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# Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made a Difference

Women of Hope: African Americans Who Made A Difference is a 1998 non-fiction children's book by American author Joyce Hansen, published by Scholastic.

## Description

The book features one-page profiles of 13 African American women written by Hansen, alongside black-and-white photographic portraits of each woman. The portraits were part of a poster series created by Bread and Roses, a cultural project of 1199 National Health and Human Services Employees Union. Bread and Roses executive director Moe Foner wrote the foreword to the book.
The women profiled are:
* Maya Angelou, writer
* Alexa Canady, neurosurgeon
* Septima Poinsette Clark, educator
* Ella J. Baker, activist
* Ruby Dee, actress
* The Delany sisters (Sarah Louise Delany and Annie Elizabeth Delany), civil rights pioneers
* Marian Wright Edelman, activist
* Mae Jemison, astronaut
* Fannie Lou Hamer, activist
* Toni Morrison, writer
* Alice Walker, writer
* Ida B. Wells, journalist

## Reception

Publishers Weekly wrote that the book's chronological organization "creates a sense of the expanding horizon of opportunities that African-American women have gained as the century has progressed," adding that the "handsome volume will likely engender in readers an appreciation for life's countless possibilities, and send them scrambling to find out more about these extraordinary women." In a review for Book Page, Lisa Horak wrote that the book's "brief profiles are perfect for a book report or for young readers with short attention spans". Kirkus Reviews wrote that the book is "inspirational, but it’s also effective as art and as history."
# International rankings of Kosovo

The following are international rankings of Kosovo:

## Demographics

* Population 2024, ranked 150 out of 244 countries.
* Population density 2023, ranked 87 out of 243 countries.
* CIA World Factbook: List of states by fertility rate 2024, ranked 129 out of 227 countries.
* CIA World Factbook: List of states by birth rate 2023, ranked 214 out of 233 countries.

## Economy

* International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2024, ranked 105 out of 192 countries.
* International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2024, ranked 144 out of 189 countries.
* International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2024, ranked 105 out of 192 countries.
* International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2024, ranked 144 out of 189 countries.
* World Bank: Ease of Doing Business Index 2020 report, ranked 57 out of 190 countries.
* United Nations: Human Development Index 2012, ranked 87 out of 187 countries.
* Forbes: The World's Happiest Countries 2010, ranked 54 out of 155 countries.

## Energy

* The second largest coal reserves in Europe.
* The fifth largest reserve of lignite on the planet.

## Politics

* Reporters Without Borders: Press Freedom Index 2023, ranked 56th out of 180 countries.
* Freedom House: Freedom of the Press (report) 2017, ranked 96th out of 189 countries.
* Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2016, ranked 95th out of 178 countries.

## Religion

* List of Muslim majority countries: ranked 31.
* The second European country with the highest concentration of Muslims (90%, only after Turkey).

## Geography

* Total area ranked 168 out of 249 countries.
* Coastline length: ranked 154 out of 154 countries.
# BMC Vuran

BMC Vuran is a Turkish made Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle built by BMC. Vuran is designed and manufactured by the Turkish armored vehicle manufacturer BMC to meet the requirements of the Turkish Land Forces. Vuran means Striker in Turkish.

## Variants

* BMC Vuran (4X4) – Multi Purpose Armored Vehicle / without Gun Turret
* BMC Vuran (4X4) – Aselsan SARP dual Remote Controlled Weapon System (UKSS) / with Gun Turret
* BMC Vuran (4X4) – Aselsan Alkar 120 mm integrated Mortar carrier
* BMC Vuran SUNGUR Low Altitude Air Defense System with two PORSAV (MANPAD) missile launcher pods.

