Out my Winter Window

Out my Winter Window - Looking north up Broadway from west 77th street. New York City, New York. Broadway runs 15 mi through Manhattan and The Bronx, exiting north from the city to run an additional 18 mi through the municipalities of Yonkers, Hastings-On-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington, Tarrytown and terminating north of Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.

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Jesus and Pontius Pilate Ecce homo! (Behold the man!)

Jesus and Pontius Pilate Ecce homo! (Behold the man!). Depiction of Pontius Pilate presenting a scourged Christ to the people Ecce homo! (Behold the man!). By Antonio Ciseri (1821–1891). Date: painted in 1871.

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John 19:1-8 - Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him out to you that you may know that I find no guilt in him.” 5 So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, “Behold the man!” 6 When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, “Crucify him, crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him.” 7 The Jews[a] answered him, “We have a law, and according to that law he ought to die because he has made himself the Son of God.” 8 When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid.

Passover The Signs on the Door

Passover The Signs on the Door, c. 1896-1902, by James Jacques Joseph Tissot (French, 1836-1902) or follower, gouache on board, 9 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. (23.8 x 11.5 cm), at the Jewish Museum, New York. Date: c. 1896-1902.

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Exodus 12:21-23: 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb [1] according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

Mir Russian space station

Mir Russian space station - Approach view of the Mir Space Station viewed from Space Shuttle Endeavour during the STS-89 rendezvous. A Progress cargo ship is attached on the left, a Soyuz manned spacecraft attached on the right. Image ID: STS089-340-035.

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Cat lying on a chair next to a doll

Title: Buzzer the cat lying on a chair next to a doll. Creator(s): Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942, photographer. Date Created / Published: between 1911 and 1919. Medium: 1 photograph : autochrome, color ; 5 x 7 in. Reproduction Number: LC-G41-CT-0090-B (dup. color transparency)

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Access Advisory: Serve original by appointment only. Call Number: LC-G41- 0090-B [P and P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Notes: Title devised. Unmasked version of the image. Purchase; Genthe Estate; 1942 or 1943. ID: see LC-G432-0187-B-001 (vd# 13390); reproduction from New York tribune, Mar. 2, 1919 in LOT 4960. Subjects: Genthe, Arnold,--1869-1942--Animals & pets. Cats.

Format: Autochromes. Portrait photographs. Collections: Genthe Collection. Part of: Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942. Arnold Genthe Collection (Library of Congress). Negatives and transparencies

Storm of the Century 1993 Superstorm

March 12, 1993. The Blizzard of 1993 – Snow begins to fall across the eastern portion of the US with tornadoes, thunder snow storms, high winds and record low temperatures. The storm lasts for 30 hours.

The Storm of the Century, also known as the '93 Superstorm, or the (Great) Blizzard of 1993, - A downed tree and snow-covered automobile attest to the magnitude of snowfall in the Asheville, North Carolina area. Photo taken March 14, 1993. Some of the snowfall totals were: Mt. Mitchell, North Carolina, 50 inches; Grantsville, Maryland, 47 inches; Syracuse, New York, 43 inches.

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David and Goliath

David and Goliath. Artist: J J Trube  (1804–?). Year of Work: 1877. Materials: oil on canvas. Measurements: 52.76 in. (134.00 cm.) (height) by 67.72 in. (172.00 cm.) (width) Markings: Monogrammed lower left: J.J.T. / gb: 1804.27/6 / inw. 1877.28/9; Verso: Old inscription on the stretcher.

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1 Samuel 17 45-48.

45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49 Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

51 David ran and stood over him. He took hold of the Philistine’s sword and drew it from the sheath. After he killed him, he cut off his head with the sword.

