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My church, Calvary Chapel of Philadelphia (www.ccphilly.org) has sponsored several mission trips to Zambia in Africa. On the first trip many years ago, the church began building this church/conference center. After it was completed, CC Philly hosted a Bible Conference. People of all denominations came from miles around, this is the line for Bibles.
We in the United States and other Western countries often take having copies of the Scriptures for granted. These people don't. I have heard that in India and other countries in South East Asia where the Bible is rare or banned, will often split up the Bible by books so different groups can copy it.
First Dodge Durango that I have seen used by US Park Rangers here in Philadelphia and they look like they are Pentastar 3.6 liter V-6 instead of the usual V-8 used in the Fords and Chevrolet
Charles H. Ramsey
Charles H. Ramsey was appointed Police Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department on January 7, 2008, by Mayor Michael A. Nutter. He leads the fourth largest police department in the nation with over 6,500 sworn members and 830 civilian members. Commissioner Ramsey brings over forty years of knowledge, experience and service in advancing the law enforcement profession in three different major city police departments, beginning with Chicago, then Washington, DC, and now Philadelphia.
Commissioner Ramsey has been at the forefront of developing innovative policing strategies and leading organizational change for the past 19 years. He is an internationally-recognized practitioner and educator in his field, and currently serves as President of both the Police Executive Research Forum and Major Cities Chiefs, the only law enforcement professional to hold both of these prominent positions at the same time.
During his four years as Police Commissioner in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Police Department has continued to make significant progress in driving down violent crime in the city. With a renewed focus on evidence-based policing initiatives, organizational accountability and a neighborhood-based policing strategy, Philadelphia has seen nearly a 14% reduction in violent crime and a 17% reduction in homicides.
In 2007, Charles H. Ramsey was a security consultant to the Washington, D.C. Convention Center and the United States Senate Sergeant of Arms. During that year, he also served on the Independent Commission on Security Forces of Iraq, led by now National Security Advisor General James L. Jones. Ramsey headed a prominent group of law enforcement professionals to review the state of Iraqi police forces for a report to the United States Congress, an effort which garnered international attention and praise.
Commissioner Ramsey served as the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia (MPDC) from April 21, 1998 to December 28, 2006. He was the longest-serving chief of the MPDC since DC Home Rule and the second longest serving in Department history. Under then Chief Ramsey's leadership, the Department regained its reputation as a national leader in urban policing. Crime rates declined by approximately 40 percent during Ramsey's tenure, community policing and traffic safety programs were expanded, and MPDC recruiting and hiring standards, training, equipment, facilities and fleet were all dramatic upgraded. He also oversaw and participated in numerous high profile investigations and events in Washington DC, such as: The 1998 murders of two United States Capitol Police officers inside the U.S. Capitol Building; The Y2K National Celebration in Washington, DC; The International Monetary Fund/World Bank Protests in April, 2000; The Chandra Levy Murder Investigation, The 9/11Terrorist Attacks, The 2001 Anthrax Attacks; The 2002 DC Sniper Investigation; The funeral of President Ronald W. Reagan and the 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inaugurations.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Commissioner Ramsey served in the Chicago Police Department for nearly three decades in a variety of assignments. He began his career in 1968, at the age of 18, as a Chicago Police cadet. He became a police officer in February 1971, and was promoted through the ranks, eventually serving as commander of patrol, detectives and narcotics units. In 1994, he was named Deputy Superintendent of the Bureau of Staff Services, where he managed the department's education and training, research and development, labor affairs, crime prevention and professional counseling functions.
Commissioner Ramsey was instrumental in designing and implementing the Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy, the city's nationally acclaimed model of community policing. As co-manager of the CAPS project in Chicago, Commissioner Ramsey was one of the principal authors of the police department's strategic vision. He also designed and implemented the CAPS operational model and helped to develop new training curricula and communications efforts to support implementation. During his career in Chicago, he received numerous awards including thirteen Department Commendations and more than 200 Honorable Mentions for police work.
As head of the 4,400-member Metropolitan Police Department, Commissioner Ramsey worked to improve police services, enhance public confidence in the police, and bring down the District of Columbia's crime rate. He also oversaw a multi-million dollar upgrade to district stations and other Department facilities, as well as new communications and information technology, including mobile data computing and the 3-1-1 non-emergency system.
