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Phillip Cocu

Phillip John-William Cocu (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former midfielder who was most recently the manager of Vitesse.

Cocu was born in Eindhoven but raised in Zevenaar, playing youth football for local clubs DCS and De Graafschap. After a year at AFC '34, he started his professional career at AZ. In 1990, Cocu moved to Vitesse. A broken fibula disrupted his first season, but he became a first-team regular in the following four seasons. In 1995, he joined PSV, where he won the KNVB Cup and the Eredivisie title in 1997. Cocu played for Barcelona between 1998 and 2004. There, he would become club captain, win La Liga in 1999 and play two Champions League semi-finals. He left the club in 2004 as club record holder for the most league appearances by a foreign player. During Cocu's second stint at PSV, he won another three Eredivisie titles and reached the Champions League semi-finals. After a year at Al Jazira, Cocu retired from professional football.

Cocu debuted for the Netherlands national team in 1996 and appeared at the 1998 World Cup, scoring two goals but missing a penalty in the semi-finals against Brazil. He also played at the 2006 World Cup, as well as the 1996, 2000 and 2004 European Championships. Cocu reached the semi-finals in the latter two tournaments and in 2004, he served as captain of the Dutch team. With 101 caps, Cocu is eighth on the list of most Dutch international appearances. During his career, he mainly played as a defensive "playmaker" in midfield, but became equally known for his ability to be fielded as a defender, wing back, winger or forward.

After his retirement from playing professional football, Cocu joined PSV again as youth coach and later assistant manager. He also served as assistant at the Dutch team under Bert van Marwijk between 2008 and 2012. Cocu was caretaker manager at PSV in 2012, during which he won the KNVB Cup. In 2013, he was officially appointed as PSV manager, and won three league titles in his five years at the club.

Early career
Cocu was born in Eindhoven, but he and his family moved to Zevenaar when he was three years old after his father switched jobs. He started playing youth football at the local amateur club DCS when he was six. Even though youth players normally were not allowed to play until they were seven, the team made an exception for Cocu. He played for DCS until he was picked up by De Graafschap's youth academy. After a short period, he moved to AFC '34 in 1986. A year later, his talent was again noticed by a professional club and in June 1987, Cocu joined the AZ youth ranks.

Early years
Cocu began in the AZ reserve squad but was soon added to the first team. He made his professional debut on 22 January 1989, when assistant coach Hugo Hovenkamp (replacing the bedridden manager Hans Eijkenbroek) brought him on in an Eerste Divisie match against NEC. The 18-year-old played as left winger at the time. Cocu scored his first goal two weeks later in a cup match against Fortuna Sittard, followed up by his first league goal in March against SVV. He would go on and score four goals in his first season. In the 1989-90 season, he appeared in nearly every league match. After the competition ended, Cocu was sold to the newly promoted Vitesse for €272,000.

Cocu played only eight matches in his first Vitesse season after he suffered a broken fibula. He had a more productive second season, playing most matches and scoring three times. He netted his first Vitesse goal in August 1991 in a match against ADO Den Haag. In Arnhem, Cocu changed from being a left winger to a central midfielder. Coach Herbert Neumann envisioned a leading central role for Cocu in 1991 and placed him on the midfield position. In 1992, Cocu played his first European match when Vitesse faced Derry City. After Vitesse defeated Derry City, they beat Belgian side Mechelen in the following round. The away match was decided by a long-range effort from Cocu (1–0). Vitesse was eventually knocked out by Real Madrid. In the Eredivisie, the team finished in fourth place. Cocu also played all league matches and doubled his goal tally in his third season. In the 1993–94 season, Cocu scored 11 Eredivisie goals, including three in a 5–0 victory over Go Ahead Eagles in December. After the season, Louis van Gaal and Ajax became interested in buying Cocu, but they could not meet the transfer fee demands. A year later, PSV and Feyenoord triggered the release clause in Cocu's contract, making Vitesse unable to reject the offer. He eventually chose to play for PSV.

Cocu was signed in June 1995 in a joint-transfer with Chris van der Weerden. He immediately scored in his PSV debut against Fortuna Sittard (1–3). In his first season, he won the KNVB Cup with PSV. In the final against Sparta Rotterdam (5–2), Cocu scored the first goal. In October 1996, Cocu scored twice in a 7–2 win against Feyenoord. That season, Cocu and PSV would go on to win the Johan Cruyff Shield, beating Ajax 3–0, and the Eredivisie. In the 1997–98 season, Cocu won the Johan Cruyff Shield again after scoring twice in a 3–1 victory against Roda JC. In the Eredivisie, PSV finished second behind Ajax. The KNVB Cup final was also lost to Ajax (5–0). After the season, Cocu decided not to extend his contract, demonstrating his intent to leave on a free transfer. Atlético Madrid, Real Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan and Lazio were all keen on signing Cocu, but he ultimately chose to join Barcelona, the club he supported as a child.

Barcelona
In Barcelona, Cocu found himself with fellow Dutchmen Louis van Gaal, Michael Reiziger, Frank de Boer, Patrick Kluivert, Boudewijn Zenden, Ronald de Boer and Winston Bogarde. Forming a midfield with Luís Figo and Pep Guardiola, Cocu played 36 league matches and scored 12 goals, thereby contributing to Barcelona's La Liga title win. In March, Cocu decided the match against Real Sociedad by scoring both goals (2–0). In his second season, the team finished second in the league behind Deportivo de La Coruña. Cocu scored six league goals, including two against Real Oviedo (a 3–2 win) and two against Athletic Bilbao (a 4–0 win). Barcelona and Cocu reached the Champions League semi-finals, where they were knocked-out by Valencia. Cocu scored the final goal in the return leg. In 2000, Van Gaal left and was succeeded by Lorenzo Serra Ferrer and Carles Rexach. But in the following two seasons, the team performances declined even more, with Barcelona twice ending fourth in the league.

In 2001, Pep Guardiola left Barcelona, making space for a new midfield consisting of Cocu, Xavi and Gabri. In the 2001–02 season, Barcelona reached the Champions League semi-finals again, but were denied the final by Real Madrid. In 2002, the returning coach Louis van Gaal chose Cocu as vice-captain behind Luis Enrique. The 2002–03 season was Barcelona's worst in years, however: the team finished sixth in La Liga, Van Gaal was fired early on and Cocu tore his knee ligament in a Champions League match against Inter Milan (0–0) in February. He was sidelined for two months. Weeks earlier, Barcelona had already beat Inter 3–0, with a goal by Cocu. With his contract expiring in 2003, he waited until after the FC Barcelona presidential elections to make a decision on extension. Cocu, who intended to join PSV if the negotiations failed, eventually agreed on a one-year extension in June.

The 2003–04 season began with new coach Frank Rijkaard. Cocu scored Barcelona's first goal of the league season, deciding the match against Athletic Bilbao (1–0). He played 36 league matches in total and also frequently served as the team captain. Barcelona finished second in La Liga. In early 2004, Barça announced it would not renew Cocu's contract. Both parties could not agree on a new deal after he did not accept Barcelona's significantly-lowered offer. Cocu was disappointed by the club's decision, but was happy to return to PSV, whose offer always remained. After his departure, he was awarded a plaque for his loyalty by club president Joan Laporta. Cocu's 205 La Liga matches and 291 total appearances were Barcelona records for a foreign player when he left; both records remained until Lionel Messi surpassed them in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

PSV and Al-Jazira
In 2004, Cocu signed a two-year contract with PSV. He formed a midfield with Johann Vogel and captain Mark van Bommel in a side that won the Eredivisie, the KNVB Cup and reached the Champions League semi-finals in the 2004–05 season. In the Champions League, Cocu scored the PSV away goal in the quarter-final match against Lyon (1–1). PSV reached the semi-finals, but were ultimately eliminated by Milan. After losing the away leg 2–0, PSV went 2–0 ahead in the return game with a goal by Cocu. A goal by Milan's Massimo Ambrosini, however, ended the hope to reach the finals, despite an injury-time second goal by Cocu. In the domestic league, Cocu missed the title-winning match against Vitesse after a sending-off in the previous match. He was handed his second yellow card against Willem II after being provoked by Martijn Reuser.

When Mark van Bommel left PSV in 2005, Cocu was handed the role of captain by manager Guus Hiddink. PSV won the league title again and reached the second round of the Champions League, where they were eliminated by Lyon. Cocu was sent off in the return match. For his league performances, Cocu won the Zilveren Schoen as the second-best Eredivisie player that year. After the 2005–06 season, Cocu signed a one-year contract extension with PSV. The team started the 2006–07 season well, but the performances heavily declined in the second half of the season and the title was almost lost. The championship was to be decided on the last league round, with PSV facing Vitesse. PSV won the match 5–1, with Cocu scoring the final goal. This goal eventually decided the title race: the goal difference between PSV and runners-up Ajax was one goal, just enough for the Eredivisie title win.

