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ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్రంలో ఈ సీజన్లో అందాల అరకు పర్యాటకులకు కనువిందు చేస్తుంది. పచ్చని అడవి, ఎత్తైన కొండలు, జలపాతాల మధ్య మేఘాల దారుల్లో తిరుగుతున్నట్టు అక్కడికి వెళ్ళిన పర్యటకులందరికీ ఒక వింత అనుభూతి కలుగుతుంది. శీతాకాలంలో అరకులోని ప్రకృతి సోయగాలు మరింత రమణీయంగా పర్యాటకులను పిలుస్తున్నాయి. ఆంధ్ర ఊటీ అరకు ప్రకృతి ప్రేమికులను రారమ్మని పిలుస్తోంది. తగ్గుతున్న

మహారాష్ట్ర అసెంబ్లీ ఎన్నికల వేళ కీలక పరిణామం చోటు చేసుకుంది. గతంలో నేషనలిస్ట్ కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీలో పనిచేసిన అజిత్ పవార్ .. మధ్యలో పార్టీని చీల్చి బీజేపీతో కూడిన మహాయుతి కూటమికి మద్దతిచ్చి డిప్యూటీ సీఎంగా బాధ్యతలు చేపట్టారు. ఆ తర్వాత అసలైన ఎన్సీపీ నాదేనంటూ ప్రకటించుకున్నారు. అయినా పార్టీ వ్యవస్థాపకుడు శరద్ పవార్ ఫొటోలు, వీడియోలను

Maharashtra assembly election 2024: ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಪ್ರಚಾರದ ವೇಳೆ ಶರದ್ ಪವಾರ್ ಅವರ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು, ವಿಡಿಯೊಗಳು ಅಥವಾ ಯಾವುದೇ ಹೋಲಿಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಬಳಸದಂತೆ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯವಾದಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷದ (ಎನ್‌ಸಿಪಿ) ಅಜಿತ್ ಪವಾರ್ ಅವರ ಬಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸುಪ್ರೀಂ ಕೋರ್ಟ್ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ನೀಡಿದೆ. ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಯಕ ಶರದ್‌ ಪವಾರ್‌ ಅವರ ಫೋಟೊ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿಡಿಯೊಗಳನ್ನು ಬಳಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಅಜಿತ್‌ ಪವಾರ್‌

ಮಾಜಿ ಸಿಎಂ ಎಚ್.ಡಿ. ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರ ಮಗ ಹಾಗೂ ಮಾಜಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಎಚ್.ಡಿ. ದೇವೇಗೌಡರ ಮೊಮ್ಮಗ ನಿಖಿಲ್ ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಚನ್ನಪಟ್ಟಣ ಉಪಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ಅಖಾಡ ಮಾಡು ಇಲ್ಲವೆ ಮಡಿ ಹೋರಾಟವಾಗಿದೆ. ಯಾಕಂದ್ರೆ ನಿಖಿಲ್ ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿಗೆ ಸಾಲು ಸಾಲು ಸೋಲುಗಳು ಎದುರಾಗಿದ್ದವು. ಈ ಸೋಲುಗಳಿಂದಾಗಿ ನಿಖಿಲ್ ಕುಮಾರಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅವರು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ನೋವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪರದಾಡಿದ್ದರು. ಹೀಗಿದ್ದಾಗಲೇ ಚನ್ನಪಟ್ಟಣ ಉಪಚುನಾವಣೆ ಎದುರಾಗಿದೆ!

ಮುಂಬೈ, ನವೆಂಬರ್‌ 13: ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಉಪಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಅಜಿತ್ ಪವಾರ್ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ಪ್ರಚಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಬಾರಾಮತಿಗೆ ಆಗಮಿಸಿದಾಗ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಅವರ ಬ್ಯಾಗ್ ಗಳು​ ಹಾಗೂ ಹೆಲಿಕಾಪ್ಟರ್​ನ್ನು ಪರಿಶೀಲಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಕುರಿತು ಕಾನೂನನ್ನು ಗೌರವಿಸೋಣ ಮತ್ತು ನಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದ ಸಮಗ್ರತೆಯನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆಂಬಲಿಸೋಣ ಎಂದು ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಉಪಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಅಜಿತ್ ಪವಾರ್ ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ನಾನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಸಹಕರಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ

ಜಾರ್ಖಂಡ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದು ಮೊದಲ ಹಂತದ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ವಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂದರೆ ನವೆಂಬರ್‌ 20ಕ್ಕೆ ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಈ ನಡುವೆ ಅಂದರೆ ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಚುನಾವಣೆ ನೀತಿ ಸಂಹಿತೆ ಜಾರಿಯಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರೋಬ್ಬರಿ ಕೋಟಿ ಕೋಟಿ ರೂಪಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ವಶಪಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ದೇಶದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅಧಿಕಾರದ

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More often than not in traditional management consulting engagements involving operations, there is usually room for setting up or revising goals, metrics & reporting, and service level agreements. Depending on the phase of development of a company (often couched as Stage 0 [Ad-Hoc], Stage 1 [Functional], Stage 2 [Intrabusiness Cross-Functional], etc. maturity levels by a consulting firm), the next higher-level of metrics and reporting may apply and be a goal for the client organization to strive for.

Where management has to be somewhat careful about applying metrics, however, is how people and company culture play a role in getting everything to work together right.

To put a finer point on things, one can put in place a perfectly appropriate set of metrics and reporting systems for a company yet miss the boat completely on a management-level as to how the results should be applied because of the culture.

As an example in sales operations, I have frequently seen a competitive environment laid out. People's individual performance levels are exposed, and poor performing people are weeded out. This environment can work out in some cases. On the other hand, in a collaborative engineering or product development environment, cooperation may be encouraged.

On a related topic, a friend of my wife and I, Dr. Uri Gneezy at the University of Chicago, has some great research on the relationship between competition and gender. From the research summary:

Gneezy suggests that CEOs creating incentives in their firms should be aware that making the internal environment more competitive might create a bias that helps men, while putting women at a relative disadvantage.

My take on applying this type of research would be to recognize and raise one's sense of awareness to the environment one is implementing metrics in. Although metrics may be encouraged to be tracked to an individual-level doesn't automatically equate to that the environment has to be a competitive one. Choosing a collaborative versus dictatorial management style that is compatible with the desired company culture is a separate choice from metric implementation.

Steve Shu Managing Director S4 Management Group Email: sshu@s4management.com Web: http://www.s4management.com

Early and medieval Christian literature: Eusebius and Epiphanius Scholasticus, in their Christian histories, place Saracens east of the Gulf of Aqaba but beyond the Roman province of Arabia and mention them as Ishmaelites through Kedar; thus, they are outside the promise given to Abraham and his descendants through Isaac and also therefore, in Christian theology, beyond a privileged place in the family of nations or divine dispensation. The Jews viewed them as pagans and polytheists in ancient times and in later Christian times they became associated with cruel tyrants from early Christian history such as: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas and Agrippa I. Christian writings, such as those by Origen, viewed them as heretics who had to be brought into the orthodox fold. To the Christian Saint Jerome the Arabs, who were also considered in Christian theology as Ishmaelites, were also seen to fit the definition of Saracens; pagan tent-dwelling raiders of the lands on the eastern fringes of the Roman empire. -- The term Saracen carried the connotation of people living on the fringes of settled society, living off raids on towns and villages, and eventually became equated with both the "tent-dwelling" Bedouin as well as sedentary Arabs. Church writers of the period commonly describe Saracen raids on monasteries and their killing of monks. The term and the negative image of Saracens was in popular usage in both the Greek east as well as the Latin west throughout the Middle Ages. With the advent of Islam, in the Arabian peninsula, during the seventh century among the Arabs, the term's strong association with Arabs tied the term closely with not just race and culture, but also the religion. The rise of the Arab Empire and the ensuing hostility with the Byzantine Empire saw itself expressed as conflict between Islam and Christianity and the association of the term with Islam was further accentuated both during and after the Crusades. -- John of Damascus, in a polemical work typical of this attitude described the Saracens in the early 8th century thus: There is also the people-deceiving cult (threskeia) of the Ishmaelites, the forerunner of the Antichrist, which prevails until now. It derives from Ishmael, who was born to Abraham from Hagar, wherefore they are called Hagarenes and Ishmaelites. And they call them Saracens, inasmuch as they were sent away empty-handed by Sarah; for it was said to the angel by Hagar: "Sarah has sent me away empty-handed" (cf. Book of Genesis xxi. 10, 14).

