2: 10 Train - Rising Sons / Rising Sons Featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder (recorded 1965–1966) / (published 1992)

Mystery Train - The Neville Brothers / Brother's Keeper (1990). Original song Junior Parker (1953)

Slow Train - Kevin Morby / Harlem River (2013)

Runaway Train - Brandon Boyd / The Wild Trapeze (2010)

Thorbjørn Risager & The Black Tornado - Train / Change My Game (2017)

The Gospel Train - Alabama 3 / Outlaw (2005)

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(...)

Had a talk with my old man

Said, "Help me understand"

He said "Turn 68, oh, you'll re-negotiate"

"Don't stop this train"

Don't for a minute change the place you're in

And don't think I couldn't ever understand

I tried my hand

John, honestly we'll never stop this train"

Cause now I see, I'm never gonna stop this train

Never gonna stop this train.

Stop This Train - John Mayer / Where The Light Is (Live in Los Angeles), Cd 1 / (2008)

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I have always lived in houses, which were very close to the sea and also very close there was a railway line. I have always liked to see a train pass or hear its sound. When I was little and left school, we would go to the railways, close to home, to throw stones at the freight wagons of the freight trains that came down and brought salt from the Súria and Cardona mines, to be loaded onto ships in the port of Barcelona. In addition to throwing stones at it, we counted the number of wagons the locomotive was carrying. Possibly, this train loaded with salt, its schedule was around 1 noon and not at 2:10, like the song written by Albertano and sung with that special voice by Taj Mahal, whom I consider the best bluesman, with permission from B.B. King.

We spend a part of our childhood on the railroad tracks, between abandoned wagons and freight trains. And the port and the sea in summer. Unforgettable days.

There was a day, when several locomotives united, transported many wagons. We count more than a hundred. They seem like a lot to me, but the mind of a child, when he is a child, is a little messy. They talk and think in such a way that it seems they are a little crazy. But they are not. I don't know if it was really more than a hundred wagons that we counted. Possibly we miscounted. But that day... that day was a truly unforgettable "orgy" of stone throwing.

On this railway line, some people died who did not hear the locomotive arrive. And even some person committed suicide, stretched out on the tracks while the railroad came at full speed, without the possibility of stopping. While i'm listening to "Mystery Train" by The Neville Brothers, with this lilting rhythm, imitating the sound of a railway, I remember the kind locomotive driver, who when he saw us, he would sound the train's horn, say hello to us and reduce the speed of the locomotive, so that we had more time to throw stones. We were not hooligans. We were just... children playing .

Never let a train get away from you. And much less, those trains that suddenly appear and cross our lives. Get on all the trains you find, even if they are mysterious... because life is a mystery train, you never know where it will take you.

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Cause now I see, I'm never gonna stop this train

Never gonna stop this train.

Well I woke up this morning and the sun refused to shine.

Til I hear the 2:10 train.

I committed this photocompositing hijack of the great Hokusai's masterpiece "The Wave" in order ro complete my series 36 views of Mont Saint Michel...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

– Margaret Mead –

Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

– Desmond Tutu –

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

– Dale Carnegie –

♫ TUNE ♫

This song was made to celebrate the power of speaking out in order to promote a more just world.

"Obee Jo" striding out ....

At Catterick Races in North Yorkshire

KZ-poses - Ring B - female pose

All My Links

I have wanted to do something different for a while, then one gets lost in what can only be described as "Photographers Block", akin to "Writers Block" same thing yet different tool of creativity. I even deleted a photo I put up yesterday as I hated it, simply because experimental change is sometimes difficult, in the enigmatic paradigm of remaining as was, yet contradicted by the yearn for change, albeit lost for choice yet unable to see the forest for the trees! If you catch my convoluted drift?!

I think the criteria of assumed "change" is tethered to the idea of realising that ,change, in one's self cannot therefore be abridged to the same/similar ideas of others, it is a struggle then to remain original. I am still trying to conquer it whilst trying to not to lose my perspective to the idea of absolutes!

