Genetic research using Y-chromosome haploid analysis has identified a Phoenician genetic marker (a so-to-speak "Canaanite gene") among modern Lebanese populations, including among Maronite Christians and Shi'ite Muslims, especially near the coast. Initial findings show that the modern Lebanese gene pools comprise indigenous Canaanites, followed by immigration waves from Arabs, Crusader Europeans, and Seljuk Turks. The American University of Beirut launched the Phoenician genographic project to precisely map the genetic makeup of the Lebanese population and even the Mediterranean populations where ancient Canaanites colonized. A high-frequency of the Canaanite gene has even been detected in the Iberian Peninsula as well as in Malta, an island that Phoenicians colonized.
The Huaraz Satyricon is an amateur movie theatre, located in Huaraz, Peru. It is run by a U.S. expatriate and a Peruvian partner out of their home. The theatre shows a diverse range of films every week, ranging from Casablanca, to Barbarella, to The Motorcycle Diaries all played with Spanish/English subtitles. Entry costs four soles, with customers ranging from weary ice climbers to Huaraz natives. Popcorn is offered free of charge, and alcoholic beverages, soda, milkshakes, and home made goods are for sale. A substantial library of western philosophy is located beneath the movie screen, but for the sake of being polite, an English-deprived traveler should restrain oneself from asking to borrow any of the books.
The Bi Writers Association is an American writers' organization with international members. It was founded in 2006 by Sheela Lambert.
Its purposes:
* to provide a networking forum for bi writers;
* to increase awareness of members' writing within the bi community;
* to promote members' writing in the LGBT community;
* to use its word power to dispel myths and stereotypes about bisexuality in both the gay and mainstream press;
* to help the "gay press" truly become the LGBT press.
This association includes writers in all genres including fiction, journalism, plays, poetry, television and movie scripts, erotica, non-fiction, songwriting, etc.
Its purposes:
* to provide a networking forum for bi writers;
* to increase awareness of members' writing within the bi community;
* to promote members' writing in the LGBT community;
* to use its word power to dispel myths and stereotypes about bisexuality in both the gay and mainstream press;
* to help the "gay press" truly become the LGBT press.
This association includes writers in all genres including fiction, journalism, plays, poetry, television and movie scripts, erotica, non-fiction, songwriting, etc.
Business Control Systems is a framework for enhancing performance of organisations through a combination of enterprise resource planning,decision support systems and business analytics. The concept is analogous to process control system transposed on operation of businesses and incorporates the application of algorithms and mechanism in a context that integrates
* enterprise resource planning
* decision support systems
* Business analytics
The key elements of the framework are:
* Integration
* Algorithms / Business Rules
* Environment
** Data extraction and abstraction
** Analytics
** Presentation
Analogy to Process Control Systems
In order to explain the framework let us look at a simple process control system first. The Tank Level Controller consists of 4 key elements. The Input element : Level Monitor, which measures the level in the tank. The Control element : Controller which compares the input with the setpoint, the Goal element. The Output Element : opening or closing a valve is the control action / output which finally adjusts the level in the tank by increasing or decreasing the flow of water to the tank.
To summarise.
1. Input Element : State inputs from the system or environment (The water tank in the above case).
2. Goal Element : State variables for the optimum environment desired (a desired level in the tank so that it does not overflow).
3. Control Element : Decision rules to map the inputs with desired state of the environment (a rule that maps whether the input level is greater / less than the desired level and the actions thereof).
4. Output Element : State output to initiate changes in the system (closing / opening the valve for the tap on our tank).
Transpose this to a simple business environment. A hypothetical, street Ice Cream Vendor who has to sell all ice-creams in his inventory and can change prices anytime.
Input Element :
* Demand for Ice-creams
* Temperature today (affects both demand and how fast the ice creams get spoilt)
* Inventory of icecreams
Goal Element
* Maximise Overall Profits
Output Element
* Price
* Location
Control Element (the decision rules)
* If Demand is low / high - Change location, price
* If Temp is low / high - Change price
* If Inventory is low / high - Change price
* Interactions between the Input elements, for e.g. if Demand is high and inventory is low change price to very high.
As you can see the complexity increases in dimensions but the system is analogous. In a full scale developed framework even a simple business will have multiple items in each element and the decision rules will encompass several dimensions. However viewing from the framework it will be clear that several of these microsystems can be dealt separately just as is done in nested loops of process control systems where the output element of the inner loop forms the goal element for the outer loop.
* enterprise resource planning
* decision support systems
* Business analytics
The key elements of the framework are:
* Integration
* Algorithms / Business Rules
* Environment
** Data extraction and abstraction
** Analytics
** Presentation
Analogy to Process Control Systems
In order to explain the framework let us look at a simple process control system first. The Tank Level Controller consists of 4 key elements. The Input element : Level Monitor, which measures the level in the tank. The Control element : Controller which compares the input with the setpoint, the Goal element. The Output Element : opening or closing a valve is the control action / output which finally adjusts the level in the tank by increasing or decreasing the flow of water to the tank.
To summarise.
1. Input Element : State inputs from the system or environment (The water tank in the above case).
2. Goal Element : State variables for the optimum environment desired (a desired level in the tank so that it does not overflow).
3. Control Element : Decision rules to map the inputs with desired state of the environment (a rule that maps whether the input level is greater / less than the desired level and the actions thereof).
4. Output Element : State output to initiate changes in the system (closing / opening the valve for the tap on our tank).
Transpose this to a simple business environment. A hypothetical, street Ice Cream Vendor who has to sell all ice-creams in his inventory and can change prices anytime.
Input Element :
* Demand for Ice-creams
* Temperature today (affects both demand and how fast the ice creams get spoilt)
* Inventory of icecreams
Goal Element
* Maximise Overall Profits
Output Element
* Price
* Location
Control Element (the decision rules)
* If Demand is low / high - Change location, price
* If Temp is low / high - Change price
* If Inventory is low / high - Change price
* Interactions between the Input elements, for e.g. if Demand is high and inventory is low change price to very high.
As you can see the complexity increases in dimensions but the system is analogous. In a full scale developed framework even a simple business will have multiple items in each element and the decision rules will encompass several dimensions. However viewing from the framework it will be clear that several of these microsystems can be dealt separately just as is done in nested loops of process control systems where the output element of the inner loop forms the goal element for the outer loop.