Priestess of the Oracle at Delphi

Priestess of the Oracle at Delphi - Artist: John Collier (1850–1934). Title: Priestess of Delphi. Description: The priestess of the oracle at ancient Delphi Greece. Date: 1891. Medium: oil on canvas. Dimensions: 160 × 80 cm (63 × 31.5 in). Current location: Art Gallery of South Australia. Accession number: 0.108. Object history: 1893: ceded to the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, by the Earl of Kintore, Credit line: Gift of the Rt. Honourable, the Earl of Kintore 1893.

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The most important oracles were those of Apollo at Delphi and of Zeus at Dodona. The former was by far the more celebrated and influential. In the centre of the temple at Delphi, there was a deep cavity with a narrow aperture, from which, we are told, there escaped a vapour that was regarded as the spirit of inspiration. Over the aperture a high tripod was placed, and on this the Pythia, or priestess, was seated. Delirious intoxication, induced by the vapour, ensued, and the Pythia uttered incoherent words which the Prophetes noted down, and communicated as the revelation of Apollo to those who came to consult the god. The Pythia was always a native of Delphi, and after entering the service of the god was never allowed to marry. The extant answers of the Oracle are mostly in Ionic Greek, and take the form of hexameter verse.

No religious institution in the ancient world obtained an influence comparable with that exercised by the Oracle of Delphi. Venerated as the revelation of the divine wisdom, the Oracle was the moral centre of Greece; it reminded men of the existence of a superior power from whom nothing was hidden and who, sooner or later, punished transgression.

The Oracle also encouraged the preservation and promotion of religion and religious institutions, and thus used its vast influence in favour of religion.

The answer of the Pythia, moreover, decided the internal and external policy of the Greeks. Wars were neither undertaken nor suspended without an order or a counsel from the Pythia. Colonies were founded only after obtaining the consent and directions of the Oracle at Delphi. It was, of course, very difficult for the Oracle to satisfy all those who consulted it, and therefore ambiguous answers were very common.

The great and useful influence of the Delphic Oracle on the early Greeks, especially the prudent worldly advice it gave, chiefly in the matter of colonization, can hardly be overestimated.*

TEXT CREDIT: Title The history of ancient civilization: a handbook. Author Gustave Ducoudray. Editor John Stuart Verschoyle. Publisher Appleton, 1889. Original from Harvard University, the New York Public Library. Digitized Nov 28, 2007. Length 295 pages. Subjects Civilization, Ancient.

MQ-9A Reaper (Predator B DRONE)

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B drone) - July 24 airpower summary: Reaper stops enemy attack - A MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The Reaper has the ability to carry both precision-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

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The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (formerly called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), capable of remote controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for use by the United States Air Force, the United States Navy, the CIA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The White Bear East of the Sun and West of the Moon

The White Bear East of the Sun and West of the Moon Bibliographic information - Title: The Blue Fairy Book. Volume 1 of Andrew Lang. Editor: Andrew Lang Illustrated by: Henry Justice Ford, George Percy Jacomb-Hood. Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1889. Original from: Harvard University. Digitized: Apr 22, 2008. Length: 390 pages. +sookie tex

White Bear came to fetch her. She seated herself on his back with her bundle, and thus they departed. When they had gone a great part of the way, the White Bear said: 'Are you afraid?' 'No, that I am not,' said she. 'Keep tight hold of my fur, and then there is no danger,' said he. And thus she rode far, far away, until they came to a great mountain.

Then the White Bear knocked on it, and a door opened, and they went into a castle where there were many brilliantly lighted rooms which shone with gold and silver, likewise a large hall in which there was a well-spread table, and it was so magnificent that it would be hard to make anyone understand how splendid it was. The White Bear gave her a silver bell, and told her that when she needed anything she had but to ring this bell, and what she wanted would appear.

So after she had eaten, and night was drawing near, she grew sleepy after her journey, and thought she would like to go to bed. She rang the bell, and scarcely had she touched it before she found herself in a chamber where a bed stood ready made for her, which was as pretty as anyone could wish to sleep in. It had pillows of silk, and curtains of silk fringed with gold, and everything that was in the room was of gold or silver.

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