Cocu was close to announcing his retirement after the 2006–07 season, but still received offers from Australia and Al Jazira Club. After consulting Al Jazira's Abe Knoop and László Jámbor (who worked for Ajax), he chose to sign a one-year deal with the club from the United Arab Emirates in August 2007. In his first match, played against Al Wasl, he immediately scored in the team's 2–1 victory. With Al-Jazira, Cocu appeared in 17 league matches and scored four goals. After the season ended, Cocu considered staying for another year, but ultimately chose to return to the Netherlands in time for the professional football coach course. In July 2009, Cocu received a testimonial match from PSV at the Philips Stadion. An all-star team consisting of Luís Figo, Edgar Davids, Frank de Boer and many other former players competed against the PSV first team.

International career
Cocu was close to his international debut in 1994. Coach Dick Advocaat listed him on the 25-man provisional squad for the 1994 World Cup due to his performances at Vitesse, but he eventually did not make the team. His international debut came at age 25 in early 1996 in an exhibition match against Germany, handed to him by Guus Hiddink. Cocu scored his first international goal against the Republic of Ireland in June. Cocu was called up for Euro 1996 by Hiddink. He appeared as a substitute in two group stage matches and was included in the first team for the quarter-final defeat against France. Two years later, the Dutch team qualified for the 1998 World Cup, with Cocu having secured his place as a first-team member. He appeared in all World Cup matches, while scoring in the group stage matches against South Korea and Mexico. In the semi-final against Brazil, the match went to a penalty shoot-out. Cocu took the third Dutch penalty, but his attempt was saved by Cláudio Taffarel. The Netherlands eventually lost the shoot-out (4–2) and missed out on the final.

Cocu and the Netherlands were present at Euro 2000 after automatically qualifying as a host. The Dutch side, with Cocu in all fixtures, won all group matches and the quarter-final against Yugoslavia. Still, Cocu and the team were again eliminated after a penalty shoot-out in the semi-finals, this time against Italy. The Netherlands and Cocu failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup in a qualification group with Portugal and the Republic of Ireland. In 2003, Cocu received his first international sending-off in a friendly match against Belgium. The Netherlands did well in the Euro 2004 qualifiers, with Cocu scoring twice (both in separate matches against Austria). During Euro 2004, Cocu was chosen as team captain and appeared in all matches. In the quarter-finals against Sweden, he missed a penalty in the shoot-out, but the Netherlands still managed to win. In the semi-finals, the team was eliminated by hosts Portugal. After Euro 2004, Cocu lost the captain role to Edgar Davids, a decision made by new manager Marco van Basten.

The Netherlands qualified for the 2006 World Cup, with Cocu scoring three times in the qualifying matches. Cocu was a first-team member in most games, but a sending-off against Andorra in September 2005 meant that Cocu missed the last two qualifiers. At the World Cup, the Netherlands progressed from the group stage, but were knocked out by Portugal in the second round, with Cocu coming close to equalizing by hitting the crossbar shortly after the start of the second half. After the tournament, Cocu retired from international football. With 101 caps for the Netherlands, Cocu is currently ranked fifth in the list of most Dutch international appearances. He was granted a farewell and a golden plaque for his services before the match against Belarus in September 2006. In 2011, Cocu was named bondsridder of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), an honorary title for his service to Dutch football.

PSV Eindhoven
After Cocu's return from the UAE in 2008, he showed interest in becoming a football coach. He joined the professional football coach course in order to achieve the necessary coaching badges and returned to PSV to assist in several youth squads. Cocu was also immediately appointed second assistant of Bert van Marwijk, who became manager of the Netherlands national team. Later, his role at PSV changed to assisting Ernest Faber at the PSV under-19 squad and becoming a trainee for the PSV first team under Huub Stevens in late 2008. After Stevens resigned in January 2009, Cocu became the assistant manager under caretaker manager Dwight Lodeweges. After the season finished, he continued to be part-time available for the first team. In February 2010, he passed his coaching exam, enabling him to be a manager in the Netherlands. A month later, Cocu agreed to remain assistant manager for the Dutch national team for another two years. With the Netherlands, he was present at the 2010 World Cup, where the team lost the final against Spain.

In December 2010, Cocu was promoted to first assistant manager at the Dutch national team after Frank de Boer became manager of Ajax. In the summer of 2011, Cocu signed a new two-year contract with PSV. When Fred Rutten was dismissed as PSV manager in March 2012, Cocu was appointed as caretaker manager for the remainder of the season. Faber joined PSV from FC Eindhoven to serve as Cocu's assistant. During his few months as manager, he promoted youngster Memphis Depay to the first team and replaced Andreas Isaksson with Przemysław Tytoń as the side's starting goalkeeper. The results did not improve, however, and after a 2–1 home defeat against RKC Waalwijk, Cocu vocally forfeited the title race. Despite winning the last five games in a row, Cocu and PSV finished third in the league, therefore missing out on Champions League football. Nonetheless, the team won the KNVB Cup by beating Heracles Almelo 3–0 in the final.

For the 2012–13 season, the PSV board appointed Dick Advocaat as the new manager. Eager to gain more experience in coaching a team, Cocu took up the position of the PSV under-19 coach. He also gave up his job as assistant manager at the Dutch national team after Euro 2012, in which the Netherlands were eliminated in the first round. During the season, it was decided that Cocu would succeed Advocaat in case he would announce his departure. When Advocaat quit post-season, Cocu signed a four-year contract as manager of PSV. Joined by Faber and Chris van der Weerden as his assistants, Cocu stressed his emphasis on developing players from the PSV youth ranks. On 18 April 2015, Cocu won the Eredivisie title after a 4–1 win over Heerenveen. This was PSV's first league title since 2008, also ending a four-year domination of the league by Ajax. Cocu's team successfully defended the league title one season later.

Fenerbahçe
On 22 June 2018, Cocu was appointed on a three-year deal at Turkey's Fenerbahçe, who were under new ownership. He was dismissed on 28 October with the club just one point and one place above the relegation zone, following a 3–1 home loss to MKE Ankaragücü.

Derby County
On 5 July 2019, Cocu was announced as the new manager of Championship club Derby County. He guided Derby to a 10th-place finish, whilst installing a sense of total football locally known as Cocuball. On 14 November 2020, Cocu and Derby parted company with the club at the bottom of the league table.

Vitesse
Cocu returned to work after almost two years on 26 September 2022, being appointed at 14th-placed Vitesse, where he had left as a player in 1995. He replaced Thomas Letsch, who had left for VfL Bochum. He resigned on 11 November 2023 after a 1–3 home loss to SC Heerenveen, which saw the team at the bottom of the league with eight points after twelve matches.

International

 * Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cocu goal.

Player
PSV
 * Eredivisie: 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07
 * KNVB Cup: 1995–96, 2004–05
 * Johan Cruyff Shield: 1996, 1997

Barcelona
 * La Liga: 1998–99

Al Jazira
 * Gulf Club Champions Cup: 2007

Manager
PSV
 * Eredivisie: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
 * KNVB Cup: 2011–12
 * Johan Cruyff Shield: 2015, 2016

Individual
 * Rinus Michels Award: 2015, 2018

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it is indeed a small world...

Contrary to popular belief, the inspiration behind the quiz was much wider than a single faction. The HROS and HDOS stereotypes, for example, draw a lot from yours truly- if only to show that I can take a joke :P Shippers from many fandoms find themselves or shippers they know in one of the results, which only goes to show the wise saying, "the more fandoms change, the more they stay the same". -AceMyth 18:31, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)

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I'm going to copy the episode stuff from Bulbapedia!! (Yugigx60 19:00, 3 September 2006 (UTC))
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I didnt create the article for Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance nor have I ever edited that article. It was created by User:AnyGuy, thats probably the best place to direct your corrections to or maybe the articles talk page. Salavat (talk) 12:14, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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I'm glad I found you. I've been having a lot of trouble trying to get creation protection off of Bulbapedia. I've been working on a userspace draft (User:Nathan2055/Bulbapedia), but I can't find enough sources to justify it's inclusion. Can you help? --Nathan2055talk 17:13, 20 July 2011 (UTC)
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Xenophanes (crater)

Xenophanes is a lunar impact crater that is located along the northwestern limb of the Moon. It is nearly attached to Volta, a similar formation to the south-southwest. To the northeast is the smaller crater Cleostratus. Xenophanes is significantly foreshortened when viewed from the Earth, hindering observation.

It is a worn and eroded crater with a battered outer rim that is overlaid by several smaller craters. The rim is a circular range of rugged, irregular ground that is notched in places along the inner wall. A chain of small craters lies along the northern and northeastern rim. At the west end, a pair of clefts in the rim nearly join the floor to the surface beyond. To the northeast, Xenophanes A is an impact crater with a sharp rim and a rough interior.

The interior surface is irregular, but sections have been resurfaced by basaltic lava. A pair of flooded crater rims lie along the southern and northeast sections of the interior. The interior is more level and less rough at the eastern end.

Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Xenophanes.

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Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern

Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (8 November 1715 – 13 January 1797) was Queen of Prussia (Queen in Prussia until 1772) and Electress of Brandenburg as the wife of Frederick the Great. She was the longest-serving Prussian queen, with a tenure of more than 46 years. She was praised for her charity work during the Seven Years' War.

