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The Best Bands Around on the Manchester Scene
By Rory @@babyrory1991 · On January 31, 2014
The City of Manchester and its surrounding areas has heralded some truly remarkable acts in popular music in the last handful of decades. The 60s had The Hollies and Herman's Hermits, the 70s produced The Buzzcocks and The Fall, out of the 80s came such luminaries as Joy Division and The Smiths, The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, and the 90s producing the most commercially successful of all the Manchester acts so far, the inimitable, volatile, enigmatic Oasis. More recently, the city has seen something of a lull in truly popular, commercial music that's come directly from the area itself – a couple of notable exceptions including The Courteeners and Doves. However, the live music scene in the city is as alive and vibrant as ever, with massively popular international acts coming from around the world to play in Manchester, from Bieber fever at the MEN to obscure ultra-cool Matt and Phreds, the city is truly a hotbed of live music.
Here's a look at 5 acts based around Manchester, active in the live scene today, and why you should listen to them.
Modern Blonde
With 3 full length albums under their belt, Modern Blonde have released an impressive amount of material online. Their sound is almost indescribable, although if you try and imagine a cross between Pulp, Cigarettes After Sex, Talking Heads, Low, Erasure and Joy Division, you'd still be some way off… but that's the best I could do. Boasting impressive support slots with Adam Green, sets at Manchester Cathedral, fantastic album art and a sound almost impossible to describe (just listen to them), Modern Blonde are without a doubt one of the most exciting bands on the Manchester scene right now.
http://cabwash.com/modernblonde
Idle Frets
Hailing from Chester, this indie 4-piece are prominent on the Manchester scene, having played at the Etihad stadium, home of Manchester City F.C. and they're on their way up. Sporting big guitar sounds, infectious melodies and wistful lyrics, as well as a loyal fan following around the North West of England, they're a band with big ideas and the ambition to match. Support slots with MMX and Catfish and the Bottlemen signify their status as an act respected by their contemporaries and on the rise, so make sure to look out for them in the near future.
http://www.idlefretsofficial.com/music/
Racing Glaciers
With their own brand of Northern power-pop-cum-indie, Racing Glaciers have had a hugely productive last couple of years. They've supported Dan Croll, had one of their tracks remixed by Laurel and played on The Line of Best Fit, they've headlined shows in London and are just about to release their second EP entitled Ahead of you Forever – not to mention having had their music played on BBC 6 music and BBC Radio 1. A very exciting band from Macclesfield and definitely one to be checked out if you're a fan of Elbow, Embrace or even Surfer Blood.
http://racingglaciers.bandcamp.com/
Shauna Mackin
Originally from Dublin but based in Manchester, Shauna Mackin's sound can best be described (by me, at least) as acoustic driven folk soul. This may sound like an odd description, but if you listen to her music (which you really should) I'm sure you'll know what I mean. Her sultry tones and complex melodies are a delight and her first EP, Little Blue was released last year, with plays on BBC Radio being a testament to her talent. Shauna and her band feature regularly at live nights in and around Manchester and she's not one to be missed should you get the chance to catch her live.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/shauna-mackin/id510719211
Born out of the grey, uninspiring City of Salford (trust me, I live there), The Lottery Winners make music that suggests much grander, frankly nicer surroundings – which is almost certainly where they're going. They're already on their way, with a new release being recorded with producer Steve Levine, extensive BBC Radio play and some celebrity friends (pictures of Hayley Cropper and Vincent Kompany with the band on their facebook page say a lot about the versatility of their music) The Lottery Winners promise to be a hugely successful Manchester band.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/learn-to-sleep-single/id685646126?affId=1930871
I'm a 22 year old Music Journalism student currently residing in Salford, Greater Manchester. Music Journalism is my passion, as well as sausages and beards.
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La Sinagoga Hecht(en hebreo: בית הכנסת הכט) se encuentra en la Universidad Hebrea en el Monte Scopus, Jerusalén, Israel.