In the area of community policing, Commissioner Ramsey redefined the Department's mission to focus on crime prevention. Policing for Prevention, the Department's community policing strategy, encompasses focused law enforcement, neighborhood-based partnerships and problem solving, and systemic prevention efforts. The strategy is supported not only by enhanced training for officers and supervisors, but also by a unique community training initiative called Partnerships for Problem Solvingas well as a Senior Citizen Police Academy. The MPDC received international acclaim for its handling of major events, and the Department took a number of steps to address the continued threat of terrorism in the Nation's Capital.
The result of these and other initiatives was a dramatic reduction in crime in the District of Columbia under Commissioner Ramsey’s tenure. Violent crime in DC was at its lowest level since the current method of reporting statistics was first developed in the late 1960s. At the same time, opinion surveys indicated that public confidence in the MPDC rose under Commissioner Ramsey's leadership.
In 1999, Commissioner Ramsey partnered with the Anti-Defamation League in developing an innovative and experiential training program at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum called “Law Enforcement and Society: Lessons from the Holocaust.”By examining the Holocaust, law enforcement personnel gain insights into the critical importance of their profession’s core values, as well as the significant and unique role they play within our democracy. More than 70,000 people have gone through this program, including every new agent in the FBI, state and federal judges and police personnel from agencies nationally and internationally.
Commissioner Ramsey serves as both the President of the Police Executive Research Forum, and the President of the Major Cities ChiefsAssociation in the United States and Canada, the only law enforcement professional to hold both of these prestigious positions at the same time.Commissioner Ramsey was asked in the fall of 2011 by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government to serve on the new Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety, and exclusive group of renowned scholars and practitioners, who will convene meetings over the next three years to set the public policy agenda for the policing profession for the next two decades. He is also a member of the Executive Committee for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Commissioner Ramsey serves on the National Advisory Council for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), comprising experts in the field of emergency preparedness, management and response, and is also an advisor to the FBI’s National Executive Institute.
He has served previously as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee for both the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Major Cities Chiefs Association. In 2009, he was also appointed as a member of the Cambridge Review Committee, a national independent committee to help identify lessons learned from the arrest of Harvard Professor, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on July 16, 2009. In August 2011, Commissioner Ramsey was invited to become a member of the Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety convened by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government over the next three years.
This is a joint project between the Kennedy School and the National Institute of Justice. He joins an influential group of scholars and practitioners who will help guide both police professionals and political leaders over the next two decades to meet their responsibilities to deliver safety and justice.
Commissioner Ramsey holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in criminal justice from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the National Executive Institute. He completed the Executive Leadership Program at the Naval Postgraduate School, Center for Homeland Defense and Security in February 2008.
Commissioner Ramsey has lectured nationally on community policing as an adjunct faculty member of both the Northwestern University Traffic Institute's School of Police Staff and Command and Lewis University, and is seen as an expert in the area of policing and homeland security.
First Dodge Durango that I have seen used by US Park Rangers here in Philadelphia and they look like they are Pentastar 3.6 liter V-6 instead of the usual V-8 used in the Fords and Chevrolet
On 7/06/2016 decided to take a ride to Tomasello Winery in Hammonton NJ to pick up some wine and on way try and find some Jersey Tomatoes if in season plus some fresh Blue Berries ... well found both at 206 Farm Market in Hammonton plus someone was already there and ready to leave when I saw a car I have only seen on television or magazines a German Amphicar Amphibious Car ... about 4000 made from 1961-65 ... grabbed my camera and asked the owner if I could take some pictures and he was kind enough to say yes but do not photograph my license plate ... WHAT A VEHICLE
On 7/06/2016 decided to take a ride to Tomasello Winery in Hammonton NJ to pick up some wine and on way try and find some Jersey Tomatoes if in season plus some fresh Blue Berries ... well found both at 206 Farm Market in Hammonton plus someone was already there and ready to leave when I saw a car I have only seen on television or magazines a German Amphicar Amphibious Car ... about 4000 made from 1961-65 ... grabbed my camera and asked the owner if I could take some pictures and he was kind enough to say yes but do not photograph my license plate ... WHAT A VEHICLE
On 7/06/2016 decided to take a ride to Tomasello Winery in Hammonton NJ to pick up some wine and on way try and find some Jersey Tomatoes if in season plus some fresh Blue Berries ... well found both at 206 Farm Market in Hammonton plus someone was already there and ready to leave when I saw a car I have only seen on television or magazines a German Amphicar Amphibious Car ... about 4000 made from 1961-65 ... grabbed my camera and asked the owner if I could take some pictures and he was kind enough to say yes but do not photograph my license plate ... WHAT A VEHICLE
First Dodge Durango that I have seen used by US Park Rangers here in Philadelphia and they look like they are Pentastar 3.6 liter V-6 instead of the usual V-8 used in the Fords and Chevrolet
Vernon Odom has been with WPVI-TV/6abc in Philadelphia for more than 35 years. He joined the Action News team after working as an anchor, reporter and talk show host for the ABC Affiliate in Atlanta for 6 years.