Crown princess

Having failed in his attempt to flee from the tyrannical regime of his father, King Frederick William I, Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia was ordered to marry a daughter of Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel and Duchess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1733 in order to regain his freedom. Elisabeth was the niece of Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, wife of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. The match had thus been sought diplomatically by the Austrian court as well as by the "imperial party" around the king, which was in sharp contrast to the "English party" around Queen Sophie Dorothea, a sister of King George II of Great Britain, and Crown Prince Frederick himself, who were seeking a marriage to the Queen's niece, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, which would result in a strong alliance between Prussia and Great Britain and was considered by the somewhat vain young prince a more "brilliant" match than the "provincial" Elisabeth Christine.

However, on 12 June, 17-year-old Elisabeth Christine was married to Frederick at her father's summer palace, Schloss Salzdahlum in Wolfenbüttel, Germany. On their wedding night, Frederick spent a reluctant hour with his wife and then walked about outside for the rest of the night. Due to the circumstances behind their betrothal, he was well known to have resented the marriage from the very beginning. Thus, Elizabeth's position at the Berlin court was difficult from the beginning, as the only support that she could count on was the king's.

Elisabeth indeed remained attached to her father-in-law, who was particularly fond of her piety, which did nothing to endear her husband. It should be mentioned that Frederick is widely presumed to have been homosexual, having shown no sexual or even platonic interest in women; the only woman whom he considered a close friend was his older sister, Wilhelmine. However, he was shrewd enough to recognise the opportunity Elisabeth provided to improve his own relationship with his father and systematically used her to gain royal favours. During the first year of their marriage, Frederick was garrisoned in Ruppin, while Elisabeth lived in Berlin at the king's court. Her husband showered her with letters asking for travel permits, money, etc., from the king or even demanding that she run up debts in Brunswick to pay for his expenses. This pattern continued even after the couple moved to Rheinsberg Palace in 1736.

Queen consort

After the death of her father-in-law, her husband acceded to the throne of Prussia as Frederick II in 1740. He had no known affairs with women and presided over a very spartan, almost military court where women rarely appeared. He didn't care for ceremonial court life and representation and left most of the posts in his own court vacant at Potsdam. During the first years of his reign, he did somewhat revive the court life, but after Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam was completed in 1747, he spent his life more isolated in Sanssouci in the summer and the City Palace, Potsdam in the winter, and only appeared at the official royal court in Berlin at special occasions such as royal birthdays and visits of foreign princes. Despite his personal contempt for representational court life, however, he realized its importance in the system of state and therefore didn't abolish court life in Prussia, but rather left all court duties to Elisabeth.

Elisabeth therefore had a very visible and public role in Prussia. During the first seventeen years of her husband's reign, she shared the representational duties of the court with her mother-in-law until the latter's death in 1757, after which she handled them alone, as the only member of the royal family living in the huge Berlin Palace. Frederick also gave Elisabeth her own summer residence, Schönhausen Palace near Berlin, and redecorated her apartments in the Berlin Royal Palace, appointing a large court for her to assist her in upholding the court routine. In Berlin, Elisabeth received foreign princes, ambassadors and generals; entertained the royal family and Prussian aristocracy with concerts; and hosted a circle of Lutheran theologians such as Anton Friedrich Büsching, Johann Joachim Spalding and Johann Friedrich Zöllner. At both residences, she presided at the weekly reception days, courtage, which were the only occasions where the entire Prussian royal court assembled as a whole during the reign of Frederick the Great who hardly ever took part himself. In addition to the courtages, large dinners, balls, opera performances, ambassador's receptions and family celebrations (birthdays, christenings, weddings) were on her program. Her receptions were always well attended as she hosted the only court life taking place in Prussia at the time, which made it an important social center and a place to meet important people.

A reception by Elisabeth Christine in Schönhausen was described in 1779 by the English tourist Dr. Moore:
 * "The Queen has one Court-day in the week, when the Princes, nobility, and foreign ambassadors wait upon her, at five o' clock. After she has made the tour of the circle, and said a few words to each, she seats herself at the card-table. The Queen has her own table, and each of the Princesses has one. The rest of the company shows itself a moment at each of these card tables, and then the attendance for the day is over, and they walk in the garden, or form other card-tables in the other rooms, as it pleases them, and return to Berlin at dusk. Sometimes the Queen invites a good many of them to supper, and then they remain till midnight. These are the only assemblies where one meets the Berlin ladies in summer."

Despite the fact that Frederick entrusted the role of representation to her, he did not always give her the funds necessary to play this role, and it caused surprise to foreigners that the king did not give the queen funds necessary to entertain more lavishly. As the king became more spartan over the years, the receptions of the queen became more underfunded, Charpentier once joking: "The Queen must have a grand gala tonight; I saw an old lamp lighted on the staircase as I passed!" The king himself only very rarely attended any of the court events, while the queen was always present. He visited the birthday celebration of the queen only twice between 1741 and 1762. Frederick was often absent even at his own official birthday celebration, where she received birthday congratulations in his place, and when he did attend, he normally appeared very briefly. Frederick was often absent even at important functions, such as the state visit of the Tsesarevich Paul in 1776.

When he did appear in Berlin, mainly during the carnival ball season, Frederick normally didn't represent at his own apartment, but merely visited the queen's reception in her apartment. While he on rare occasions participated in Berlin court life, he never visited her court at Schönhausen, nor was she ever invited to Sanssouci. On the one hand, compliance with protocol and etiquette was important to him, so he made sure that the queen's carriage always drove directly behind his on ceremonial processions, even in front of that of his adored mother. On the other hand, he humiliated her by not even inviting her to some important celebrations. Neither did she receive an invitation to the inauguration of the new wing of Charlottenburg Palace in the summer of 1746, nor to a large celebration that the king gave in August 1749 in honor of his mother in Sanssouci.

In 1763, when after the Seven Years' War, Frederick saw his wife for the first time in six years, he only told her: "Madame have become more stout" and then turned to his waiting sisters. Despite his lack of interest in her person, he demanded that she should be respected in her capacity as a queen, but his separation from her along with her aroused pity made it hard for her to receive respect from the nobility: on one occasion, the opera singers refused to appear at her concert and she forced him to demand that she be treated with respect. In many aspects her situation was similar to that of her sister-in-law, Princess Wilhelmina, the neglected wife of the king's brother Prince Henry, only that the queen consort had an important representational task.

Influence
During the Seven Years' War, the king was permanently absent from the capital for six years, which made the queen become the symbol of Prussian resilience in the capital during the crisis, and was often greeted by cheering crowds when she appeared in public. When Berlin was threatened in 1757, it was Elisabeth who took the responsibility for the royal house and ordered for its evacuation to Magdeburg. She was able to return to Berlin in 1758, but was again forced to evacuate in 1760. It was on the first of these occasions that she saw Sanssouci for the first time.

Elisabeth was interested in political literature and authored several translations under the pseudonym "Constance". After the death of her friend Sophie Caroline von Camas in 1766, she published a French translation of Le Chrétien dans la Solitude. Her translations of the Réflexions sur l'etat des affaires publiques en 1778 aroused public patriotism during the War of Bavarian Succession. Her political works were included in the royal library and the king presented her with his own ideas.

Elisabeth successfully introduced silk cultivation to Prussia and was involved in charity, to which she contributed 23,000 thalers out of her allowance of 40,000 thalers, more than half her income. She said of herself: "God has graciously kept me, so that I need not reproach myself for any action by which any person has with my knowledge been hurt." Elisabeth is noted to have acted as an intermediary and interceded in favor of supplicants. She particularly supported the French émigrés community in Berlin. Spalding commented: "her memory will always be blessed as a touching example of the noblest mental qualities, the most enlightened and lively piety, and the most wonderfully active benevolence."

Queen dowager
Elisabeth Christine became queen dowager upon the death of Frederick the Great on 17 August 1786. She wasn't present at the death of her spouse and hadn't seen him since January of that year, but was given public sympathy for his death because of the popularity she enjoyed among the public, to all of whom, according to Spalding, she was "so dear in her affliction." She commented on the death of Frederick to his successor, Frederick William II, with the words:
 * "Frederick the Great would have been adored for his great qualities had he been only a private individual; all great Princes might take example from him; he reigned like the true father of his people. He was a true friend himself, but he had many false ones, who, under the mask of attachment, separated him from those who were devoted to him heart and soul; yet these deceitful persons caused him sorrow when he discovered their falsehood, and he rendered justice to his true friends without bringing them into notice, lest he should expose them to persecution. He was generous and beneficent, he maintained his position without hauteur, and in society he was like a private gentleman".

In the will of Frederick the Great, Elisabeth was secured not only the continuation of her usual income; an additional 10,000 thalers annually; residence, games, wine, and firewood in the royal palaces of her choice; and a directive that his successor and nephew Frederick William always treat her with respect due to her position. As queen dowager, Elisabeth Christine had an active role in public life. Due to her long experience in handling the representational life of the reign of Frederick the Great, "the Queen Dowager, who, by her circumspection and natural dignity, was of more importance than the Queen", was often consulted in court matters. She was a center in the family life of the royal house, corresponding with them while they were away, particularly with her former foster daughter Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia.


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Young (crater)

Young is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged southeast part of the Moon's near side. It lies to the east of the crater Metius, and southeast of Rheita. The long Vallis Rheita follows a line tangential to the southwest rim of Rheita, and cuts a wide trough through the southwest floor and outer rim of Young.