El enorme edificio fue construido por la familia de Mayer Jacob "Chic" Hecht (1928-2006) un senador republicano de los Estados Unidos por el estado de Nevada y Embajador de los EE. UU. en las Bahamas. La sinagoga se caracteriza por la disposición única del arca de la Torá y la vista panorámica de la ciudad vieja a través de una enorme ventana. El edificio fue diseñado por Ram Karmi, un arquitecto israelí y se terminó el 29 de junio de 1981.

La sinagoga se encuentra en la Facultad de Humanidades de la Universidad Hebrea, con vistas al Monte del Templo.

Véase también
Judaísmo ortodoxo
Cultura de Israel

Referencias

Hecht
Arquitectura de Israel del siglo XX
Arquitectura brutalista

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package ru.besttuts.stockwidget.util;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;

import ru.besttuts.stockwidget.BuildConfig;

import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;

/**
 * @author rchekashov
 *         created on 19.03.2017
 */
@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
@Config(constants = BuildConfig.class, sdk = 23)
public class UtilsTest {

    @Test
    public void encodeYahooApiQuery_shouldWork(){
        String expectedEncodedQuery = "SELECT%20*%20FROM%20query.multi%20WHERE%20queries%3D%22select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.xchange%20where%20pair%20in%20('EURUSD')%3B%0Aselect%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.quotes%20where%20symbol%20in%20('NGU17.NYM'%2C'BZV17.NYM'%2C'GCQ17.CMX')%22";
        String query = "SELECT * FROM query.multi WHERE queries=\"select * from yahoo.finance.xchange where pair in ('EURUSD');select * from yahoo.finance.quotes where symbol in ('NGU17.NYM','BZV17.NYM','GCQ17.CMX')\"";

        assertEquals(expectedEncodedQuery, Utils.encodeYahooApiQuery(query));
    }
}

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Python module for easy configuration of zendesk/zdesk scripts.

### Configuration file

The default location for the Python Zendesk configuration used by this module
is `~/.zdeskcfg`. This file can contain the section `[zdesk]`, and underneath
that, the items:

* `email` - Email address used for logging in
* `password` - Zendesk password or API token
* `oauth` - Zendesk OAuth token
* `url` - Full URL to your Zendesk instance
* `token` - Indicate if the password field is an API token

Example contents of `~/.zdeskcfg`, separated by method of authentication:

* [Basic Authentication](https://developer.zendesk.com/rest_api/docs/support/introduction#basic-authentication)
```
[zdesk]
url = https://zdesk.zendesk.com
email = you@example.com
password = Z€Nd3$k
token = 0
```

* [API token](https://developer.zendesk.com/rest_api/docs/support/introduction#api-token)
```
[zdesk]
url = https://zdesk.zendesk.com
email = you@example.com
password = f4Pe8DBBK4K674Au7ffcp1j5t2mG7z4e1wvQE6CZ
token = 1

# note: the `token` field must be set to `1` for API auth
```

* [OAuth access token](https://developer.zendesk.com/rest_api/docs/support/introduction#oauth-access-token)
```
[zdesk]
url = https://zdesk.zendesk.com
oauth = 7c6cbb4eac23cd03cf5d9b67ad23993cfb55e2f9049799adac9ada2e69567959

# note: the `email` field may be omitted because the token also contains user
# identification
```

* Add production and sandbox credentials under separate sections, call via the
name of each `[section]` (e.g. `zdeskcfg.get_config(section='sandbox')`)
```
[zdesk]
url = https://zdesk.zendesk.com
oauth = d768ab1e418e2f2498e2c862843591972697603efb1cc806d2be62de60e857cd

[sandbox]
url = https://zdesk1865746743.zendesk.com
email = you@example.com
password = QCR6dWzbQ9z85D3kh6GWBHBNe6LbZk4n36eZ5x88
token = 1
```

### Using zdeskcfg

The idea behind zdeskcfg is to use a common configuration file for all Zendesk
related (Python) scripts. You can expect, by using this module, that the above
described configuration file will be inspected for common Zendesk connection
information. You can then insert your own sections for your own scripts, and
easily leverage both configuration file INI parsing and command line parsing.