His reportorial experience dates back to the Martin Luther King assassination when he was a radio reporter in Atlanta. From there, he covered various phases of the civil rights movement in the Deep South, and the early political campaigns of such eventual national figures as Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young, Julian Bond and Maynard Jackson.
After graduating from Morehouse College in 1970, he did his post graduate study in broadcast journalism at Columbia University. Since joining Action News in the spring of 1976, the list of major news stories he has covered is endless: all the presidential campaigns since 1976, the 3-Mile Island disaster, the MOVE confrontations with Philadelphia police, the X-rated Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, the triple X-rated Clinton-Lewinsky White House scandal, the Los Angeles riots, and the O.J. Simpson trial.
On the international level, Odom has reported from Latin America, Europe and Africa, most notably the release of Nelson Mandela from prison and the unbanning of the ANC in 1990; later the first free election in South Africa in 1994, the U.S. invasion of Somalia in 1992, Glasnot in the Soviet Union in 1986; the fall of the Soviet empire in 1989, and the release of U.S. hostages from Beirut in 1991. Vernon was inducted into the Philadelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame.
Odom's family history in Journalism dates back to the 19th century. His maternal grandfather was the second African-American to publish a daily newspaper. His sister, Maida, was a veteran reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, she now teaches for Temple University and writes for the Boston Globe. He is married to former Inquirer reporter Wanda Motley. They have two children and reside in Chester County.
Two historic and well traveled warships which are designated National Naval Landmarks are berthed at Penn's Landing as part of the Independence Seaport Museum.
Quoting the Historic Naval Ships Association, "The oldest steel-hulled American warship afloat, the U.S.S. Olympia served as Commodore George Dewey's flagship during the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. In that engagement, Spanish naval forces in the Philippines were handed a smashing defeat, securing the Philippines for the United States and embarking the nation on an expanded role as a major force in not only the Pacific, but also world affairs.
The cruiser was born out of a program of ships for the "New Navy" of the 1880s and 1890s designed to correct the deficiencies of a weakened and neglected naval force. This program was directly responsible for the rise of the steel shipbuilding industry of the United States. Olympia is the last remaining ship built during that program and the sole surviving naval combatant of the Spanish-American War."
The Olympia also served in World War I as the flagship of the United States Patrol Force, escorting allied vessels in the North Atlantic as well as along the east coast.
It was the Olympia that in 1921 was called upon to bring back the body of the Unknown Soldier from La Havre, France to its final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.
Built at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, the SS Becuna was commissioned on May 27, 1944. She was designated to serve as submarine flagship of the Southwest Pacific Fleet under General Douglas MacArthur.
Again quoting the Historic Naval Ships Association, "An example of the standard fleet-type Balao class submarine of World War II, Becuna conducted five wartime patrols with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Becuna sank the 7500 ton freighter Nichiyoku Maru, two small coastal freighters, assisted the Hawkbill with the sinking of the oiler Tokuwa Maru, and damaged another oiler."
The submarine also served as a lifeguard for downed pilots and narrowly missed an attack on the battleship Yamato.
Converted from her basic fleet boat configuration to a streamlined fast underwater submarine known as a GUPPY (Greater Underwater Propulsion Project) type 1A in 1951, Becuna served during the Korean War and Vietnam conflict in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
The Becuna served the Navy continuously from 1944 to 1969 when she was decommissioned after a long and distinguished career.
An ole Army buddy of mine from Viet Nam (70-71) sent me this clip about a yr ago and I saved it..we stayed friends over all these years..have not seen him for 3 years or so but we often chatted on the phone and then there was always those email messages back and forth..his daughter called me late last night to tell me he had passed earlier that day from cancer..he never told me as probably did not want to upset his ole friend as I have battled it off and on for 10 years myself and have beat the odds..thought this clip in hindsight was so approximate as he and his wife were both teachers..he taught 6th grade for 27 years..I wish I had only known..Gary my friend you will be missed and I will be there to pay my final respects..some day you and I and the rest of the gang will all meet again in a better place and there will be some great stories and memories to be shared...