So this photo I took along the A100 with the Westhafen Canal running parallel, in which there are three or four barges moored along the walkway, I had been meaning to get to them since the weather has since started to slowly improve. They are basically big floating elongated buckets of either nothing or asphalt, earth and what have you. But they are interesting for the very old mechanical presence, compositional offerings and overall differing of imagery from nature and anything else that has been done to death so far. The clouds were thin and wonderfully striated offering a bokeh contradiction of composition's directional flow. It was tricky getting the angle as I wanted to get the motorway out of the focus completely.

That's all my waffle for today, I hope everyone's' week has gotten off well and so as always, thank you! :)

I have committed the worst of sins one can commit.

I have not been happy.

Jorge Luis Borges

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No changing course at this point. On Armand Bayou.

I will be taking a break from flickr for a week or two. Stay cool out there.

She's faithful yet detached.

She's committed yet relaxed.

She's loves everyone yet no one.

She's sociable yet is a loner.

She's gentle yet tough.

She's passionate yet platonic.

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Female Barn Owl (Tyto Alba) ready to strike; I mentioned in a previous post that our extreme drought along the CA Central Coast has affected the vole population. After this dive, the Barn Owl stayed on the ground for awhile--possible catching a Jerusalem cricket or other insect. SLO County; CA; USA; Sony a9; Sony 200-600mm lens at 441mm; ISO 6400; f/6.3; 1/1000 sec; hand held in low light; Topaz AI De Noise

Even dead you remain the enemy and loser...................

The German militairy cemetry in Vladso (Belgium)

While the cemetries of the Allied troops have stark white colors, those of the German troops are gray- black and look dead and gloomy.

While the militairy cemetries are an example of discipline and structure, the German variants lack alignment and logic.

It was long be argued that this would be regulated in the Articles 225 and 226, from the Treaty of Versailles, but whoever reads these articles will find that this view is incorrect.

The real reason is that the French after the end of the insane war were ordered tot give the German dead their final resting place and collected the bodies in the sector of Ypres and burried them on free pieces of land, altough it was not obvious that they each received an individual tombstone.

So what we see here is in fact a mass grave, covered with granite slabs bearing their names.

Black evokes bad feelings and the Germans were in the eyes of the Allied the agressor, despite the fact that during investigations after the insane war it appeared that all warring parties had engaged in aggression and had committed atrocities. France, England and Italy had already secretly divided the territories of Germany and its colonies, the Habsburg Empire and the Ottoman Empire, in the heat of the battle!

It was of paramount legal importance that, according to the President of the United States Wilson's conviction, Germany should be held responsible but not blamed for the insane war breaking out. However they were incomprehensible responsible for the reparations!

The fact that the Germans and English soldiers at the front still had peaceful feelings towards eachother is evident from the inconceivable Christmas truce in 1914 that took place in the sector of Ypres.

This incomprehensible event of peace and fraternity during the heat of the battle took also place on field sites in many other sections at the front.

The German front soldiers started on Christmas eve 1914 by singing "Silent Night" and shouting "Merry Christmas".

When the British soldiers realized that this was well-meant, they came out of their trenches and even went to exchange their Christmas presents from home.

On Christmas Day, they played football together in the no-man's-land, the piece of land between the trenches of the warring armies; ordinairy soldiers who were tired of the war could momentarily throw of the yoke of the insane war.

When the army commanders, or rather the butchers, got wind of this, these fraternizing actions were officially stricktly forbidden from above and held out very severe punishments if the fightings were not resumed immedialy. The ensuing battles would claim millions of lives on the whole front.

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,

committed people can change the world.

Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead

Each time a person stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls

of oppression and resistance.

Robert Kennedy

We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to

participate in the process of change.

Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people,

can transform the world.

Howard Zinn (Historian)

(Author of: "A People's History of the United States" & "and Terrorism and War"

Also featured in documentary: "You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train")

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

A handshake was a contract, it was commitment to a deal, a friendship, or a sincere greeting.

There is nothing more precious for human to be committed to humanity....

Taken in Gurez valley, Kashmir Himalayas, India

The inscription on the monument "If I will forget Them, You, God in heaven, forget about me."- Adam Bernard Mickiewicz ( 24 December 1798 – 26 November 1855) Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, professor of Slavic literature, and political activist.