All that is required is to define a function, decorate it with
`zdeskcfg.configure`,  and then call it with `zdeskcfg.call`. This looks like
the following:

    from __future__ import print_function

    import zdeskcfg

    @zdeskcfg.configure(
        ex_var=('example variable showing zdeskcfg usage',
                  'option', 'x', None, None, 'EX')
        )
    def main(ex_var='ex_val'):
        "The function docstring is used as help message usage description."
        print("ex_var", ex_var)
        zdesk_config = main.getconfig()
        for key in zdesk_config.keys():
            print(key, zdesk_config[key])

    if __name__ == '__main__':
        zdeskcfg.call(main, section='example')

Example help output:

    usage: example [-h] [-x EX] [--zdesk-email EMAIL] [--zdesk-password PW]
                   [--zdesk-url URL] [--zdesk-token]

    The function docstring is used as help message usage description.

    optional arguments:
      -h, --help           show this help message and exit
      -x EX, --ex-var EX   example variable showing zdeskcfg usage
      --zdesk-email EMAIL  zendesk login email
      --zdesk-password PW  zendesk password or token
      --zdesk-url URL      zendesk instance URL
      --zdesk-token        specify if password is a zendesk token

Example runs:

    $./example
    ex_var ex_val
    zdesk_email you@example.com
    zdesk_url https://example.zendesk.com
    zdesk_password OIJjjlakjdifjoijf766
    zdesk_token True

    $./example -x EXAMPLE
    ex_var EXAMPLE
    zdesk_email you@example.com
    zdesk_url https://example.zendesk.com
    zdesk_password OIJjjlakjdifjoijf766
    zdesk_token True

    $./example -x EXAMPLE --zdesk-url https://examplesandbox.zendesk.com
    ex_var EXAMPLE
    zdesk_email you@example.com
    zdesk_url https://examplesandbox.zendesk.com
    zdesk_password OIJjjlakjdifjoijf766
    zdesk_token True

Under the hood `zdesk.configure` is a class that works as a decorator. It takes
annotations in the style of [plac](https://code.google.com/p/plac/) and
[plac\_ini](https://github.com/fprimex/plac_ini) as argument, and wraps the
decorated function (main in this case), which has some operations performed on
it. The main function is granted a new method (remember Python functions are
objects) called `getconfig`. The `getconfig` method returns the values of the
zdesk configuration; either the defaults of `None` and `False`, the values from
the `~/.zdeskcfg` file in the `[zdesk]` section, or the values given on the
command line. `getconfig` can also return the `email`, etc, items under any
specified section of the ini file. Any missing items will be supplied by the
`[zdesk]` section or the defaults, and any command line options will still
override.

See the [example](https://github.com/fprimex/zdeskcfg/blob/master/example)
script for more detailed comments on the above code.

The result of all of this is that you can share the `[zdesk]` section (and
other sections) of the `~/.zdeskcfg` between all of your scripts. And, since
plac and plac\_ini are being used, the scripts get INI parsing, command line
parsing, and help generation for essentially free.

There is also a module-level convenience function, `get_ini_config`, that works
like the `getconfig` method. You can directly get at the ini file configuration
without needing to declare and decorate your own function. For example:

    >>> import zdeskcfg
    >>> zdeskcfg.get_ini_config()
    >>> zdeskcfg.get_ini_config(section='sandbox')

This is done by just internally decorating an empty placeholder function, then
using it to retrieve the configuration. This has all of the same behavior as
`getconfig`, except obviously there are no command line arguments.

The output of `getconfig` and `zdeskcfg.get_ini_config` is made to go directly
into the zdesk.Zendesk constructor.