Wars with the Moors [Muslims]: The conquest of Italy brought Charlemagne in contact with the Saracens who, at the time, controlled the Mediterranean. Pippin, his son, was much occupied with Saracens in Italy. Charlemagne conquered Corsica and Sardinia at an unknown date and in 799 the Balearic Islands. The islands were often attacked by Saracen pirates, but the counts of Genoa and Tuscany (Boniface) kept them at bay with large fleets until the end of Charlemagne's reign. Charlemagne even had contact with the caliphal court in Baghdad. In 797 (or possibly 801), the caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid, presented Charlemagne with an Asian elephant named Abul-Abbas and a clock. -- In Hispania [Spain], the struggle against the Moors continued unabated throughout the latter half of his reign. His son Louis was in charge of the Spanish border. In 785, his men captured Gerona permanently and extended Frankish control into the Catalan littoral for the duration of Charlemagne's reign (and much longer, it remained nominally Frankish until the Treaty of Corbeil in 1258). The Muslim chiefs in the northeast of Islamic Spain were constantly revolting against Córdoban authority, and they often turned to the Franks for help. The Frankish border was slowly extended until 795, when Gerona, Cardona, Ausona, and Urgel were united into the new Spanish March, within the old duchy of Septimania. -- In 797 Barcelona, the greatest city of the region, fell to the Franks when Zeid, its governor, rebelled against Córdoba and, failing, handed it to them. The Umayyad authority recaptured it in 799. However, Louis of Aquitaine marched the entire army of his kingdom over the Pyrenees and besieged it for two years, wintering there from 800 to 801, when it capitulated. The Franks continued to press forward against the emir. They took Tarragona in 809 and Tortosa in 811. The last conquest brought them to the mouth of the Ebro and gave them raiding access to Valencia, prompting the Emir al-Hakam I to recognize their conquests in 812 A.D.

Development of monastic communities: The small communities forming around the Desert Fathers were the beginning of Christian monasticism. Initially Anthony and others lived as hermits, sometimes forming groups of two or three. Small informal communities began developing, until the monk Pachomius, seeing the need for a more formal structure, established a monastery with rules and organization. His regulations included discipline, obedience, manual labor, silence, fasting, and long periods of prayer - some historians view the rules as being inspired by Pachomius' experiences as a soldier. -- The first fully organized monastery under Pachomius included men and women living in separate quarters, up to three in a room. They supported themselves by weaving cloth and baskets, along with other tasks. Each new monk or nun had a three year probationary period, concluding with admittance in full standing to the monastery. All property was held communally, meals were eaten together and in silence, twice a week they fasted, and they wore simple peasant clothing with a hood. Several times a day they came together for prayer and readings, and each person was expected to spend time alone meditating on the scriptures. Programs were created for educating those who came to the monastery unable to read. -- Pachomius also formalized the establishment of an abba (father) or amma (mother) in charge of the spiritual welfare of their monks and nuns, with the implication that those joining the monastery were also joining a new family. Members also formed smaller groups, with different tasks in the community and the responsibility of looking after each other's welfare. The new approach grew to the point that there were tens of thousands of monks and nuns in these organized communities within decades of Pachomius' death. One of the early pilgrims to the desert was Basil of Caesarea, who took the Rule of Pachomius into the eastern church. Basil expanded the idea of community by integrating the monks and nuns into the wider public community, with the monks and nuns under the authority of a bishop and serving the poor and needy. -- As more pilgrims began visiting the monks in the desert, the early literature coming from the monastic communities began spreading. Latin versions of the original Greek stories and sayings of the Desert Fathers, along with the earliest monastic rules coming out of the desert, guided the early monastic development in the Byzantine world and eventually in the western Christian world. The Rule of Saint Benedict was strongly influenced by the Desert Fathers, with Saint Benedict urging his monks to read the writings of John Cassian on the Desert Fathers. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers was also widely read in the early Benedictine monasteries. -- Withdrawal from society: The legalization of Christianity by the Roman Empire in 313 A.D. actually gave Anthony a greater resolve to go out into the desert. Anthony, who was nostalgic for the tradition of martyrdom, saw withdrawal and asceticism as an alternative. **When members of the {desert monastic} Church began finding ways to work with the Roman state, {a few of} the Desert Fathers saw that as a compromise between "the things of God and the things of Caesar." **The monastic communities were essentially **an alternate [heretical] Christian society. The {few early} hermits doubted that religion and politics could ever produce a truly Christian society. For them, the only Christian society was spiritual and not mundane. -- {Note: Where the early (heretics) Desert Monks failed to influence the early Christian Church via their false doctrine the Roman Government via Constantine would succeed in exerting a secular influence over the Christian Church. Then with a Roman secular influence over the Christian Church [starting from about 313 A.D - 325 A.D. the Desert Heretics were then able to leave behind the desert and [under the guise of the 313 A.D. edict of religious tolerance] once again entered the cities to work as scholars, faculty, administrators, and priests for avenues to continue to influence the true Christian Church with their destructive and very unchristian heresies.}

