
Source: FOTD – December 17, 2024 – Poinsettia – Cee’s Photo Challenges

Why walk when you can run?
You are wasting time when you decide to move slowly. There are people around you that aren’t quicker or more talented, but they are putting their ass to the fire and getting these done.
Others using that level of intensity are sure to come out ahead of you!
However, we can flip the script if we begin to work more efficiently by setting clear goals, prioritizing tasks, and avoiding distractions. And more importantly, stop dragging your feet. PICK your feet up and run in your desired direction.
It doesn’t make sense to walk when you know you can get to your goal quicker if you run!
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~Belladonna~
State laws establish vaccination requirements for school children. These laws often apply not only to children attending public schools but also to those attending private schools and day care facilities. States may also require immunization of healthcare workers and of patients/residents of healthcare facilities.
Source: Requirements and Laws | Vaccines & Immunizations | CDC


2019-12-16 01291-tod-030379 Monarch
NIKON D7500 – ƒ/6.3 1/500 600mm ISO720 – Mission, MN
(Me: Doesn’t anyone protect their citizens from cyber-criminals? Why/when did all governments give up basic protection and trust private companies to protect us?)
A cyberattack on Rhode Island’s RIBridges system has exposed personal data of individuals involved in programs like Medicaid, SNAP, and others, with hackers demanding a ransom. The breach may include sensitive details like Social Security numbers and banking information. The Associated Press reports:Anyone who has been involved in Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Childcare Assistance Program, Rhode Island Works, Long-term Services and Supports, the At HOME Cost Share Program and health insurance purchased through HealthSource RI may be impacted, McKee said Saturday…
Source: Hackers Hit Rhode Island Benefits System In Major Cyberattack – Slashdot


Wir kommen dem Weihnachtsfest immer näher, daher bekommt ihr hier eine Weihnachtsgeschichte zu sehen. Abgesehen von dem Inhalt, finde ich es immer …
Ein Dienstagslächeln / … A Tuesday smile
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El secreto de la belleza consiste en su naturalidad y en su sencillez. No necesita, para resplandecer y cautivar, decoraciones artificiales ni disfraces innecesarios de maniquíes yertos e indiferentes que lucen modas pasajeras. Es natural. La belleza es magistral y plena cuando un hombre o una mujer abren las ventanas de su interior con el objetivo de que asome el alma. Sus colores, texturas y perfumes son más auténticos cuando provienen del ser que al extraerse de la artificialidad. Una persona amable, educada, irrepetible, buena, inolvidable y respetuosa, irradia mayor hermosura que otra que, burda, intolerante, grosera, arrogante, burlona, cruel y superficial, presume su aspecto con atuendos y maquillajes caros y finos, versus la ausencia de sí y su falta de valores. La apariencia y la elegancia, para lucir, deben ser calladas porque hablan por sí solas. No necesitan que quien las posee ande por el mundo pregonando rasgos que, ante la caminata de los días y los años, se marchitarán como las flores que quedan abandonadas en los sepulcros, entre insectos y pestilencias. Eso no significa que la gente renuncie al arreglo personal, a la ropa, a los perfumes; sin embargo, es de pésimo gusto la adoración ciega al aspecto, el culto excesivo a una belleza física de breve existencia, carente de porvenir, frente a una ausencia monstruosa de espiritualidad e inteligencia. Una persona que cuida su aspecto, luce mejor que otra que no lo hace; pero cuando alguien se excede y sus sentimientos, ideales, aspiraciones, pensamientos, actitudes, palabras y hechos son tan artificiales como las de un muñeco de aparador, denota inseguridad, un terrible vacío existencial, petulancia obsesiva y patética por una simple temporada de atractivo físico. Más tarde, cuando, en la soledad de las estaciones, las ráfagas del viento otoñal arrancan las hojas de los árboles y las dispersan en alfombras doradas, amarillas, naranjas, rojizas y violetas tan quebradizas como su corta existencia, o al cubrirse el paisaje invernal con nieve, los espejos devuelven imágenes de agotamiento, enfermedad, envejecimiento y proximidad con la muerte. La belleza de apenas hace unos años, la hermosura de ayer, son borradas y en su lugar quedan trazos débiles e inciertos. Hay personas que se sienten tan empequeñecidas e inseguras que tratan de compensar su insignificancia con maquillajes, ornamentos y vestuario caro, acaso con la idea de que las etiquetas y marcas de prestigio les darán cierto rango de superioridad, quizá por considerar que la belleza física todo lo consigue, tal vez por lo que temen que venga o por otros motivos más. Es agradable tratar con personas limpias y bien presentables. El buen aspecto es importante y grato; no obstante, la apariencia por sí sola es insuficiente y, por lo mismo, carece de sentido y valor cuando aplasta y embiste al bien, los sentimientos nobles, la inteligencia, la honestidad, la justicia, el respeto, la dignidad, los ideales y la libertad, como lamentablemente acontece en innumerables sitios en el minuto presente. Si la belleza física solamente se utiliza como ornamento, es tan estéril y fatua como el arreglo floral que se coloca en la mesa de un festín o sobre la losa gélida de una cripta, porque la hermosura genuina, la que perdura y vale, es la del interior, la de los buenos sentimientos, la de los sueños e ideales, la de la amabilidad y el bien, la que surge del alma. Sin los valores, la apariencia únicamente es un adorno de temporada.
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Source: La fórmula de la belleza – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga



When the fighting on Luzon concluded for the 11th Airborne Division, The Potsdam Conference sat to decide the border lines of Germany and Poland. The atomic bomb also received its final test. The results were sent to Pres. Truman.
Saturday, 11 August 1945, top secret orders were delivered to General Swing for the division to be prepared to move to Okinawa at any time. The division G-3, Colonel Quandt, called Colonel Pearson, “This is an Alert. Have your regiment [187th] ready to move out by air forty-eight hours from now.” Commanders throughout the 11th A/B had their men reassembled, even those on weekend passes had been found and brought back to camp. The lead elements left Luzon immediately. At 0630 hours on the 13th, trucks brought the 187th to Nichols and Nielson Fields for transport and they landed at 1645 hours that afternoon at Naha, Kadena and Yotan Fields on Okinawa. They would remain on the island for two weeks…
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