The Volhynian, massacres, were anti-Polish genocidal ethnic cleansings conducted by Ukrainian nationalists.

The massacres took place within Poland’s borders as of the outbreak of WWII, and not only in Volhynia, but also in other areas with a mixed Polish-Ukrainian population, especially the Lvov, Tarnopol, and Stanisławów voivodeships (that is, in Eastern Galicia), as well as in some voivodeships bordering on Volhynia (the western part of the Lublin Voivodeship and the northern part of the Polesie Voivodeship. The time frame of these massacres was 1943-1945. The perpetrators were the Organization

of Ukrainian Nationalists-Bandera faction (OUN-B) and its military wing,

called the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA).

Their documents show that the planned extermination of the Polish population was called an “anti-Polish operation.”

Criminal Investigations

Genocide is a legal category. The Volhynian massacres have all the traits of genocide listed in the 1948

UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which defines genocide

as an act “committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group,

as such.” In Polish academia the Volhynian massacres are referred to as genocidal ethnic cleansings,

the Volhynian (or Volhynian-Galician) slaughter, or, in legal terminology, the crime of genocide.

Polish historians are emphasizing that the Volhynian bloodbath is the uncleared crime of genocide still, and praise of Stepan Bandera and members murderous party of OUN-UPA by the current Ukrainian authorities.

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Rolls Royce

Merks-Motor-Museum (Nürnberg)

www.merks-motor-museum.de

Committed photo for 13 Cortes's model book

Model: 13 Cortes

Photo&Edit: Daniele Eberhardt ]RagDoll[GraphicArt

Flickr staff sent me an email saying, among other things: "Your account was brought to our attention and upon review, we determined that your content and/or behavior was in violation of the Guidelines and Terms of Service. Specifically, the following photo was found to be in violation: www.flickr.com/photos/145003604@N02/51902747612/ Please be aware that any subsequent violation of the Flickr Community Guidelines or Terms could result in termination of your account without further notice. Regards, Flickr Staff"

The photo that was specifically "found to be in violation" is the one preceding this one with the title "Solidarity with Ukraine! Down with the criminal state of Russia!"

I sent the flickr staff the following reply: "I wonder very much what is wrong with the photo complained about. Is it forbidden in this community to express solidarity with Ukraine, which was invaded by Russia in a way that is illegal under international law, i.e. criminal?" I have not yet received an answer.

This war of aggression was a crime committed by the Russian state from the very beginning, not to mention war crimes such as the deliberate murders of fleeing civilians or the Bucha massacre. Also the latest news testify to the criminal character of the Russian state: www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/10/world/russia-ukraine-war-...

As the flickr staff hasn't replied yet, I don't know who brought my account to their attention. But I can imagine what kind of person this was: either a brainwashed person who believes Putin's propaganda to the letter, or the kind of Russian diplomat who in all seriousness calls a red paint bag attack on the entrance of the Russian Embassy in Vienna in protest against this war a "barbaric act" (as happened on March 6).

But what I don't understand at all and find extremely disappointing and disconcerting: that the flickr staff falls for this game and now threatens me.

“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.”

Quote - Tom Robbins

Letting my tessellation 'Escape' swing ;-))

Happy Sliders Sunday!!

“You’re committed, you realize. You are…under the jurisdiction of me…the staff.” She’s holding up a fist, all those red-orange fingernails burning into her palm. “Under jurisdiction and control—”

- Nurse Ratched |One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

SL Prompt Project 2022

Taken at What's Lost Spirits

committed to tradition

ENG: The Breitscheidplatz is located in Berlin's Charlottenburg district between Kurfürstendamm, Budapester Straße and Tauentzienstraße. It is a central square in the City West. Not least due to the war ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which have been preserved as a memorial, it is one of Berlin's most famous squares.

But unfortunately also to the most famous place since 2016, because on December 19, 2016 a truck raced on the grounds of the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz and thus committed an attack. But the enchanting glow of lights comforts. Therefore a few nice impressions.

