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Tackler
A tackler was a supervisor in a textile factory responsible for the working of a number of power looms and the weavers who operated them. The title derived from the job, which was to "tackle" any mechanical problems encountered with the looms in their charge. Invariably male, they had a reputation for gullibility and were the butt of many jokes.

Power loom
A power loom is a mechanized loom that automates the weaving of cloth through leveraging mechanical power. It interlaces warp and weft threads via mechanisms like cams, gears, levers, and pulleys, replicating motions previously done manually. The mechanization of weaving dramatically increased production efficiency, contributing to the rise of large-scale textile factories during the Industrial Revolution.

Though the idea is older and experimentation predates him, Edmund Cartwright is credited with initiating power loom development with his 1785 patent. His initial versions were rudimentary but they pioneered automated weaving and laid the groundwork for factory-based production. By the early 19th century, improvements had made power looms reliable and widely adopted across Europe and North America, ushering in a new era of textile manufacturing. Cartwright’s invention marked the beginning of mechanized weaving, drastically reducing reliance on skilled handweavers.
Tan Ning (badminton)
Tan Ning (simplified Chinese: 谭宁; traditional Chinese: 譚寧; pinyin: Tán Níng; born 3 April 2003) is a Chinese badminton player. She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2024 Asian Championships. She also helped the national team win the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships and the 2024 Uber Cup. Tan reached a career high of world number 1 in the BWF World Rankings on 22 October 2024 with her partner Liu Shengshu.

BWF World Ranking
The BWF World Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation for badminton players who participate in tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. It is used to determine the qualification for the World Championships and Summer Olympic Games, as well as BWF World Tour tournaments. Seedings of draws at all BWF-sanctioned tournaments are conducted using the BWF World Ranking.
Players under 19 years of age are eligible to rank in the BWF World Junior Ranking, which were introduced in January 2011. The following lists are the rankings:
1996 AFC Asian Cup
The 1996 AFC Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were held in the United Arab Emirates between 4 and 21 December 1996. Saudi Arabia defeated hosts United Arab Emirates in the final match in Abu Dhabi. As the runners-up, the United Arab Emirates represented the AFC in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup as the winners Saudi Arabia had qualified automatically as host.

1997 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup was the first Confederations Cup to be organized by FIFA. The tournament had previously been played in 1992 and 1995 as the King Fahd Cup. This edition of the tournament was hosted by Saudi Arabia (as with the previous editions) in December 1997, and was the first to feature representatives from all of the FIFA confederations.

It was won by Brazil, who, in a rematch of their goalless group stage encounter, beat Australia 6–0 in the final. After winning the 1997 tournament along with the 1994 FIFA World Cup and 1997 Copa América, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), and champion of their respective confederation. This feat has since been accomplished once by France, victorious in the 1998 World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000, and the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Brazil repeated this feat again in 2005.
Lisa Rodgers
Lisa Rodgers, PSM, is a senior educational administrator who has held executive roles in Australia and New Zealand, including as Director General of the Department of Education in Western Australia, CEO of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and CEO of the Australian Council for Educational Research.

Department of Education (Western Australia)
The Department of Education is the state government department responsible for education in Western Australia as well as on Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The Department's head office, commonly referred to as "Silver City" or "Central Services", is located at 151 Royal Street in East Perth.

The department is led by its director general, Jay Peckitt, who is responsible to the Parliament of Western Australia and the Minister for Education, Sabine Winton.
2017 British Rowing Junior Championships
The 2017 British Rowing Junior Championships were the 46th edition of the National Junior Championships, held from 14 to 16 July 2017 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. They were organised and sanctioned by British Rowing, and are open to British junior rowers.

Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre
Holme Pierrepont Country Park, home of The National Water Sports Centre is located in the hamlet of Holme Pierrepont near Nottingham, England and on the River Trent. It is used for many different sports and has received investment which has enabled a major refurbishment of existing facilities as well as introduction of new facilities.

Run by Serco on behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council, it was previously one of five National Sports Centres.
Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election
The Conservative Party of Canada ran a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election. Some of these candidates have separate biography pages; relevant information about other candidates may be found here.

The candidates are listed by province and riding name.

