the class of travel.

This mechanic was extremely powerful and " Affinity " decks quickly monopolised Magic: The Gathering tournaments ( see below ), eventually resulting in sweeping bannings of the most powerful Affinity-related cards in an effort to revive the tournament scene.

It also introduces songs from newcomers like Tekno Dred and Ad Man ( Ad Man was an unnamed composer in the credits ), Affinity, Hybrid, Lynn, and Onyx.

), which reduced the principles of association first to two, Simultaneity and Affinity, and these further to one supreme principle of Redintegration or Totality.

This opened up the way for later attempts most notable of which is the Filipino jazz supergroup Johnny Alegre Affinity releasing its eponymous debut album in 2005 under London-based Candid Records.

* Freestyle ( Philippine band ), an alternative-jazz band from the Philippines

On April 30, 2011, Anthrax headlined in the Philippines for the first time in the annual Pulp Summer Slam along with Death Angel, Hellyeah and UAE's heavy metal band Nervecell.

On 12 March 2012, the band played a successful one-night only concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines, much to the delight of their Filipino fans, for it being the band's first time ever to perform there.

* Throw ( band ), a punk band from the Philippines formed by Al Dimalanta ( formerly of Dead Ends ).

* Shamrock ( band ), alternative band from the Philippines

He and many of his ham friends could be heard nightly on the 80 meter amateur radio band at a frequency of 3840 kHz ( before he moved to the Philippines ).

In the Philippines ( where they are known as " tamsi ") the males of some subspecies have an orange band on the chest, in Wallacea and northern New Guinea some subspecies have most of the underparts blackish, and in southern China and adjacent parts of Vietnam most of the underparts of the male are greyish-white.

Adoro has a new band named Markus Highway under Warner Music Philippines.

* Fuseboxx, a metal band from the Philippines

Freestyle is a Pinoy rock / R & B band from the Philippines.

* Hale ( band ), alternative rock band in the Philippines

In December 2002, China Crisis ' Daly and Lundon held a one night unplugged venue in Manila, Philippines, with the support of a local band, Rivermaya.

The most popular Pinoy Rock band in the Philippines in the ' 80s was arguably The Dawn, whose early songs were largely influenced by New Wave and Post-punk, the dominant Alternative Music genres in the Philippines during that period.

As the 1990s progressed, the band remained very popular in Asia, mainly in countries like Japan, Thailand, India, Malaysia, The Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore.

She helps apl. de. ap of the band The Black Eyed Peas with a foundation called Love for Leyte, raising money for the victims of the city of Leyte, Philippines.

* Identity Crisis ( band ), an alternative rock band from the Philippines

The event saw the unfurling of the National Flag of the Philippines, made in Hong Kong by Marcela Agoncillo, Lorenza Agoncillo, and Delfina Herboza, and the performance of the Marcha Filipina Magdalo, as the national anthem, now known as Lupang Hinirang, which was composed by Julián Felipe and played by the San Francisco de Malabon marching band.

The band Eraserheads, from the Philippines, borrowed the intro bass line for their song, " Easy Ka Lang ", which translate to English " Take It Easy " but with slight variation on the intro.

Countries where ASL or a derivative of ASL is the national or a widespread language include Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana ( with BSL ), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, the Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d ' Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Kenya ( minority use ), Liberia, Madagascar ( minority use ), Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines ( L2 use ), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo, and Zimbabwe ( with ZSL ).

Abu Sayyaf (;, ASG, ) also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya is one of several military Islamist separatist groups based in and around the southern Philippines, in Bangsamoro ( Jolo and Basilan ), where for almost 30 years various Muslim groups have been engaged in an insurgency for an independent province in the country.

Abacá ( ; from Spanish " abacá " for Musa textilis ), Musa textilis, is a species of banana native to the Philippines, grown as a commercial crop in the Philippines, Ecuador, and Costa Rica.

* Bacolod-Silay International Airport ( IATA: BCD ), in Silay City, Philippines

* Bureau of Corrections ( Philippines ), an agency of the Department of Justice of the Philippines

Other such breast mountains are Mount Elgon on the Uganda-Kenya border, Beinn Chìochan and the Maiden Paps in Scotland, the " Bundok ng Susong Dalaga " ( Maiden's breast mountains ) in Talim Island, Philippines, the twin hills known as the Paps of Anu ( Dá Chích Anann or the breasts of Anu ), near Killarney in Ireland, the 2, 086 m high Tetica de Bacares or " La Tetica " in the Sierra de Los Filabres, Spain, and Khao Nom Sao in Thailand, Cerro Las Tetas in Puerto Rico and the Breasts of Aphrodite in Mykonos, among many others.

In 2009, transgenic maize was grown commercially in 11 countries, including the United States ( where 85 % of the maize crop was genetically modified ), Argentina ( 83 % GM ), Brazil ( 36 % GM ), South Africa ( 57 % GM ), Canada ( 84 % GM ), the Philippines ( 19 % GM ) and Spain ( 20 % GM ).

* Barko ng Republika ng Pilipinas or Bapor ng Republika ng Pilipinas ( English: Ship of the Republic of the Philippines ), the prefix of Philippine Navy ship names

Another instrumental, " Cebu " ( named after an island in the Philippines ), later became a staple in the Quiet storm format.

Estimates for the main centres of Christadelphian population are as follows: United Kingdom ( 18, 000 ), Australia ( 9, 987 ), Malawi ( 7, 000 ), United States ( 6, 500 ), Mozambique ( 5, 300 ), Canada ( 3, 375 ), New Zealand ( 1, 782 ), Kenya ( 1, 700 ), India ( 1, 300 ), Tanzania ( 1, 000 ), and Philippines ( 1, 000 ).