GER: Der Breitscheidplatz liegt im Berliner Ortsteil Charlottenburg zwischen Kurfürstendamm, Budapester Straße und Tauentzienstraße. Er ist ein zentraler Platz in der City West. Nicht zuletzt durch die als Mahnmal erhaltene Kriegsruine der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche gehört er zu den bekanntesten Plätzen Berlins.

Aber leider auch zu den bekanntesten Platz seit 2016. Denn am 19. Dezember 2016 raste ein Lastwagen auf das Gelände des Weihnachtsmarktes am Breitscheidplatz und verübte so einen Anschlag. Aber der bezaubernde Lichterglanz tröstet. Deshalb ein paar schöne Impressionen.

Blackrock diving platform, Salthill, Galway, Ireland, following Storm Bert.

“I really don't know why it is that all of us are so committed to the sea, except I think it's because in addition to the fact that the sea changes, and the light changes, and ships change, it's because we all came from the sea. And it is an interesting biological fact that all of us have in our veins the exact same percentage of salt in our blood that exists in the ocean, and, therefore, we have salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears. We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came."

[Remarks at the Dinner for the America's Cup Crews, September 14 1962]”

― John F. Kennedy

Years ago I happened across a large piece of driftwood on the beach. I was stunned to discover a perfect heart shape worn into the wood. It seems the ocean had a message for us all.

Tapetenreste in verfallener Russenkaserne

Committed male Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) in the Dive; low light; Sony a9; Sony 200-600mm lens at 600 mm; ISO 4000; 1/1000 sec; f/6.3; handheld; Topaz De Noise and Sharpen; No fish this time

#4880 - 2021 Day 131: We've committed to No Mow May, a scheme to not mow the grass through the month of May, to encourage pollenators in to the wild flowers. We have the ubiquitous daisies and dandelions of course, but already there are signs of other wild plants, such as acquilegia, fox and cubs, and selfheal ... I'll make a few more studies over the month I think.

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With a Snowy Egret

Committed to Ferrania P30 using a Hasselblad X-Pan and 45 mm lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust cleaning and local contrast in Photoshop.

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I'm on a roll, but I haven't committed to it yet 😉🎅🎄

Did you know that over 8 million tons of plastic flow into our ocean every year? By 2050 it is expected that there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish.

I've been thinking a lot about these stats recently and what I can do to raise awareness and give back - especially considering today is Earth Day.

So all sales from this weekend will be matched and donated to "Ocean Blue Project", a nonprofit committed to removing plastic from our ocean and beaches.

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New ((Krature)) releases at our mainstore for Wanderlust Weekend!

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Rings is my first ever custom mesh creation. Its everyone's least favorite piece of harmful trash - soda can rings.

Included are

✨ Two hold versions with pose sized for M/F

✨ One placed version that lines up with the string on RIPTIDE

✨ One Unrigged/Unscripted Version to Rezz in world or wear as you like.

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Trash is a mermaid tail applier HUD for RIPTIDE by Aii & Ego. It's created on the Alienwaves. RIPTIDE applier system, so if you have tails from other stores who use the same applier - no need to reinstall the scripts in your tail!

Trash is designed to look like black plastic bags wrapped around the tail, and the fins have custom materials which resemble the ever popular convenience store "THANK YOU" plastic bags.

This is my first release for this tail, I hope you enjoy it - I am excited to make more.

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I started planning this winter’s expedition to Algonquin Park on the weekend. I go solo and use the weather forecasts to help shape the length, nature (camp? Motel? Both?) and focus of the trip.

But weather can change, sometimes on the trip into the Park, and once I get about halfway I am committed. So then it is just reaction and making the best of available light and wind impact. On the trip this image is from I experienced the worst of the unpredictable events: it got both a lot snowier and a lot colder than forecast - a rare event, as one of those usually excludes the other.

This Jay was puffed out and scrunched up against the cold and just launching to head to a less snowy perch. The light was not great but the character of these amazing hardy birds was on display.

The fella was particularly committed to fishing. We saw him fishing here on several evenings when we walked that way, once with a large barracuda in the sand beside him. So we know he had some success.