Gerry Byrne (politician)
Gerry Byrne, MHA, PC (born September 27, 1966) is a Canadian politician who was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1996 to 2015 representing Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador, and a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien. He holds the record as the youngest federal Cabinet Minister to be appointed from Newfoundland and Labrador, being sworn in at 35. From 2015 to 2025, he served as MHA for Corner Brook. Byrne served in provincial cabinet during the Ball, Furey, and Hogan governments.
Jennifer Lasimbang
Jenifer Lasimbang, also known as Jennifer Lasimbang, is a Malaysian indigenous rights advocate and former politician who served as the State Assistant Minister of Education and Innovation of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Moyog from May 2018 to September 2020. She is a member of WARISAN. She later returned to full-time civil society work and in 2024 became the executive director of the Indigenous Peoples Advocates of Sabah Fund (IPAS Fund).

Indigenous rights
Indigenous rights are those rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of indigenous peoples. This includes not only the most basic human rights of physical survival and integrity, but also the rights over their land (including native title), language, religion, and other elements of cultural heritage that are a part of their existence and identity as a people. This can be used as an expression for advocacy of social organizations, or form a part of the national law in establishing the relation between a government and the right of self-determination among its indigenous people, or in international law as a protection against violation of indigenous rights by actions of governments or groups of private interests.
Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi
Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi (Ukrainian: Куп'янськ-Вузловий, Russian: Купянск-Узловой) is a rural settlement in Kupiansk Raion of Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine. It is located on the left bank of the Oskil, in the drainage basin of the Don. Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi belongs to Kupiansk urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Population: 8,212 (2022 estimate).

Kupiansk Raion
Kupiansk Raion (Ukrainian: Куп'янський район) is a raion (district) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. The administrative center of the raion is the city of Kupiansk. Population: 130,111 (2022 estimate).

On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kharkiv Oblast was reduced to seven, and the area of Kupiansk Raion was significantly expanded. Three abolished raions, Dvorichna, Shevchenkove, and Velykyi Burluk Raions, as well as the city of Kupiansk, which was previously incorporated as a city of oblast significance and did not belong to the raion, were merged into Kupiansk Raion. The January 2020 estimate of the raion population was 23,180 (2020 est.).

It is approximately 120 kilometers to the east of Kharkiv and 40 kilometers south of the border with Russia.
Van Chancellor
Van Winston Chancellor (born September 27, 1943) is an American former college and professional basketball coach.  He coached University of Mississippi women's basketball, Louisiana State University women's basketball, and the professional Houston Comets. He was named head coach of the Lady Tigers on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. In 2001, Chancellor was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was enshrined as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2007. Chancellor is an analyst for Southland Conference games on ESPN3.

ESPN3
ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360 and ESPN3.com) was an online streaming service owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Walt Disney Company (which operated the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications (which held the remaining 20% interest). It provided live streams and replays of global sports events to sports fans in the United States.

The service quietly closed December 2, 2025, after its content was merged into ESPN's self-titled streaming service in full.
Grand Synagogue of Edirne
The Grand Synagogue of Edirne (Hebrew: קל קדוש הגדול; Turkish: Edirne Büyük Sinagogu), also known as the Adrianople Synagogue,  is a synagogue, located in Maarif Street, Edirne, in the Marmara region of Turkey.

Completed in 1909 in the Moorish Revival style, the synagogue was restored following World War II, abandoned in the 1980s, and restored as an active synagogue in 2015.

Marmara region
The Marmara region (Turkish: Marmara Bölgesi) is a geographical region of Turkey.

Located in East Thrace, it is bordered by Greece and the Aegean Sea to the west, Bulgaria and the Black Sea to the north, the Black Sea Region to the east, and the Aegean Region to the south. At the center of the region is the Sea of Marmara, which gives the region its name. The largest city in the region is Istanbul. Other big cities are Bursa, İzmit, Balıkesir, Tekirdağ, Çanakkale and Edirne.

Among the seven geographical regions, the Marmara region has the second-smallest area, yet the largest population; it is the most densely populated region in the country.
Horfield Leisure Centre
Horfield Leisure Centre is a leisure centre in Horfield, Bristol, UK. It is one of the three most used leisure facilities in the Bristol City Council area, the other two being Hengrove Park Leisure Centre and Easton Leisure Centre.

Leisure centre
A leisure centre, sports centre, or recreation centre is a purpose-built building or site, usually owned and provided by the local government authority, where people can engage in a variety of sports and exercise, and keep fit.
Kenny Bass
Kenny Bass (1922 – 1987), born Peter Bastasic Jr., was an influential member of Cleveland-Style polka broadcasters and frontman of the band Kenny Bass Polka Poppers Orchestra. He served in the U.S. Navy as a radio man in the Pacific. He was awarded three Battle Stars and a Purple Heart. He started his broadcasting career in 1948 on station WSRS. His show was America’s first daily polka show.