The surviving part of the crater is a worn, eroded formation that has seen better times. The rim and inner wall can still be followed across the surface, but it is indented and notched by smaller impacts. The inner floor contains a pair of small, bowl-shaped craters designated Young A and Young B.

To the south of Young, the valley is overlain by Young D, a somewhat less eroded feature than Young. The valley continues intermittently to the southeast, spanning a total distance of about 500 kilometers. This is the longest valley on the near side of the Moon.

Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Young.

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Pacha Kamaq

Pachacamac or Pacha Kamaq (Quechua, "Creator of the World"; also Pacharurac) was the deity worshipped in the city of Pachacamac (modern-day Peru) by the Ichma.

Pacha Kamaq was believed to have created the first man and woman, but forgot to give them food and the man died. The woman cursed Pacha Kamaq, accusing him of neglect, and Pacha Kamaq made her fertile. Later Pacha Kamaq killed her son and cut the corpse into pieces, each of which became a separate fruit or vegetable plant. The woman's second son, Wichama, escaped, so Pacha Kamaq killed the woman. Wichama sought revenge and drove Pacha Kamaq into the ocean.

Tahuantinsuyu adopted Pacha Kamaq when they incorporated the Ichma into their empire. In late Inca mythology he was the father of Inti and Mama Killa, and husband of Mama Pacha. The Wari, the Pachacamac empire, Chancay, Chimor and Ichma possessed the city of Pachacamac at some point but it is unknown if any other peoples, apart from the Ichma, worshipped the Pacha Kamaq deity.

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Olympus AZ-4 zoom

The Olympus AZ-4 Zoom is a 35mm fixed-lens SLR camera introduced in 1989.

Overview
The camera is almost identical to the Ricoh Mirai, except it does not have a remote control socket and uses different batteries. It was one of the earliest examples of a Superzoom lens, with an ability to zoom from 35 to 135mm. The zoom lens moves slowly compared to modern 35mm cameras, and the autofocus is slower and less reliable. However, the images it can achieve are of a very high standard particularly in terms of sharpness.

It has the following features usually only found on SLR cameras:

 * Real image viewfinder
 * Manual focusing mode
 * Exposure adjustment
 * Shutter speed adjustment
 * Hotshoe for external flash

It has the following features usually only found on compact cameras:

 * Autofocus
 * Built in pop up flash
 * Self timer (Timer to take photo 10 seconds after shutter is pressed)
 * Fill-in flash

It also has the following features
 * LCD
 * Beeps when autofocus locks
 * Tripod socket

Some models use 2 123 size lithium batteries. The version marketed by Ricoh can accept a large lithium battery or four AAA size batteries. There is also a Quartz date model, and the back on a regular model can be removed and replaced with a data back.

Trivia
The camera appeared in the 1989 Batman film.

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Papineau station

Papineau station is a Montreal Metro station in the borough of Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is operated by the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and serves the Green Line. It is one of two Metro stations that service Montreal's Gay Village, part of the Centre-Sud district. It opened on October 14, 1966, as part of the original network of the Metro. It briefly served as the terminus of the Green Line until Frontenac station opened two months later.

Overview
Designed by Bolduc et Venne, it is a normal side platform station, built in tunnel. A transept leads to a long set of stairways to the entrance, located in the centre of a public square. The temporary entrance building was recently replaced by a new permanent one, designed by Mario Bibeau.

In 2022, the STM's Universal Accessibility Report noted that design work to make the station accessible was underway.

Architecture and art
The station features a set of three murals by Jean Cartier and George Juhasz at the transept level. Entitled Les Patriotes de 1837–1838, these tell the story of the Patriotes Rebellion and commemorate Louis-Joseph Papineau, the famous son of this station's namesake. Also, the redevelopment of the square around the station's entrance included the addition of a sculpture, Révolutions, by Michel de Broin.

Origin of the name
Papineau takes its name from nearby av. Papineau, named for Joseph Papineau, a notary, surveyor, politician, and defender of the rights of the people and of the French language. His son, Louis-Joseph Papineau, led the Patriotes Rebellion, the Lower Canadian portion of the Rebellions of 1837.

Nearby points of interest

 * The Village
 * Jacques Cartier Bridge
 * Édifice de la sécurité publique
 * CFCF-DT / CTV studios
 * CFJP-DT / Noovo studios
 * RDS studios
 * CFTM-DT / TVA studios
 * Sonolab
 * Confédération des syndicats nationaux
 * Télé-Québec
 * Téléport de Montréal
 * Hôpital Notre-Dame

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User:Tieno

My user page is on the french Wikipédia. In french so, and no translation yet, sorry.

Veuillez consulter ma page d'utilisateur sur la Wikipédia francophone.

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Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry

Auguste Joseph Alphonse Gratry (usually known as Joseph Gratry; 10 March 1805 − 6 February 1872) was a French Catholic priest, author and theologian.

Biography
Gratry was born at Lille and educated at the École Polytechnique of Paris. In 1828, he went on to study theology at seminary in Strasbourg under the tutelage of the abbé Bautain. After a period of mental struggle which he has described in Souvenirs de ma jeunesse, he was ordained a priest in Strasbourg in 1832. After a stay there as professor of the Petit Séminaire, he was appointed director of the Collège Stanislas in Paris in 1842 and, in 1847, chaplain of the École Normale Supérieure. He was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor in 1845.

In 1852 he and Abbé Pierre Pététot revived Bérulle's Congregation of the Oratory. Gratry was a brilliant academic, holding doctorates in both the humanities and theology. He envisioned communities which could be schools of theological exploration, working with the scientific focus of modern society.

He became vicar-general for the bishop of Orleans in 1861, professor of moral theology at the Sorbonne in 1863, and, on the death of Barante, a member of the Académie française in 1867, where he occupied the seat formerly held by Voltaire.

Together with Abbé Philippe Pététot, pastor of Saint Roch, and Hyacinthe de Valroger, Joseph Gratry reconstituted the French Oratory, a society of priests mainly dedicated to education.

Death
Gratry developed throat cancer at the end of his life and went to Montreux, Switzerland, for treatment, where he died. He was buried in Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris by his sister.

Works

 * De la connaissance de Dieu, (The Knowledge of God) opposing Positivism (1855)
 * La Logique (1856)
 * Les Sources, conseils pour la conduite de l'esprit (1861−1862)
 * La Philosophie du credo (1861)
 * Commentaire sur l'évangile de Saint Matthieu (1863)
 * Jésus-Christ: réponse à M. Renan (1864)
 * Les Sophistes et la critique (in controversy with E. Vacherot) (1864)
 * La Morale et la loi de l'histoire, (Morality and the law of History), (1868)
 * Mgr. l'évêque d'Orléans et Mgr. l'archevêque de Malines (1869), containing a clear exposition of the historical arguments against the doctrine of papal infallibility.
 * Souvenirs de ma jeunesse (1874)

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User:Pratt~enwiki

I'm a 25-year-old man from Victoria, British Columbia. That's it.

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Tolo Harbour

Tolo Harbour, or Tai Po Hoi (, historically ), is a sheltered harbour in northeast New Territories of Hong Kong.

Geography
Tide Cove, also known as Sha Tin Hoi, is to the south of the harbour, and Plover Cove, Three Fathoms Cove and Tolo Channel are to its east.

The Shing Mun River empties first into Tide Cove, then the harbour.

Several islands are located in the harbour, including Ma Shi Chau, Centre Island, Yeung Chau and Yim Tin Tsai. Yuen Chau Tsai is a former island, now connected to the mainland by a causeway.

History
In the past pearls were very abundant here. Pearl hunting had been a major industry in Tai Po from the Han dynasty. In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a king of Southern Han changed the name of Tai Po to Mei Chuen To and ordered an aggressive cultivation effort, which led to many fatalities amongst the pearl hunters. The hunting lasted until the Ming dynasty, when the pearl oysters were nearly extinct in the area.

Transportation
Kowloon–Canton Railway was built in 1910s and Tolo Highway in 1980s on its western shore.

Kaito Ferry Services across Tolo Harbour are available:

 * Tai Shui Hang – Ma Liu Shui/Tai Mei Tuk
 * Ma Liu Shui – Lai Chi Wo
 * Ma Liu Shui – Kat O/Ap Chau
 * Ma Liu Shui – Tap Mun
 * Ma Liu Shui – Tung Ping Chau

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Pachytheca

Pachytheca are fossils of ancient plants, dating from the upper Silurian to the lower Devonian.