## Operators

* Bosnia and Herzegovina: 45 planned for acquisition by the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina as of 2024.
* El Salvador: 11 In use with Salvadoran Army and 5 National Civil Police.
* Georgia: Purchase of 46 Vuran was announced through a 2023 report mentioning a Georgian-Turkish procurement agreement from 2022. First batches were delivered and accepted into service with Georgian Land Forces in February 2024. Final batch was delivered on 12 June 2024.
* Kosovo: A deal to purchase Vuran has been signed in 2021. First vehicles, 2 120 mm mortar variants, were delivered and accepted into service with Kosovo Security Force in late 2022. In 10 May 2024, 6 more Vuran were delivered with 120 mm mortars, Ministry of Defense purchased in total 12 BMC Vuran with the variants of 120 mm and 81 mm mortars. Total number might be 15 to 30 BMC Vuran for Kosovo Security Force.
* Libya: Donated from the Turkish Armed Forces.
* Tunisia: Bought for evaluation. Known to be officially exported to Tunisia as of December 2020.
* Turkey:
** Turkish Land Forces: 230+ vehicles delivered out of 512 ordered in total.
** Gendarmerie General Command: 200 vehicles on order. Deliveries are currently ongoing as of 2023 and include ALKAR 120 mm mortar carriers and variants equipped with MARS (Mobile Adjustable Ramp System).
** General Directorate of Security: in use with Police Special Operations Department.
** Coast Guard Command: 1 vehicle purchased for evaluation, seen in active use in the aftermath of 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake.
* Turkmenistan: While Vuran sales to Turkmenistan have never been officially announced, a variant equipped with Turkish-made Aselsan SARP DUAL remote controlled weapon station was spotted in use with State Border Service of Turkmenistan, first seen during a televised visit of Turkmenistan’s then-president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow to the country’s border outpost in 2018.
# Paul Gibbons (athlete)

Paul Kendall Gibbons (born 25 June 1971) is a former New Zealand pole vaulter. He competed for his native country at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and the 1992 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best (5.51 metres) in 1992 and equalled it in 1997. He won the New Zealand pole vault title ten times between 1991 and 2004.

## Early life and family

Gibbons was born in New Plymouth on 25 June 1971, the son of Molly and Kevin Gibbons. His father was also a pole vaulter, and won the national championship in that event on seven occasions between 1963 and 1970.
Gibbons was educated at Palm Beach Currumbin State High School in Queensland, Australia, and at Howick College in Auckland.

## Pole vault

In 1990, Gibbons represented New Zealand in the pole vault at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. He placed 7th, with a height of 5.10 metres. Also in 1990, he competed in the pole vault at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but did not progress beyond the qualifying round after recording no height. Gibbons was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.
The following year, Gibbons broke the national pole vault record, with a vault of 5.26 metres, and it was the first time that a father and son had held a New Zealand senior athletics record in the same event. He went to the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo, where he cleared 5.40 metres in qualifying but did not progress to the final.
On 25 January 1992, Gibbons became the first New Zealander to clear 5.50 metres in the pole vault, when he recorded a height of 5.51 m. He would equal this personal best five years later, on 9 July 1997. Competing in the pole vault at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Gibbons was eliminated in the qualifying round with no official mark.
Gibbons won the pole vault title at the New Zealand Athletics Championships ten times between 1991 and 2004.

### Personal bests

| Event | Height | Place | Date |
| Pole vault | 5.51 m NR | North Shore | 25 January 1992 |
| Pole vault | 5.51 m NR | Blackburn | 9 July 1997 |
# Berryessa Union School District

The Berryessa Union School District is a school district based in the Berryessa district of San Jose, California. It operates ten elementary schools (K-5) and three middle schools (6-8). The district's superintendent is Dr. Roxane Fuentes. The Berryessa schools have tended to improve over the last decade, with the top performer, Northwood Elementary School, having an API (Academic Performance Index) of 903 (out of 1000) as of fall 2008. In 2011, Vinci Park Elementary School had the largest API increase in district history, having a 48-point increase. Graduates from the middle schools (Morrill, Sierramont and Piedmont) normally attend Piedmont Hills High School or Independence High School. Notable students include Jerry Yang, who is the co-founder and former CEO of Yahoo!, who went to Sierramont. He also attended Ruskin Elementary School prior to Sierramont and later attended at Piedmont Hills High School. At Sierramont Middle School, Piedmont Middle School, and Morrill Middle School, there is also a Berryessa Chinese School. The district also has an American football team called the Berryessa Cougars. On December 18, 2024, the Berryessa Union School District Board of Trustees 4-1 decided to close Cherrywood, Toyon and Laneview for the 25-26 school year following budget deficits and declining enrollment.
School facts :
| School name | Students | FTE teachers | Pupil/teacher ratio |
| Brooktree Elementary School | 524 | 26 | 20.2 |
| Cherrywood Elementary School (set close in the 25-26 school year) | 523 | 24 | 21.8 |
| Laneview Elementary School (set close in the 25-26 school year) | 373 | 28.5 | 18.9 |
| Majestic Way Elementary School | 528 | 25 | 21.1 |
| Morrill Middle School | 1048 | 48 | 21.8 |
| Noble Elementary School | 511 | 24 | 21.3 |
| Northwood Elementary School | 412 | 22 | 18.7 |
| Piedmont Middle School | 991 | 41 | 24.2 |
| Ruskin Elementary School | 621 | 29 | 21.4 |
| Sierramont Middle School | 1011 | 42 | 24.1 |
| Summerdale Elementary School | 505 | 26 | 19.4 |
| Toyon Elementary School (set close in the 25-26 school year) | 454 | 22 | 20.6 |
| Vinci Park Elementary School | 750 | 31 | 22.1 |
Note: Based on 2002-2003 school year data
In 2023, the district office was moved from the Piedmont Hills area to McKay-Ringwood.
# Closure by stealth