Radio operator
A radio operator (also, formerly, a wireless operator in British and Commonwealth English) is a person who is responsible for the operations of a radio system and the technicalities in broadcasting.  The profession of radio operator has become largely obsolete with the automation of radio-based tasks in recent decades.  Nevertheless, radio operators are still employed in maritime and aviation fields.  In most cases radio transmission is now only one of several tasks of a radio operator.  In the United States, the title of Certified Radio Operator is granted to those who pass a test issued by the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

The role of 'Wireless Operator' aboard aircraft during WWII was often abbreviated  to 'WOp' or 'WOP' in official documents or obituaries.
Olive Redpath
Olive Redpath was a Victorian era stage actress who was immensely popular in the late 1890s and into the early 20th century. A star of plays, among her most highly regarded roles came in "Mother Goose" and "Naughty Anthony". The former was an extravaganza which played at Haverly's 14th Street Theatre from May 1, 1899 - May 13, 1899. She acted the part of Little Jack Horner.
The latter was a comedy which ran from January 8, 1900 - March 1900 at the
Herald Square Theatre, 1331 Broadway (Manhattan) and 29 West 35th Street, New York City. Produced by David Belasco, Redpath was noteworthy in newspaper reviews for her short frocks. She played the role of "Winnie".

Redpath replaced Miss Sylvia in the title role of The French Maid in February 1898. In "That Man", a farce performed at the Herald Square Theatre in January 1899, she entertained as a "grass widow" (divorcee) in
various disguises.

Little Jack Horner
"Little Jack Horner" is a popular English nursery rhyme with the Roud Folk Song Index number 13027. First mentioned in the 18th century, it was early associated with acts of opportunism, particularly in politics. Moralists also rewrote and expanded the poem so as to counter its celebration of greediness. The name of Jack Horner also came to be applied to a completely different and older poem on a folkloric theme; and in the 19th century, it was claimed that the rhyme was originally composed in satirical reference to the dishonest actions of Thomas Horner in the Tudor period.
CS Gloria Albești
Clubul Sportiv Gloria Albești, commonly known as Gloria Albești, is Romanian football club based in Albești, Constanța County and currently playing in the Liga IV – Constanța County, the fourth tier of Romanian football.

Football in Romania
Football is the most popular sport in Romania. Approximately half of the Romanians are considered association football fans. The Romanian Football Federation (Romanian: Federaţia Română de Fotbal or FRF), a member of UEFA, is the sport's national governing body.
Glenn Bogue
Glenn Bogue (born 30 August 1955) is a Canadian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1975 Pan American Games. In the 400 metres at the 1979 Pan American Games, Bogue finished eighth. He won a bronze medal in the 400 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

1975 Pan American Games
The 1975 Pan American Games, officially known as the VII Pan American Games (Spanish: VII Juegos Panamericanos) and commonly known as Mexico 1975 (Spanish: México 1975), were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seven years, after the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
2017 Finali Mondiali
The 2017 Finali Mondiali was the 2017 edition of the season-ending event for all Ferrari Challenge championships. Held at the Mugello Circuit in Italy as part of the biennial event contracting, the event saw drivers from the Asia-Pacific, European and North American championships take part.

This is the last year in which a 458 Challenge race was held, and would be replaced in 2018 with a Coppa Shell Pro-Am race.

Ferrari 458
The Ferrari 458 Italia (Type F142) is an Italian mid-engine sports car produced by Ferrari. The 458 is the successor of the F430, and was first officially unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. It was succeeded by the 488 GTB (Gran Turismo Berlinetta) in 2015.
Mark LaVarre
Mark J. LaVarre (born February 21, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey player, who played 65 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1985 to 1988. The rest of his career, lasted from 1985 to 1990, and was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Internationally he played for the United States at the 1984 World Junior Championships.

LaVarre was born in Chicago, Illinois. As a youth, he played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Chicago.

Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
The Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament (French: Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec) is an annual minor ice hockey event in Quebec City. The tournament was founded in 1960 to coincide with the Quebec Winter Carnival, and give an opportunity for international competition to players less than 12 years old. The tournament raises funds for the local Patro Roc-Amadour foundation, and is operated mostly by volunteers, with a few staff. The event takes place each year in February at Centre Vidéotron, and previously spent 56 seasons at Quebec Coliseum. As of 2018, the event has showcased the talent of over 1,200 future professionals in the National Hockey League or the World Hockey Association.
Steven A. Cray
Major General Steven A. Cray (born June 15, 1964) was the Adjutant General of Vermont.  In this post he served as the senior uniformed officer in the state, and was responsible for the organization, training and equipping of the 4,000 members of the Vermont Army and Air National Guard. As adjutant general, he also served as inspector general, quartermaster general and head of the State Military Department, including the Vermont State Guard and Veterans Affairs.