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Talk:Legal dispute over Quebec's language policy

English language resources
Most of my readings were done in French. I will do my best to find equivalent resources in English so other people may be able to read them and correct possible mistakes on my part. -- Mathieugp 18:41, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Reading this article leaves many false impressions regarding the legal situation, examples
 * -the paragraph "Before 1982" seems to imply that the British North America Act of 1867 has been replaced, but it is still in force
 * -the Charter of the French language is "not" more than a "simple act" of Parliament, I understand that you want to convey the idea that it is important (quasi-constitutional), but it remains a law like any other
 * -please don't use bill numbers to refer to a law (or at least use it together with the official name, e.g. Bill 86 = An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, S.Q. 1993, c. 40), bill = projet de loi, they start back at "1" every session so it's confusing because different bills can have the same number --132.204.219.5 21:11, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Reply to the comments above

 * If reading the article left you the impression that the BNAA was replaced, then something must not be well-formulated. Feel free to rephrase the part(s) that you feel are unclear.
 * I am aware that the Charter is a law like any other law. However, as you know, a Parliament can pass an unsignificant act which says "It is the opinion of this house that the environment should be preserved" and provide little to actually solve the problems related to preserving the environment, just as it can pass an act which not only states or proclaims something obvious, but details out a policy to achieve certain objectives that will help in preserving the environment. The Charter of the French Language is more on the lines of the second type of laws. I agree though that it is fundamentally a matter of opinion if a law is a "real important law" or if it is just wind. We can certainly rephrase the sentence to avoid using the terms "more than a simple act" which can indeed be misleading.
 * Yes, I wanted to use the full name of the laws, but the name is the same (An Act to amend the Charter of the French language) for both Bill 86 and Bill 178! I thought it would be confusing to refer to two different laws with the same name in the same article. How should we resolve this?

-- Mathieugp 23:19, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I will work on the two first points as soon as I finish my exams, for the third point the solution is very simple, every law that is passed is identified by the year it was passed and a chapter number (e.g. S.Q. 1993, c. 40 means Statutes of Québec 1993 chapter 40), thus...
 * Bill 86 = An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, S.Q. 1993, c. 40
 * Bill 178 = An Act to amend the Charter of the French language, S.Q. 1988, c. 54
 * the advantage over bill numbers is that the year is clearly indicated --132.204.219.5 02:45, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I fixed it already. -- Mathieugp 03:14, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

likely the biggest issue with this text is that is it obviously in support of the Canadian constitutional side... it has nothing about legal victories made by the "other" side of the debate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philippemckay (talk • contribs) 14:39, 26 January 2014 (UTC)

Questions regarding recent edits by Franz1984

 * Why were the dates removed and replaced by only the year? I think it is better to leave the precision that is given by the date, especially if we consider that other facts are going to be inserted over time. Was it removed for readability?
 * Yes, I thought it was confusing and did not really add meaningful information, the year is enough. It can be changed again if other dates are inserted...

 * This sentence was added in: "In 1987, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act which became the supreme law of the Dominion of Canada (although it was modified several times, it is still part of the Constitution of Canada)."

I find the sentence to be unclear. First, unless I do not understand something, I think it should say 1867 not 1987. Of course the law was modified between 1867 and 1982. True, the BNAA is still in the current constitution (with a different name), but I think we are only confusing people by adding all this (which occured later and maybe should really be under "After 1982").
 * Sorry about the year, my mistake. As for the sentence, I wanted to make sure people understood the Constitution Act, 1982 did not replace the BNAA (now called Constitution Act, 1867) and that the name "BNAA" includes its modifications.

-- Mathieugp 02:23, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)

On the MacIntire case

 * Bill 86 - The Canadian Encyclopedia
 * Human Rights Committee - 1989 Gordon McIntyre Complaint and Opinion of the Committee

-- Mathieugp 18:56, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

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Metalucifer

Metalucifer is a Japanese heavy metal band formed by Gezolucifer (of Sabbat) in 1995. Adopting the musical style of early NWOBHM and building upon it, they achieved underground celebrity, especially in Scandinavia. Their pure heavy metal approach, and their unadulterated use of the words "Heavy Metal" in song titles has gained them fame, as their music strives to capture the essence of what they think "heavy metal" should be.

Name
The name Metalucifer was taken from the classic Sabbat song "Metalucifer And Evilucifer", meaning, according to the band, "King of the Heavy Metal Hell".

Members
These are the people who have played in Metalucifer between 1995 and 2003, all releases and concerts included:

 * Gezolucifer (Masaki Tachi): also known as Gezol. Lead vocals and bass guitar (from Sabbat)
 * Elizaveat: guitar and drums (from Sabbat)
 * Elizabigore: guitar (from Gore)
 * Bill Andrews: drums (ex-Death and ex-Massacre)
 * Tormentor: drums (from Desaster)
 * Samm: guitar (from Magnesium, ex-Sacrifice, ex-Sabbat)
 * Blumi: guitar (from Metal Inquisitor)
 * Menzorugen: bass (from Gore)
 * Elizavitebro (from The Chasm)
 * Brazilion
 * Damiazell (Sabbat)

Studio albums

 * Heavy Metal Drill (Metal Proof, Japan 1996)
 * Heavy Metal Chainsaw (Iron Pegasus, Germany 2001)
 * Heavy Metal Bulldozer (Iron Pegasus, Germany 2009)

EPs

 * Heavy Metal Hunter (Metal Proof, Japan 1996)
 * Heavy Metal Ninja (Iron Oxide, 2022)

Singles

 * Warriors Again / Soul Of Warriors (Iron Pegasus, Germany 2000)
 * Warriors Ride On THe Chariots (Iron Pegasus, Germany 2001)
 * Shachahico Attack (Evil Dead Records, Japan 2005)

Splits

 * Evil Dream / Asian Tyrants with Sabbat (Dream Evil, Italy 2008)

Live albums

 * Live Drilling 2000 (The Official Bootleg) (Metalair Records, Poland 2002)
 * Heavy Metal Genocide (Live in Japan 2002) (Dozin Destroyer Records, Japan 2003)
 * Live Audiopain (2003)
 * Live Elizaveat (2003)
 * Heavy Metal NarokOsaka Chainsaw Massacre (Witchhammer Productions, Thailand 2005)

Compilation albums

 * Heavy Metal Hunting 1995–2005 (Dragonight Agency & Hardsound Productions, Poland 2005)
 * Bolivian Demonslaught (Rawblackult Productions, Bolivia 2008)

VHS

 *  Metalucifer in U.S.A. 2003 (2006)

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Neil Lennon

Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of Liga I club Rapid București.

During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City. Lennon moved to Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon also earned 40 caps for the Northern Ireland national team over nine years, scoring two goals.

Lennon was appointed manager of former club Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity, following the departure of Tony Mowbray. Lennon enjoyed significant success as Celtic manager, winning three Scottish league championships, two Scottish Cups, qualifying for the group stage of the Champions League twice and the knockout stages once, before leaving the club in May 2014. After an unsuccessful spell back in England with Bolton Wanderers, marred by the club's financial problems, Lennon returned to Scottish football in 2016 with Hibernian. He led them to promotion back to the Scottish Premiership in his first season as head coach, and European qualification in his second season, before leaving Hibernian in January 2019.

Lennon returned to Celtic in February 2019, initially on an interim basis for the rest of the 2018–19 season, and guided them to the league and Scottish Cup titles. His contract was renewed and he led Celtic to the Scottish league title again in 2019–20. He also led the team to a fourth consecutive domestic treble by also winning the League Cup and the Scottish Cup that season. Lennon left Celtic in February 2021, as the club had fallen far behind Rangers in the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership.

Lennon returned to football a year later, becoming the new manager of Cypriot club Omonia in March 2022. Less than three months after arriving on the island, he led the club to win the Cypriot Cup, their first since 2012. He was sacked in October 2022 due to disappointing results in the domestic league.

Early life
Lennon was born in Lurgan, County Armagh and attended St Michael's Grammar School in the town. As a youngster he played gaelic football for the school and was also selected for the Armagh minor team. He grew up supporting Celtic and played football for the local Lurgan Celtic youth team.

Early career
Lennon joined Glenavon, after reaching the final of the Milk Cup with Glenavon Select and scored on his Irish League debut. He then joined Manchester City as a trainee in 1987. He made one first team appearance during his time in Manchester, a league match on 30 April 1988 away against Birmingham City, before signing for Crewe Alexandra on a free transfer in August 1990. Lennon made his debut for Crewe on 18 September 1990 against Reading. Despite missing the whole of season 1991–92 due to a back injury, he became an established member of the side and impressed with his intelligent play and consistent performances. Lennon's form saw him make his debut for Northern Ireland in 1994, and thus became the first Crewe Alexandra player in 60 years to win a full international cap. In $5 1/2$ years at Crewe, Lennon made 187 appearances for the club and scored 18 goals.

Leicester City
In February 1996, Lennon signed for Leicester City for a fee of £750,000 (£ today). In May 1996, Lennon played in the Leicester City side that defeated Crystal Palace 2–1 at Wembley in the Play-off Final to win promotion to the Premier League. On 16 April 1997, Lennon picked up his first major winner's medal when Leicester won 1–0 against Middlesbrough in a replayed League Cup Final. He played in a further two League Cup Finals during his time at Filbert Street, losing 1-0 to Tottenham Hotspur in March 1999 but winning 2–1 against Tranmere Rovers in February 2000.

An on-field incident during a league match in 1998 against Newcastle United between Lennon and Alan Shearer resulted in the England international being charged with misconduct by the FA, Television footage showed Shearer appearing to intentionally kick Lennon in the head following a challenge. The referee of the game took no action against Shearer. Shearer apologised afterwards, but denied that the contact with Lennon was deliberate, and Lennon later gave evidence in Shearer's defence at the FA hearing which subsequently cleared the Newcastle and England striker of all charges.