First Dodge Durango that I have seen used by US Park Rangers here in Philadelphia and they look like they are Pentastar 3.6 liter V-6 instead of the usual V-8 used in the Fords and Chevrolet
A two-alarm fire broke out this morning at the Suit Corner building in Old City, closing nearby streets and detouring bus traffic shortly after the morning rush hour.
The Philadelphia Fire Department said the blaze at the building at 3rd and Market streets was reported just before 9:15 a.m. was declared under control at 10:37 a.m.
Streets around the store were closed and SEPTA bus routes 17, 21, 33, 48 and 57 were detoured while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze. Flames were still visible from the top floor of the building for more than an hour after the fire broke out.
Fire officials at the scene said the cause of the blaze remains unknown, and the fire marshal's office is investigating.
Emergency responders confronted heavy smoke and fire as they battled the blaze. One firefighter was injured and being treated for a potential sprained ankle, but no other injuries were reported, the fire department said.
Suit Corner owner Gary Ginsberg said a ball of fire erupted from near a window just after the business opened for the day.
"It just exploded," he said. "Thank God nobody got hurt."
Eight employees were in the store at the time. No customers were inside.
Ginsberg and another employee tried to use a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze but "it was too strong."
The fire did not spread to an adjacent apartment building, officials said. A team from the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania had been placed on standby in case residents were displaced and assistance was needed.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/news/Suit_Corner_building_catches_f...
A two-alarm fire broke out this morning at the Suit Corner building in Old City, closing nearby streets and detouring bus traffic shortly after the morning rush hour.
The Philadelphia Fire Department said the blaze at the building at 3rd and Market streets was reported just before 9:15 a.m. was declared under control at 10:37 a.m.
Streets around the store were closed and SEPTA bus routes 17, 21, 33, 48 and 57 were detoured while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze. Flames were still visible from the top floor of the building for more than an hour after the fire broke out.
Fire officials at the scene said the cause of the blaze remains unknown, and the fire marshal's office is investigating.
Emergency responders confronted heavy smoke and fire as they battled the blaze. One firefighter was injured and being treated for a potential sprained ankle, but no other injuries were reported, the fire department said.
Suit Corner owner Gary Ginsberg said a ball of fire erupted from near a window just after the business opened for the day.
"It just exploded," he said. "Thank God nobody got hurt."
Eight employees were in the store at the time. No customers were inside.
Ginsberg and another employee tried to use a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze but "it was too strong."
The fire did not spread to an adjacent apartment building, officials said. A team from the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania had been placed on standby in case residents were displaced and assistance was needed.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/news/Suit_Corner_building_catches_f...
Two historic and well traveled warships which are designated National Naval Landmarks are berthed at Penn's Landing as part of the Independence Seaport Museum.
Quoting the Historic Naval Ships Association, "The oldest steel-hulled American warship afloat, the U.S.S. Olympia served as Commodore George Dewey's flagship during the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. In that engagement, Spanish naval forces in the Philippines were handed a smashing defeat, securing the Philippines for the United States and embarking the nation on an expanded role as a major force in not only the Pacific, but also world affairs.
The cruiser was born out of a program of ships for the "New Navy" of the 1880s and 1890s designed to correct the deficiencies of a weakened and neglected naval force. This program was directly responsible for the rise of the steel shipbuilding industry of the United States. Olympia is the last remaining ship built during that program and the sole surviving naval combatant of the Spanish-American War."
The Olympia also served in World War I as the flagship of the United States Patrol Force, escorting allied vessels in the North Atlantic as well as along the east coast.
It was the Olympia that in 1921 was called upon to bring back the body of the Unknown Soldier from La Havre, France to its final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.
Built at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, the SS Becuna was commissioned on May 27, 1944. She was designated to serve as submarine flagship of the Southwest Pacific Fleet under General Douglas MacArthur.
Again quoting the Historic Naval Ships Association, "An example of the standard fleet-type Balao class submarine of World War II, Becuna conducted five wartime patrols with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Becuna sank the 7500 ton freighter Nichiyoku Maru, two small coastal freighters, assisted the Hawkbill with the sinking of the oiler Tokuwa Maru, and damaged another oiler."
The submarine also served as a lifeguard for downed pilots and narrowly missed an attack on the battleship Yamato.
Converted from her basic fleet boat configuration to a streamlined fast underwater submarine known as a GUPPY (Greater Underwater Propulsion Project) type 1A in 1951, Becuna served during the Korean War and Vietnam conflict in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
The Becuna served the Navy continuously from 1944 to 1969 when she was decommissioned after a long and distinguished career.