Philip the Arab (Latin: Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus; c. 204 - 249), also known as Philip or Philippus Arabs, was Roman Emperor from 244 to 249 A.D. He came from Syria, and rose to become a major figure in the Roman Empire. He achieved power after the death of Gordian III, quickly negotiating peace with the Sassanid Empire. During his reign, Rome celebrated its millennium. Among early Christian writers Philip had the reputation of being sympathetic to the Christian faith. It was even claimed that he converted to Christianity, becoming the first Christian emperor, but this is disputed. He supposedly tried to celebrate Easter with Christians in Antioch, but the bishop Babylas made him stand with the penitents. Philip and his wife received letters from Origen. Philip was overthrown and killed following a rebellion led by his successor Decius. -- Religious beliefs: Some later traditions, first mentioned in the historian Eusebius [Eusebius of Caesarea (c. AD 263 - 339) also called Eusebius Pamphili, was a Roman historian, exegete and Christian] in his Ecclesiastical History, held that Philip was the first Christian Roman Emperor. According to Eusebius (Ecc. Hist. VI.34), Philip was a Christian, but was not allowed to enter Easter vigil services until he confessed his sins and sat among the penitents, which he did so willingly. Later versions located this event in Antioch. However, [modern] historians generally identify the later Emperor Constantine, baptised on his deathbed, as the first Christian emperor, and generally describe Philip's adherence to Christianity as dubious, because non-Christian writers do not mention the fact, and because throughout his reign, Philip to all appearances (coinage, etc.) continued to follow the state religion. Critics ascribe Eusebius' claim as probably due to the tolerance Philip showed towards Christians. Saint Quirinus of Rome was, according to a legendary account, the son of Philip the Arab.

Update 03-03-2012: After this group of postings there should be only one or two more blog postings of material until Holy Week 2012. Then the postings of Holy Week 2012 or shortly after would conclude the Basic Christian blog Ministry. ~ God bless everyone, David Anson Brown

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Our favorite operating system is now changing the default shell (ksh) to enforce not allowing invalid NUL characters in input that will be parsed as parts of the script.

The commit message reads,

List:       openbsd-cvs
Subject:    CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src
From:       Theo de Raadt <deraadt () cvs ! openbsd ! org>
Date:       2024-09-23 21:18:33

CVSROOT:	/cvs
Module name:	src
Changes by:	deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org	2024/09/23 15:18:33

Modified files:
	bin/ksh        : shf.c 

Log message:
If during parsing lines in the script, ksh finds a NUL byte on the
line, it should abort ("syntax error: NUL byte unexpected").  There
appears to be one piece of software which is misinterpreting guidance
of this, and trying to depend upon embedded NUL.  During research,
every shell we tested has one or more cases where a NUL byte in the
input or inside variable contents will create divergent behaviour from
other shells.  (ie. gets converted to a space, is silently skipped, or
aborts script parsing or later execution).  All the shells are written
in C, and majority of them use C strings for everything, which means
they cannot embed a NUL, so this is not surprising.  It is quite
unbelievable there are people trying to rewrite history on a lark, and
expecting the world to follow alone.

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