Closure by stealth is a term most frequently used in the UK and Ireland to refer to the deliberate downgrading of a service by the management or owners with the intention of driving away users or customers. The aim is to make the service uneconomical, and thereby justify its closure or withdrawal. It is most widely used in the case of government-regulated services, where a company needs permission from local government or central government to withdraw a service.

## Railways

The classic examples of closure by stealth involve UK railway services. These are often regulated at some level by local or national government, and the only way the owner can withdraw such a service is by demonstrating that the local population no longer needs that service. Some of the UK rail closures made under the Beeching Axe while British Rail were operating services were justified at the time by deliberately not including future efficiencies and bringing forward many years of future costs into a short time frame to show, by accounting, that the route was not sustainable. By degrading the quality of the service – for example by scheduling trains to run at inconvenient times or frequencies (known as parliamentary train services), in one direction only (trains serving a certain station on their outward but not on their return journey, examples include Polesworth and Pilning) or by raising fares – transport operators can force passengers to take other modes of transport, justifying the view of the service owner that the service is no longer required (a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy).

## Other services

Apparent closures by stealth have been observed in other services, such as post offices, hospitals, public libraries and magistrates' courts.
# English ship Primrose (1651)

Primrose was a fifth-rate warship of the Commonwealth of England's naval forces, one of four such ships built under the 1651 Programme (the other three were Pearl, Mermaid and Nightingale). She was built under contract at Captain John Taylor's shipyard at Wapping, and was launched in July 1651. Her length on the keel was 86 feet 0 inches (26.2 metres) for tonnage calculation. The breadth was 25 feet 1 inch (7.6 metres) with a depth in hold of 10 ft 0 in (3.0 m). The tonnage was thus 28776⁄94 bm tons. She was completed at an initial contract cost of £1,865.10.0d (or £6.10.0d per ton for the 287 tons bm) per ton.
She was originally armed with 22 guns, comprising 18 demi-culverins on the single gundeck and 4 sakers on the quarterdeck, but by 1653 she had 26 guns (seemingly 4 more sakers added). After commissioning she spent her early career in the English Channel, searching for Spanish frigates. On 13 March 1656 the Primrose grounded on the Seven Stones Reef off Land's End and foundered.
# Josh Whelchel

Josh Whelchel is a composer and a musician, best known for his work in video games such as The Spirit Engine 1 and 2 and Bonesaw. He also contributed music to Scrolls (video game) with Mattias Häggström Gerdt.
In 2013, he joined the A Capella Records team to create the music licensing and distribution service Loudr. He operates as a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer.

## Discography
### Albums

* 2003 The Spirit Engine: Original Soundtrack
* 2008 Bonesaw: Original Soundtrack
* 2008 Premonitions Vol. 1: Selections
* 2008 Premonitions Vol. 2: Calling of Fate
* 2008 Premonitions Vol. 3: The Few Who Cross a World
* 2008 Premonitions Vol. 4: A Lost Dream
* 2008 The Spirit Engine 2 – Complete Original Soundtrack
* 2008 The Spirit Engine 2 – Selections
* 2008 stories vol. 1 (2001–2008)
* 2010 GunGirl 2: Original Soundtrack
* 2010 SkullPogo: Original Soundtrack
* 2011 Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion (Original Soundtrack)
* 2011 Wind-up Knight Soundtrack
* 2012 Jottobots, original sound.
* 2012 Me and My Dinosaur 2 Original Soundtrack [with David Saulesco]
* 2013 Rise of the Blobs Original Soundtrack
* 2015 Oblitus (Original Soundtrack)
* 2016 Masquerada: Songs and Shadows (Original Soundtrack)
* 2017 KROMAIA (Original Soundtrack)
* 2018 Castle Story (Original Soundtrack) [with FX Dupas, Mathieu Lavoie, Mattias Häggström Gerdt]