Celtic
After Martin O'Neill became the new manager of Celtic in June 2000, he made several attempts to sign Lennon. After months of protracted negotiations with Leicester, on 6 December Lennon joined the club he supported as a boy for a fee of £5.75 million. That season saw Lennon pick-up three winner's medals as Celtic won a domestic treble; the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. The next four seasons at Celtic saw Lennon win a further two league championships and two Scottish Cups. He was also an integral part of the Celtic side that reached the UEFA Cup Final in 2003, losing 3-2 to Porto after extra time.

When Gordon Strachan took over from O'Neill as manager in the summer of 2005, he made Lennon the new club captain. In January 2006, when Leicester sacked Craig Levein, Lennon was linked with a return to the Midlands side in a player-manager role. He went on record saying he was flattered but wanted to captain Celtic to the Scottish Premier League title.

Although he was also linked with a move to Crystal Palace in a player-manager role in the summer of 2006, on 23 June 2006, Celtic announced he had signed a new one-year contract. Sunderland manager Roy Keane made an attempt to sign Lennon prior to the closure of the August 2006 transfer window, but his approach for the player was rejected by Celtic. On 25 April 2007, Lennon announced he would be leaving Celtic, and in his last game for the club on 26 May 2007, he captained the team to victory in the Scottish Cup Final against Dunfermline Athletic. Celtic's 1–0 win clinched the League and Cup Double.

Later career
Lennon joined League One club Nottingham Forest on a one-year contract with an option for a second year on 12 June 2007. He made his debut captaining the side in a 0–0 draw at home to AFC Bournemouth. He missed a week's training with Forest in November 2007, because of family reasons in Scotland, and lost his place in the team as a consequence.

Lennon joined Wycombe Wanderers of League Two on a free transfer on 31 January 2008, managed by his former Celtic midfield partner Paul Lambert. He left on 3 April to take up a coaching role with Celtic.

International career
Lennon made his international debut for Northern Ireland on 11 June 1994 when he come on as a substitute in a friendly against Mexico in Miami. He had to wait nearly a year for his next cap when he played against Chile in another friendly. Lennon made his first competitive appearance three months later on 3 September 1995 in a European Championship qualifier away against Portugal. After that, Lennon became a fixture in the international side although Northern Ireland were unsuccessful in their attempts to qualify for the finals of major tournaments.

Lennon decided to retire from international football in August 2002 upon receiving a death threat before a Northern Ireland match against Cyprus. The threats came after his alleged claim that he wanted to play for a team representing a United Ireland. The threat was allegedly made by the Loyalist Volunteer Force, although the organisation later denied this.

Lennon was capped 40 times by Northern Ireland, scoring two goals. He also captained the team on several occasions.

International goals
Scores and results list Northern Ireland's goal tally first

Managerial career
Lennon was linked with the vacant manager's job at Hibernian after the resignation of John Collins, but the job was given to Mixu Paatelainen. Lennon's first coaching appointment was as first team coach with Celtic in 2008. After the appointment of Tony Mowbray as Celtic manager, Lennon took charge of the Celtic reserve team.

Celtic won the Jock Stein Friendship Cup match on penalties in his first match. With no reserve league, the team played a series of friendlies in Ireland against the first teams of Cork City, Drogheda United, Shamrock Rovers, and Cliftonville, losing only once. They played several times in England against Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Chelsea, Huddersfield Town, Newcastle United and Sunderland.

Celtic
Following Mowbray's departure from Celtic on 25 March 2010, Lennon was appointed caretaker manager for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. He appointed former teammate Johan Mjällby as his assistant. Celtic won all of their remaining league games under Lennon, including wins over Kilmarnock, Hibernian, and Rangers, but lost 2–0 to First Division side Ross County in the semi-final of the Scottish Cup. In the aftermath of that defeat, Lennon spoke frankly about the Celtic players and their performances over the course of the season. He said that they had lacked "hunger and desire" and that whether he was installed as manager or not, he would be recommending a significant clear-out of players to the board.

Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic on a full-time basis on 9 June 2010. He retained Mjällby as his assistant, as well as former Celtic teammate Alan Thompson and former Leicester City teammate Garry Parker as first-team coaches

He made considerable changes to the Celtic team for the 2010–11 season. He sold Aiden McGeady for a then Scottish record £9.5 million along with captain Stephen McManus and goalkeeper Artur Boruc. 13 other players also left the club, this gave Lennon enough funds to re-build for the new season. Lennon then went on to sign several talented, young, cheap, relatively unknown players, from smaller leagues around the world; striker Gary Hooper arrived from English side Scunthorpe, Israeli international Beram Kayal was signed,  and Honduran left-back Emilio Izaguirre also signed on. Lennon also signed several experienced players on free transfers. Charlie Mulgrew, Joe Ledley,   and Daniel Majstorović all went into the first team. In addition to these Lennon also signed five other players, including Fraser Forster on loan from Newcastle who became first choice 'keeper and helped set a new SPL record for most clean sheets.

On 28 July, in his first competitive game as full-time manager, Celtic lost 3–0 away to Braga in the UEFA Champions League. Celtic won their first eight league matches under Lennon, although controversy erupted in their 2–1 win away at Dundee United on 17 October 2010. Celtic were awarded a penalty kick in the second half, but the decision was then rescinded by referee Dougie McDonald. McDonald explained after the match that he over-ruled the penalty award on the advice of the assistant referee. Lennon reluctantly accepted McDonald's explanation, commenting "I suppose you have to put it down to another honest mistake by the referee." It was, however, later revealed that McDonald had lied in his explanation over the penalty award and the referee subsequently resigned several weeks later having received a warning from the Scottish Football Association after failing to properly explain his overturning of the penalty award. Further refereeing controversy ensued the following week when Celtic lost their unbeaten run in the league, losing 3–1 at home against Rangers. The Ibrox club's third goal came as a result of penalty awarded when Rangers' Kirk Broadfoot fell to the ground under a challenge from Celtic's Daniel Majstorović. Lennon stated afterwards that he felt the referee "got a couple of decisions wrong", and added regarding the penalty, "I'm not sure that he saw it so I don't know why he's given it. He's got a lot of questions to answer". In November, Lennon led Celtic to a 9–0 win over Aberdeen, a record win in the Scottish Premier League and Aberdeen's heaviest ever defeat. Celtic lost their next game 2–0 away against Hearts, with Celtic's Joe Ledley sent off for the first time in his career for a "strong" challenge on Ian Black. Celtic were later denied a penalty award in the second half, and shortly afterwards Lennon was sent to the stand by the referee. Lennon defended Ledley after the match, describing referee Craig Thomson's decision as "ridiculous". Lennon was later given a six match touchline ban for excessive misconduct as a result of the incident in the Hearts' game, although it was later reduced to four matches after appeal. He was given another four match touchline ban by the SFA following an altercation with Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist after a Scottish Cup match in March 2011.

Lennon led Celtic to the final of the League Cup in March 2011, but they lost 2–1 to Rangers after extra time. They remained in contention for the SPL title until the final day of the 2010–11 season, when they won 4–0 at home to Motherwell, but finished a point behind Rangers. He won his first silverware as a manager when Celtic beat Motherwell 3–0 in the Scottish Cup Final a week later.

After rallying from a poor start to season 2011–12, Lennon won the SPL Manager of the Month award for November 2011. The club went on to win the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League and Lennon was made SFWA Manager of the Year. Lennon then guided Celtic through two qualification rounds to reach the group stage of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, where Celtic beat Barcelona one day after the club's 125th birthday. Celtic qualified out of their group to the knock-out stages of the Champions League. Celtic were comfortably beaten on aggregate by Juventus in the last 16 round, but both Celtic and Lennon were still praised for their overall Champions League campaign. On 21 April 2013, Celtic retained the Premier League title. Lennon finished the season by leading Celtic to a League and Cup double with a 3–0 win over Hibernian in the Scottish Cup Final.

Celtic qualified for the group stages of the Champions League again the following season, but had a dismal campaign; winning only once with a 2–1 home win over Ajax, and slumping to a 6–1 rout away against Barcelona in the final group match. They fared little better in the domestic cup competitions; losing 1-0 to Morton in their first game in the Scottish League Cup, and losing 2-1 to Aberdeen in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. The League campaign was much more impressive through; undefeated until February and losing only twice in all over the course of the season in which they scored 102 goals on the way to their third successive League title. On 22 May 2014, Lennon announced that he was leaving Celtic after four years as manager. "I have parted company with Celtic," he said in a brief statement, adding "The club are in a very strong position and I wish the fans and the club all the very best for the future."

Bolton Wanderers
Lennon was announced as the new manager of Bolton Wanderers on 12 October 2014, signing a four-year contract. He won his first game in charge 1–0 against Birmingham City at St Andrew's stadium, although he was sent to the stands in the 81st minute after an altercation with referee Mark Hayward caused by Lennon leaving his technical area before Craig Davies's penalty was saved. Lennon's first three months in charge saw Bolton rise ten places from bottom of the league up to fourteenth; a spell that included an eight match unbeaten run and four consecutive clean sheets. Bolton reached the fourth round of the FA Cup and took Liverpool to a replay before conceding a last minute goal to lose 2–1 and go out. Things didn't go well for Lennon thereafter, with Bolton winning only one of their last 11 games of the season, and Barry Bannan and Neil Danns being suspended by Lennon for off-field indiscipline. Bolton did however succeed in avoiding relegation, finishing 18th in the league.