A two-alarm fire broke out this morning at the Suit Corner building in Old City, closing nearby streets and detouring bus traffic shortly after the morning rush hour.
The Philadelphia Fire Department said the blaze at the building at 3rd and Market streets was reported just before 9:15 a.m. was declared under control at 10:37 a.m.
Streets around the store were closed and SEPTA bus routes 17, 21, 33, 48 and 57 were detoured while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze. Flames were still visible from the top floor of the building for more than an hour after the fire broke out.
Fire officials at the scene said the cause of the blaze remains unknown, and the fire marshal's office is investigating.
Emergency responders confronted heavy smoke and fire as they battled the blaze. One firefighter was injured and being treated for a potential sprained ankle, but no other injuries were reported, the fire department said.
Suit Corner owner Gary Ginsberg said a ball of fire erupted from near a window just after the business opened for the day.
"It just exploded," he said. "Thank God nobody got hurt."
Eight employees were in the store at the time. No customers were inside.
Ginsberg and another employee tried to use a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze but "it was too strong."
The fire did not spread to an adjacent apartment building, officials said. A team from the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania had been placed on standby in case residents were displaced and assistance was needed.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/news/Suit_Corner_building_catches_f...
A two-alarm fire broke out this morning at the Suit Corner building in Old City, closing nearby streets and detouring bus traffic shortly after the morning rush hour.
The Philadelphia Fire Department said the blaze at the building at 3rd and Market streets was reported just before 9:15 a.m. was declared under control at 10:37 a.m.
Streets around the store were closed and SEPTA bus routes 17, 21, 33, 48 and 57 were detoured while firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze. Flames were still visible from the top floor of the building for more than an hour after the fire broke out.
Fire officials at the scene said the cause of the blaze remains unknown, and the fire marshal's office is investigating.
Emergency responders confronted heavy smoke and fire as they battled the blaze. One firefighter was injured and being treated for a potential sprained ankle, but no other injuries were reported, the fire department said.
Suit Corner owner Gary Ginsberg said a ball of fire erupted from near a window just after the business opened for the day.
"It just exploded," he said. "Thank God nobody got hurt."
Eight employees were in the store at the time. No customers were inside.
Ginsberg and another employee tried to use a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze but "it was too strong."
The fire did not spread to an adjacent apartment building, officials said. A team from the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania had been placed on standby in case residents were displaced and assistance was needed.
Read more at www.philly.com/philly/news/Suit_Corner_building_catches_f...
Two historic and well traveled warships which are designated National Naval Landmarks are berthed at Penn's Landing as part of the Independence Seaport Museum.
Quoting the Historic Naval Ships Association, "The oldest steel-hulled American warship afloat, the U.S.S. Olympia served as Commodore George Dewey's flagship during the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898. In that engagement, Spanish naval forces in the Philippines were handed a smashing defeat, securing the Philippines for the United States and embarking the nation on an expanded role as a major force in not only the Pacific, but also world affairs.
The cruiser was born out of a program of ships for the "New Navy" of the 1880s and 1890s designed to correct the deficiencies of a weakened and neglected naval force. This program was directly responsible for the rise of the steel shipbuilding industry of the United States. Olympia is the last remaining ship built during that program and the sole surviving naval combatant of the Spanish-American War."
The Olympia also served in World War I as the flagship of the United States Patrol Force, escorting allied vessels in the North Atlantic as well as along the east coast.
It was the Olympia that in 1921 was called upon to bring back the body of the Unknown Soldier from La Havre, France to its final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.
Built at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, the SS Becuna was commissioned on May 27, 1944. She was designated to serve as submarine flagship of the Southwest Pacific Fleet under General Douglas MacArthur.
Again quoting the Historic Naval Ships Association, "An example of the standard fleet-type Balao class submarine of World War II, Becuna conducted five wartime patrols with the U.S. Seventh Fleet. Becuna sank the 7500 ton freighter Nichiyoku Maru, two small coastal freighters, assisted the Hawkbill with the sinking of the oiler Tokuwa Maru, and damaged another oiler."
The submarine also served as a lifeguard for downed pilots and narrowly missed an attack on the battleship Yamato.
Converted from her basic fleet boat configuration to a streamlined fast underwater submarine known as a GUPPY (Greater Underwater Propulsion Project) type 1A in 1951, Becuna served during the Korean War and Vietnam conflict in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
The Becuna served the Navy continuously from 1944 to 1969 when she was decommissioned after a long and distinguished career.