### Singles

* 2008 Get Loud (feat. Ryan C. Connelly)
* 2008 Space Sushi Can't Swim in Four Loko
* 2011 Dies, Nox et Omnia (feat. Ryan C. Connelly and Danielle Messina)
* 2011 The Light of the Darkness Theme
* 2011 Power of the Meat (feat. Melinda Hershey) (appears on Super Meat Boy Soundtrack)
* 2011 So Blue (feat. Amanda Appiarius)
* 2011 Zelda's First Trip to the "Village"
* 2013 Monolith (feat. Amanda Appiarius) (appears on FZ: Side Z)
* 2015 CETRA の GAIA (appears on Materia: Final Fantasy VII Remixed by Materia Collective)
# Miramar Yacht Club

Miramar Yacht Club (Spanish: Club Náutico de Miramar) was a private yacht and social club in Havana, Cuba. The Miramar Yacht Club was established by former Havana Yacht Club members in the 1920s in Miramar.

## Early history

It was founded in 1926 in the Miramar subdivision of Havana, Cuba, and could be seen from Fifth avenue which led to the beach. The Miramar Yacht Club was located on 61 St. corner Primera St. and on the coastline of Marianao, facing the straits of Florida. It was situated next to the Havana Yacht Club.

## Yacht racing

In 1948, Alfonso Gomez-Mena of Havana's Miramar Yacht Club won the 10th annual 184-mile Miami-to-Nassau ocean race.
In 1949, Manuel Racso of Havana's Miramar Yacht Club set the record for the St. Petersburg-to-Havana yacht race with his Cuban schooner, Belletrix, finishing in 35 hours. The yacht club of Miramar made Manuel Antonio Rasco Jr. an honorary commodore for life when he was named Commodore Ad Vitem in 1957.
Dr. Clemente Inclán sailed the winning skipper in the 1950 Snipe Western Hemisphere and Asia Championship and was awarded the Hayward Western Hemisphere Trophy.

## Post-Revolution

After the Cuban revolution, the club was taken over by the communist government in 1961 and renamed the Patricio Lumumba Club.

## Presidents

* Dr. Mariano Vivanco
* Emilio Marill
* Manuel Antonio Rasco Jr.
# Adventure (1925 film)

Adventure is a lost 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky, distributed by Paramount Pictures, directed by Victor Fleming, and featuring Wallace Beery in a major supporting role. The picture is based on Jack London's 1911 novel Adventure.

## Plot

A Solomon Islands plantation owner, David Sheldon (Tom Moore) becomes ill from blackwater fever following the death of many of his fieldhands from the disease. Joan Lackland (Pauline Starke), a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. Enlisting the aid of her Kanaka crew, she defends Sheldon from an attack by the natives, led by Googomy (Noble Johnson). Joan becomes David's business partner after nursing him back to health and helps protect his mortgaged property from two greedy moneylenders. In attempting to gain revenge, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.

## Cast

* Tom Moore as David Sheldon
* Pauline Starke as Joan Lackland
* Wallace Beery as Morgan
* Raymond Hatton as Raff
* Walter McGrail as Tudor
* Duke Kahanamoku as Noah Noa
* James Spencer as Adam
* Noble Johnson as Googomy
# L. Ruth Guy

L. Ruth Guy (March 17, 1913 – May 3, 2006) was an American educator and pathologist. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1989.