Bolton struggled at the start of the following season, and by October 2015 were lying bottom of the table with only one win in their first eleven league games. Lennon maintained confidence in his ability to improve Bolton's fortunes, stating "I didn't realise quite how tough it was going to be but I have got faith in my own ability and I believe we'll turn things around." By the end of November 2015, Bolton had gone on a run of twelve games without a win, and remained bottom of the Championship. At this time, the club announced that their squad had not been paid this month "due to a short-term funding issue" in a statement which came hours before their 1–1 draw with Brentford. In that game, Bolton striker Gary Madine was seen on television mouthing an insult towards Lennon, although the manager played down the incident afterwards, stating "I don't know what he said. He's a Geordie, I can't understand him! It was probably reciprocated!" Bolton continued to struggle and, with the club at the bottom of the table, Lennon left by "mutual consent" on 15 March 2016.

Hibernian
Lennon was appointed head coach of Scottish Championship club Hibernian in June 2016. He led the "Hibees" to the Scottish Championship title and promotion back to the Scottish Premiership (after a three-season absence) in his first season. In September 2017, Lennon and Hibs agreed to extend his contract to the end of the 2019–20 season. Hibs finished fourth in the 2017–18 Scottish Premiership and qualified for the Europa League.

On 25 January 2019, Lennon was suspended by Hibernian following an exchange with other club employees. On 30 January, it was announced that he and assistant coach Garry Parker had left the club by mutual consent. A club statement said that "neither Neil nor Garry has been guilty of any misconduct or wrongdoing and no disciplinary process has been commenced. The suspension, put in place to allow an internal review, was lifted by the club as part of this agreement."

Return to Celtic
On 26 February 2019, Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic for a second time, taking over until the end of the campaign following Brendan Rodgers' mid-season departure for Leicester City. Having helped the club achieve an unprecedented third domestic treble ("treble treble"), Lennon was appointed permanent manager for a second time at the end of the season. The 2019–20 season saw very similar success, even following the suspension of professional football as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was later curtailed and the title awarded to Celtic, who were thirteen points clear at the time of suspension, equalling the national record of nine consecutive championships set by Celtic in the 1970s and matched by Rangers in the 1990s. In addition to the league, they were once again victorious in the League and Scottish cups, giving the club their fourth consecutive domestic treble.

Following a positive start to the 2020–21 campaign, Lennon came under significant criticism after the club underwent a poor run of results that began with a 2–0 Old Firm home loss to Rangers on 17 October; this was followed by failure to qualify for the Champions League group stage, elimination from the Europa League in the group stage and elimination from the League Cup in the second round, ending the possibility of a fifth consecutive treble. As calls were made for Lennon to be sacked and fans began to protest outside Celtic Park following their elimination from the League Cup, the board of directors released a statement on 7 December in which they voiced full support of Lennon and his back room staff. After a brief turnaround in results, Celtic lost the second Old Firm game of the season on 2 January, and calls were once again made for Lennon to be removed from his position as hopes of a historic tenth title faded.

Lennon was also criticised for taking the squad on a training trip to Dubai in January, during which two players contracted COVID-19; health protocols meant that 13 players and three coaches, including Lennon, had to be quarantined for 10 days after they returned. They consequently missed league matches with Hibernian and Livingston, both of which were drawn. There were more fan protests after a home defeat by St Mirren, the first time the Paisley club had won at Celtic Park since 1990. Despite previously stating that he would not resign, Lennon left the club on 24 February 2021 following a 1–0 defeat to Ross County, which left Celtic 18 points behind Rangers in the title race.

Omonia
On 8 March 2022, Lennon was appointed head coach of Cypriot First Division side Omonia on a two-and-a-half-year deal, replacing former Rangers defender Henning Berg. On 25 May, Lennon led the club to their first trophy under his leadership, as they defeated Ethnikos Achna on penalties to win the Cypriot Cup; during extra time, Lennon received a red card and was ordered to leave the touchline by the referee.

Ahead of the 2022–23 season, Lennon recruited players who he had managed at former clubs, including Adam Matthews and Gary Hooper, whom he had managed at Celtic, and Brandon Barker, whom he had managed at Hibernian. After defeat in the Cypriot Super Cup to Apollon Limassol, Lennon's Omonia team shocked Belgian side Gent 4–0 on aggregate to qualify for the UEFA Europa League group stage. Despite respectable showings against Manchester United and Real Sociedad in the group stage, Lennon was sacked on 18 October 2022 due to disappointing results in the domestic league, including losses to newly-promoted sides Akritas Chlorakas and Nea Salamis.

Rapid București
On 20 May 2024, Lennon was officially presented as the manager of Liga I club Rapid București, joining the Romanian side on a two-year deal.

Personal life
Lennon has spoken about having suffered from depression since 2000.

In January 2011, Lennon reached an out of court settlement with the Bank of Ireland after a company of which he was a director defaulted on a €3.7 million loan.

While a young player at Crewe, Lennon was a friend of Andy Woodward and Steve Walters, both of whom were victims of sexual abuse by coach Barry Bennell. After Bennell's 2018 conviction, Lennon spoke of his regret at not being aware of the abuse at the time.

He is a supporter of his home-town team Lurgan Celtic.

Player
Crewe Alexandra
 * Football League Third Division promotion: 1993–94

Leicester City
 * Football League Cup: 1996–97, 1999–2000; runner-up: 1998–99
 * Football League First Division play-offs: 1996

Celtic
 * Scottish Premier League: 2000–01, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
 * Scottish Cup: 2000–01, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07
 * Scottish League Cup: 2000–01, 2005–06
 * UEFA Cup runner-up: 2002–03

Nottingham Forest
 * Football League One promotion: 2007–08

Individual
 * PFA Team of the Year: 1993–94 Third Division, 1994–95 Second Division, 1995–96 Second Division

Manager
Celtic
 * Scottish Premier League / Premiership: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2019–20
 * Scottish Cup: 2010–11, 2012–13, 2018–19, 2019–20
 * Scottish League Cup: 2019–20

Hibernian
 * Scottish Championship: 2016–17

Omonia
 * Cypriot Cup: 2021–22

Awards and achievements

 * Player
 * PFA Team of the Year (Third Division): 1993–94
 * PFA Team of the Year (Second Division) (2): 1994–95, 1995–96
 * Northern Ireland International Personality of the Year (1): 2001
 * Celtic FC Player of the Year (2): 2003–04, 2005–06

 * Manager
 * SPL Manager of the Year: 2011–12
 * SFWA Manager of the Year (3): 2011–12, 2012–13, 2019–20
 * Sunday Mail Sports Awards Editors' Choice: 2012
 * SPL Player of the Month (3): March 2001, March 2004, April 2007
 * SPL Manager of the Month (8): September 2010, January 2011, April 2011, November 2011, December 2011, February 2012, April 2012, December 2012
 * SPFL Premiership Manager of the Month (3): December 2013, January 2014, October 2017
 * SPFL Championship Manager of the Month (2): August 2016, January 2017

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Talk:Dual-core

As far as I can tell, this article is completely accurate and doesn't leave out any important considerations. On the other hand, in six months, instead of being a statement in fact, it will be history. I agree that the wording tends to sound like a proponent of a technology, but strictly speaking, it's all true. Today, that is. If the wording is changed to mark the state of things at a specific time, then the tone of proponency will also be improved. Dennis 18:48, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The claims of thermal advantages were questionable so I removed them. They should have some support if you put them back. Dennis 21:30, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

The thermal claims lie in what you are comparing to. The motivation for dual-core, at least in the case of Intel, is to offset the failure of continued frequency-scaling. If a chip can't be shrunk and frequency-scaled, whether for circuit reasons or thermal reasons, then dual-core is the response. These chips are not displacing dual- or quad-processor SMP designs, but rather displacing single-core processors in workstations and (now) high-end desktops. So the advantage is that a dual-core processor will run cooler (because of heat density, rather than overall output) than an equivalent technology processor running at (e.g.) 170% of the clock speed. A dual core CPU will dissipate about 2x the single-core power, whereas a single-core CPU of similar technology running at 170% of the clock speed will theoretically (if it's possible at all) would dissipate much more than 2x the heat. I will leave this comment here for a few weeks, and in the absence of other commentary, will produce a version of it for inclusion in the article. gnetwerker -- Dec 22, 2004

The thermal claims are always spun in terms of comparable separate chip equivalent designs. At 90nm, leakage currents become a major source of power dissipation as opposed to the frequency-dependent dissipation that is typical of CMOS. This somewhat offsets the gains by reducing core voltages and gate capacitance. Additionally, the higher density chips mean that the heat is generated in a smaller area, making the mechanical solution to dissipate the energy much more difficult. This is why you see bare dies directly on heatsinks in high-end chips. Finally, the smaller geometries make the IC more sensitive to high-end temperatures. Once, I found 125C to be a common max junction temp, but in the newest designs (and in fact the one I'm working on now using a Freescale 7447A) the max junction temp is much lower (in this case, 105C). This lowered headroom makes the thermal solution much more difficult, especially in embedded designs (as opposed to a desktop PC).