We don't know these people, but I like the implied story we get from the positions and directions of their bodies and fishing rods. What do you think the story is?

Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen (1949) - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glangwili_General_Hospital ▪️▪️▪️ ▪️Ar 13 Mawrth 2025, daeth ymchwiliad gan y Cenhedloedd Unedig i'r casgliad bod Israel wedi cyflawni gweithredoedd a oedd yn rhan o hil-laddiad yn Gaza drwy ddinistrio, yn systematig, gyfleusterau atgenhedlol y llain. ▪️ Erbyn Mai 2025, roedd o leiaf 1,400 o weithwyr gofal iechyd wedi cael eu lladd gan Israel yn Gaza yn ystod ei hymosodiadau dros 19 mis▪️▪️▪️On 13 March 2025, a United Nations investigation concluded that Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza by systematically destroying its reproductive healthcare facilities.▪️By May 2025, at least 1,400 healthcare workers had been killed by Israel in Gaza during Israel’s 19-month military assault.

“Never settle in any circle that is not fully committed to forever walk in the direction of endless opportunities and possibilities.”

Edmond Mbiaka

“Life is a full circle, widening until it joins the circle motions of the infinite.” - Anaïs Nin

“There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme”

Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen

Done for Sliders Sunday.

Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! xo💜💜

I, Cassie Nova (aka Cassie Parker) committed these two to the Paynesworth Asylum - both Fidget Paynesworth (left) and Dr. Haddax Paynesworth (right). I hope they find a cure. . .

Brown Falcon

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After comfortably sitting preening, this bird turned into the breeze and simply lifted off.

Committed to Ferrania P30 using a Hasselblad X-Pan and 45 mm lens. Developed using Ars-Imago FD as per the Massive Dev chart and scanned with an Epson V850 using Silverfast. Positive conversion and contrast done with Negative Lab Pro. Dust cleaning and local contrast in Photoshop.

Jorge Liderman, colleague and friend for many years, committed suicide on Sunday. He was a brilliant composer whose work was full of vitality, melodic fluency, and bright colors. He was also a gentle, sweet man. May he rest in peace.

Sometimes you can be committed to two images but realise they don't necessarily sit well together. The last two uploads (5220 and the Nodding Donkey) fall in to that category, imho.

As a result I've decided to insert this one between them - a shot of GBRf 'newbie' 69008 approaching Basingstoke station at some speed with the 12.30pm Mountfield Sidings - Southampton Western Docks gypsum empties (4Y19).

Framed to make the best of the sunlight whilst incorporating the signal gantry, this one was running 7 minutes behind schedule and wasn't hanging around either. Even though I was stood well behind the yellow line, it felt prudent to take another couple of steps back as soon as I'd grabbed the shot!

For anyone who's not in the know, 69008 is essentially a fully-rebuilt and re-engined class 56 (56038 in this case), a class that originally saw service in the 1970s. Their conversion was deemed to be a cheaper and less risky option compared to designing and sourcing a completely new locomotive.

Note the old Basingstoke Signal Box in the centre background, now thought to be used as a S&T workshop / canteen facility.

3.46pm, 14th October 2023

On the 12th of May, 1943, Szmul Zygielbojm committed suicide. Szmul was a member of the Polish Government in Exile. Being in London, he was aware of the Warsaw Ghetto and also of the Jewish resistance movement there with its tunnels and bunkers. This resistance was crushed by the Nazis and the Ghetto was stripped of its Jewish inmates. Szmul's farewell note contains this paragraph:

"I cannot continue to live and to be silent while the remnants of Polish Jewry, whose representative I am, are being murdered. My comrades in the Warsaw Ghetto fell with arms in their hands in the last heroic battle. I was not permitted to fall like them, together with them, but I belong with them, to their mass grave. By my death, I wish to give expression to my most profound protest against the inaction in which the world watches and permits the destruction of the Jewish people."

Fuji X-Pro1, Helios 44M-7.

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) descends to catch large fish; Embarcadero; Morro Bay; CA USA

Shot with a "Tomioka-Copal 75 mm F 2.8" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.