Joint Forces Staff College
The Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC), located in Norfolk, Virginia, was established as the Armed Forces Staff College in 1946 and incorporated into the National Defense University in August 1981.  It educates and acculturates joint and multinational warfighters to plan and lead at the operational level. Military operations increasingly require the Armed Services to work jointly, and JFSC provides students the tools to operate in a joint environment. JFSC is composed of three schools, each with different student populations and purposes.
Craig Taylor (writer)
Craig Taylor (born 1976) is a Canadian writer and playwright. He is the author of several books, among them Return to Akenfield, a follow-up to Ronald Blythe’s 1969 work; One Million Tiny Plays About Britain, a collection of short plays; the best-selling Londoners, and New Yorkers, which won the Brooklyn Public Library Prize for Non-Fiction. Taylor teaches creative writing at Vancouver Island University.

In the Times Literary Supplement, Mary Norris described Taylor as “as skilled a writer of literary nonfiction as I have ever read.” The New York Times calls his work a “master class in self-effacing journalism.” According to the Toronto Star, “His literary forebears are James Agee, author of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and Joseph Mitchell, who captured the heartbeat of New York in the magazine pieces that comprise Up In the Old Hotel.”

From 2008 to 2023, Taylor served as editor of Five Dials, a literary magazine published by Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK.

Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith FRSL (born Sadie Smith; 25 October 1975) is an English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her debut novel, White Teeth, published in 2000, was an immediate best-seller and won a number of awards. Smith became a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty of New York University in September 2010.
2022 AMA National Speedway Championship
The 2022 AMA National Speedway Championship Series was staged over three rounds, held at Bakersfield (June 25), Industry Hills (August 13) and Auburn, California (September 19).

The title was won by Billy Janniro, who beat defending champion Max Ruml. Janniro failed to win any round, with Ruml claiming all three, however he accumulated one more point throughout the series. Aaron Fox took third place to complete the podium.

It was the 11th time Janniro won the title, taking him three clear of Greg Hancock in the all-time rankings. It was also the fifth time Ruml had finished second.

Greg Hancock
Gregory Alan Hancock (born June 3, 1970, in Whittier, California) is a former professional motorcycle speedway rider from the United States. As of 2023, he was one of only six riders to have won the individual World Championship four or more times.

In addition to his four Speedway World Championships he won the Speedway World Team Cup with the USA speedway team on three occasions and earned 39 caps for the United States national speedway team. Hancock appeared in all but one of the Grand Prix series, since its creation in 1995 until 2019.
Supercard of Honor VIII
Supercard of Honor VIII was the 8th Supercard of Honor professional wrestling live event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), which took place on April 4, 2014, at the John A. Alario Sr. Event Center in Westwego, LA

Matt Taven
Matthew Marinelli (born March 20, 1985), known by his ring name, Matt Taven, is an American professional wrestler and wrestling trainer. He is known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and its sister promotion, Ring of Honor (ROH).

Taven is best known for his work with ROH as an original member of The Kingdom and he's the former leader of the 2016-19 revival incarnation. During his tenure in ROH he held the ROH World Championship, ROH World Television Championship, ROH World Tag Team Championship, and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championship. Taven has also worked for the Japanese promotion New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) (where he is a former IWGP Tag Team Champion); Impact Wrestling; and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) (where he is a former NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion).

In addition to wrestling, Taven and Mike Bennett operated a wrestling school in West Warwick, Rhode Island.
Debbi Kostelyk
Debbi Kostelyk (born April 8, 1961, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a paralympic athlete from Canada competing mainly in category 3 events.

Kostelyk competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics in athletics, winning gold medals in the Women's 100 metres and 400 metres, as well as silver in the 200 metres. In the 1988 Summer Paralympics, she won silver in the 100 metres.

1988 Summer Paralympics
The 1988 Summer Paralympics (Korean: 1988년 하계 패럴림픽; RR: Cheon gubaek palsip-pal nyeon hagye paereollimpik) were the first Paralympics in 24 years to take place in the same city as the Olympic Games. They took place in Seoul, South Korea. This was the first time the term "Paralympic" was used officially.