I agree that thermal claims can be made correct if in context. Dennis 00:24, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Dual core
Hai guys

I am a technology enthusiast and an AMD fan

I am using AMD processors in my PC since AMD K6 and I frequently upgraded my PC to later releases from AMD like Athlon,Athlon XP,Sempron,Athlon 64,Athlon 64 FX 55 and now the big brother Athlon 64 X2.

I am extremely satisfied with the latest piece of silicon from my ever favourite AMD

It worths its price.
 * The first IBM Clone CPUs of mine were Cyrix then AMD (before that I always used Motorola). My latest machine is my first Intel, being a Dual-Xeon 604 HTT 2.66 GHz with 533 MHz FSB. Comparing them to the Athlon XP 1800+ that I've had before, I'm extremely disappointed by the Xeon's performance. I will definitely go back to AMD in my next machine.

This is a lovely anecdote but you'll need to quote some independent, quantitative data for it to have a meaningful impact on the article. Not arguing with you (I don't have the data), but I think the article is more about the concept of dual-core than the performance of any particular implementation. -- Gnetwerker 00:39, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

Correct Spelling: "Dual-core" or "Dual core" or "Dualcore"? Please unify with Multicore and similar.
This article is named "Dual-core" while it's sister article is titled "Multicore" (Multicore). This is very inconsistent. So what is the correct spelling, is it "Dual-core", "Dual core" or "Dualcore"? And please unify this with Multicore and similar articles.

 * I prefer "Dual core". I think the inconsistent spellings are acceptable because multi is a prefix, and dual is not. SGDentarthurdent 20:26, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Just my two cents: A quick "google test" reveals that Apple, AMD, and Intel all use "dual-core" in their web docs, and that the hyphenated form is much more common than the non-hyphen variant (the latter observation done by eyeball search, since no search engine I know of is able to discriminate between results based on punctuation). --Wernher 17:18, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Difference between chip and die
I hope someone would explain the difference between a die and a chip and a silicon. Some people claim multicore is many cores on a die, a chip, a silicon, or a package. Unless there is clear distinction among these, there will confusion as to what multicore really is.

A die is a single piece of silicon. Chip officially means die, but sometimes people use it to mean package. A package is something that contains one or more die. Most packages have one die, so it usually OK to call a package a chip. If a package has more than one die it should be called a "multi-chip-module".

 * In theory, multicore refers to multiple cores in a single chip. In real life, there's always put only one single die in a chip, so practically multicore is usually multiple cores on a single die as well. The single term silicon sounds cool but is pretty ambiguous and could refer to silicon die as well as to wafer, so it shouldn't be used in that context anyway. Also, not all chips are made of silicon, some are made of other elements, with Germanium, Gallium and Arsenid being amongst the most popular alternatives to silicon. So the term silicon should be scratched completely from articles like this.

 * Ehh... No. I can think of several examples off the top of my head of packages ("chips") with multiple dies in them, even multiple CPU dies.  IBM's MCM packaging for POWER4 and POWER5 are easily the most recognizable...  -- uberpenguin 21:40, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Just FYI, the original packages at Intel with more than one die in them were called "dual-well". Don't remember exactly but this was probably in the early 1990s. Also, I concur: a single-unit piece of silicon is a die, a packaged integrated circuit was always referred to at Intel as a chip. There should be no disagreement on "die" -- everyone in the business knows what that is. Chip may be more ill-defined. No one at Intel every referred to anything with the noun silicon. Except when referring to the element on the periodic table, silicon was an adjective modifying "wafer" or something else. Intel does not equal universal truth, however, just so no one feels the need to point that out. -- Gnetwerker 07:43, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Merge with Multicore
... and redirect. There is nothing in a discussion of dual-core ICs that isn't encompassed by the term 'multicore.' There's some unneccessary duality in these articles going on. -- uberpenguin 21:43, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Race (human)

Merge with Race
The article Race is almost entirely devoted to discussion of human races, and we don't need two articles on the same topic. This article should be reduced down to a redirect or deleted. -- Schaefer 18:53, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

RE: The article Race is written from the neutral ideology/rule of wikipedia.

My article tries to bring the most accurate or accepted meaning of human races and its validity in modern science. Since race is highly controversial and people have different views, it is important to mention that not all of them are equally valid in the objective, scientific world. It is also worthy to explain why it isn't so. Britannica and Encarta define race as a social construct, what it clearly is. -- Orionix 00:02, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

That's all well and good, but if you have objections to Race, edit the article or discuss your objections on its talk page. Making two articles on the same topic doesn't improve the situation any. If you want to point out there that Britannica and Encarta say x, y, and z about the topic of race, there's nothing stopping you. -- Schaefer 02:10, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Gravamen

Gravamen (from Latin gravare, to weigh down; gravis, heavy), (plural gra·va·mens or gra·vam·i·na) is a complaint or grievance, the ground of a legal action, and particularly the more serious part of a charge against an accused person. In legal terms, it is the essential element of a lawsuit.

In English the term is used chiefly in legal submissions and judicial opinions. The word is commonly misspelled gravaman.

Apart from the normal usage of the word, the gravamen test is used in contract law to distinguish between the sale of goods and services in "hybrid" transactions. Under the test each component of the sale is isolated and individually determined to be either a good or a service. The more common approach used by courts is the predominant purpose test which looks at the general thrust of the exchange rather than each individual component.

The term is also used in ecclesiastical courts, being the technical designation of a memorial presented from the Lower to the Upper House of Convocation, setting forth grievances to be redressed, or calling attention to breaches in church discipline.

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Talk:Up the Bracket

Is anyone else here sceptical about the use of 'Garage Rock Revival' to describe the genre that Up the Bracket fits into? Yeah, I know that Garage Rock Revival bands were popular at the time and so were the Libertines, but nothing on the record has much in common with the White Stripes et al.

I think the name is almost exclusively alluding to cocaine use. I'm deleting the bit about "up the bracket" meaning a punch in the throat because the refence to punching is covered by the Hancock allusion. Does anyone have a different opinion or even a source from a slang dictionary? If it is really a widely used phrase meaning a punch in the throat, then it's not really an allusion to Hancock, is it? And if Hancock is known for that distinctive phrase, than it can't have been that widely used, otherwise. OneVeryBadMan 00:32, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

It's not nesscerily a source for the album name, but on one of the recordings of Seven Deadly Frenchmen(an early b-side) there is a Hancock episode playing which includes this phrase. I can't say it's a phrase I've heard in any other context. It's probably a phrase that was rather obscure in the fifties and now pretty much unused. So it's probably fair to say it's a Hancock allusion, especially since Peter Doherty is known as a fan of Hancock. Also states it is an allusion to the Hancock phrase in a BBC article about The Unknowen Hancock interview. Should be fairly relible as they had him in for an interview on the documentry. I'd say it's at least fair to give both equal weight in the article.

Robert Christgau actually gave this album a score of A rather than an A- if you'd actually care to check the link you provided for it. I've changed this twice and both times it has been reverted back for some reason! Rather insulting actually.

Regarding the title 'up The Bracket', why don't you actually bother to listen to some Hancock shows? If you did you might actually hear them mention the exact phrase...

In pop culture
The track, "Time for Heroes" was used on the film, American Pie: The Wedding.

Trivia

 * The title of track 9, "The Boy Looked at Johnny", is taken from a book by Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons about the death of rock music (it was written in the late 1970s and is famously over-the-top). The book in turn took its name from the lyrics of Patti Smith's classic song-suite "Land", from the album Horses. The song is commonly thought to be about Johnny Borrell, frontman of Razorlight and former Libertines bassist.
 * The track, What a Waster was originally not included on the album, but later turned up on a re-release along with the band's early videos. What a Waster was also used in the film, The Football Factory. The film was about a promising young man who is part of a football firm, and is having doubts about the effect it is having on his life.
 * Horrorshow may take its name from the film A Clockwork Orange. The song was the subject of supposed legal action early in the band's career, as the first line ("I've been following, following my minds instructions on how to slowly, sharply, screw myself to death") was written on a note to Pete Doherty by his then girlfriend Francesca - who was not given a writing credit. However, it is unknown if anything ever came of the supposed lawsuit. A video of Horrorshow featuring Pete and Carl in graveyard was recorded sometime in 2001, although this has never seen the light of day.
 * Radio America had been around since the band's early days. There is another recording of the song taken from a rehearsal before the band signed to Rough Trade Records. The song arrangement is slightly different on this compared to the version recorded for the album. Incidentally, it was said at the time of recording Radio America properly, that the band rented antique guitars from a pawn shop for 24 hours so that they could get an authentic 'old' sound.
 * The choice of album cover art came about on the last day of mixing, when producer Mick Jones brought a copy of The Guardian newspaper to the studio. There had been riots in Argentina and there was a great picture of some riot police, which Mick thought would be ideal for the album cover because it echoed the photograph on The Clash's 1977 debut.
 * Starting at the 0:15 mark in the Black Lips song Bad Kids, video footage airs that looks seemingly like the cover for Up the Bracket

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