## Life

Born in Kemp, she received a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in 1934. She continued her studies in medical technology at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas. From 1939 to 1946, she worked as a medical technologist at Hendrick Memorial Hospital in Abilene. She returned to Baylor University to earn a master's degree in 1949. While completing her degree, she worked at the William Buchanan Blood Bank and attended the organizing meeting for the American Association of Blood Banks held in 1947. In 1953, she earned a PhD from Stanford University. She then returned to Dallas and, with E.E. Muirhead, founded the University of Texas School of Medical Technology. In the late 1950s, at Parkland Memorial Hospital, she helped develop a rape kit for collecting evidence following sexual assaults. In 1969, Guy was named the first chair of the Medical Technology department. A program for specialists in blood bank technology was established soon afterwards. Guy was president of the South Central Association of Blood Banks from 1964 to 1965. She was professor emeritus in the pathology department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.
Guy was an honorary fellow of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. In 1973, she received the John Elliot Award from the American Association of Blood Banks.
She died at the Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas at the age of 93.
# Short Fat Fannie

"Short Fat Fannie" (alternatively "Short Fat Fanny") is Larry Williams' second single release after "High School Dance". Williams' original penned track peaked at number five on the U.S. pop chart, and at number one on the R&B chart. It sold over one million records, Williams' first million seller.

## Recording

The track was recorded on April 26, 1957. The musicians included:
* Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, leader
* Jesse James Jones, tenor sax
* Leon M. Silby, piano
* René Hall, guitar
* Ted Brinson, bass
* Earl Palmer, drums

## Cover versions

The song was rehearsed by The Beatles during the filming of the documentary, Let It Be in 1969. The song was recorded on the film soundtrack and is featured on many bootleg recordings.
"Short Fat Fannie" was an early example of a novelty genre including pop song titles. This formula was later used for Bobby Darin's "Splish Splash" and Bob Kayli's "Everyone Was There", as well as both of Billy and Lillie's hits, "La Dee Dah" and "Lucky Ladybug".
The song was also covered by Billy Preston, The Beatles, Little Richard, Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, Curtis Johnson, Ronnie Self, The Dovells and Johnny Winter. Frankie Avalon also recorded the song.
The track was also a favorite of Levon Helm, drummer of The Band. He would sing the song often while touring as the Hawks, and even played a version of it on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993.

## Charts

* Billboard R&B: No. 1
* Billboard Hot 100: No. 5
* Billboard Hot 100 - B-side: No. 45
* Canada CHUM Chart; No. 3
* UK Singles Chart: No. 21
# Lights and Shadows (1914 film)

Lights and Shadows is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, starring Tom Forman, Pauline Bush and Lon Chaney. The screenplay was written by Ida May Park (De Grasse's wife). A still exists showing Lon Chaney as Bentley, just before he deserts his wife in the film. The picture is now considered to be a lost film.

## Plot

Eve, a poor flower girl, learns that her mother, a singer, had married Bentley (Lon Chaney), the son of a rich man, but Bentley's father disinherited him for marrying a stage performer. So Bentley deserted his wife the night Eve was born, leaving the young mother penniless, and their nurse Matilde raised the girl after her mother died. When the old nurse falls ill, Eve gets a job in a cafe selling flowers to raise money to help the nurse. There she meets Victor Austin who makes advances towards her, but she manages to escape from him. When she returns home, she finds the nurse dead.
Eve discovers some old letters that she thinks could aid her in locating her deadbeat father. Along the way, she is robbed of her ticket and all of her money and joins up with a theatrical troupe who feel sorry for her. The star of the company, James Gordon, falls in love with her, but she learns that he is married and runs away. Gordon later receives an important offer from the New York stage. Meanwhile Eve manages to find her father Bentley who has since come into great wealth. He plans to force Eve to marry the loutish Victor Austin, but then Eve learns that Gordon's wife, who never really loved him, has died. Gordon is now free to remarry. Eve travels to New York and finds Gordon at the New York theatre where they are happily reunited.

## Cast

* Pauline Bush in a dual role as both Eve and Eve's mother
* Lon Chaney as Bentley, Eve's deadbeat father
* Tom Forman as the loutish Victor Austin
* Joe De Grasse as James Gordon
* Laura Oakley
* Betty Schade
* Beatrice Van
* William C. Dowlan
* Helen Wright

## Reception

"This story is slightly too complicated to make a good picture and too much time is covered. The ending is abrupt and one is left to speculate upon the final outcome."—Motion Picture News
"This offering is peculiar in construction, and while not uninteresting, contains much of a semi-morbid character. It lacks bright, attractive scenes and is brought to a very abrupt close. The acting and photography are good."—Moving Picture World