    >>> import zdeskcfg
    >>> from zdesk import Zendesk
    >>> zd = Zendesk(**zdeskcfg.get_ini_config())


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Ball-Watching Afflicts Veterans and Newer Officials Alike
Two huge mistakes that officials can make are ball-watching and officiating air. The former means watching the runner to the exclusion of what's happening around him. The latter means focusing on areas where nothing is going on instead of shifting our eyes to where something is happening. Both prevent us from seeing things we need to see. That problem, moreover, afflicts veterans and newer officials.
At times, to be sure, we must watch the runner and especially the ball. The wing officials and umpire must know if there's an illegal snap, player in the neutral zone or false start. We must know if a runner's body part (other than hand or foot) is down before the ball comes loose, he's hit late or his facemask is yanked. Ball-watching is needed on close line-to-gain and goalline plays, including when an exuberant runner, thinking he has scored, drops the ball just before crossing the line. And so on.
What's a no-no is when an official — worse, several — watches a runner when he's in the wide open with no one near him. Take punt returns. We must look for a fair-catch signal and whether the ball is possessed cleanly. But when the returner starts upfield it can be easy to stay with him and miss takedowns, blocks in the back, and low and blindside blocks just a few feet away.
That can also happen when an H-back runs a sweep around end. Sometimes a wing official may be so focused on the back coming at him that he misses fouls in the immediate vicinity. We must learn to shift our focus from him to the action around him, while sensing where he is and who's near him, shifting back only when he's about to be tackled. Too often we become spectators mesmerized by his ability to dart here and there instead of officials who see the larger picture.
Another example is when a quarterback drops back to pass and the referee's eyes stay on him, although he is not yet pressured by the defense. That accomplishes nothing and is a sure-fire way to allow fouls such as holding, illegal hands to the face and chop blocks to go undetected because no other official is in a position to pick them up. What the referee should do is watch the action around the quarterback while sensing where he is, what he's doing and when he begins to be pressured so his eyes can transition back to him only when necessary to protect him.
Sometimes, unfortunately, that transition does not occur quickly enough. Early in my time as a college referee my eyes went to my initial key, the right tackle, after the snap and stayed there so long that I missed a hit to the quarterback's head that put him in la-la land. I failed to sense where he was so my focus could shift to him when he was threatened. After that I vowed that if it's a toss-up between staying with a tackle who looks like he might hold because, for example, he's getting beat and going to the quarterback when he's threatened, I would do the latter. Safety comes first, so it's better to miss a hold than a foul on the passer.
When we "officiate air" we're not ball-watching, but our eyes are not in a helpful place. Returning to the H-back end-sweep, if any of the covering officials simply watch the area (or air) in front of the back they're not doing anything useful. What they must do is recognize (quickly), based on the defenders' movement and the blockers' bodies, hands and arms, where the first threat of a foul is and focus on it. If nothing happens there, go to the next threat and so on.
Assume that as a referee I process that the quarterback cleanly takes the snap, so my eyes shift to the tackle. But I continue to stay on him although the play goes the other way, he goes to the second level, or he and a defender "dance" with neither trying to do anything. That is a step removed from officiating air because I am watching something, but it's equally unproductive. When any of those things happens, my focus should shift to where the next threat may be, which might involve a back, the right guard or center, or possibly players on the center's other side, depending on how the play develops.
The bottom line is that just as officials don't help the crew if they watch the runner when he's in the wide open, they're derelict if their eyes stay where action is neither happening nor likely to happen. Even in smaller crews each official has keys to watch pre-snap, at the snap and post-snap, but sometimes we forget that they are our initial keys and we can't lock in on them forever. We must learn how to quickly shift our focus to some place useful, all the while sensing where the runner is so we can get back to him when necessary. If we watch him when no one's around, focus on areas occupied only by air, or linger too long on our key or other players who aren't presenting a threat of a foul, we may miss something that even a blind person could see.
I believe in visualization in officiating. I study rules by seeing plays in my mind's eye and applying the relevant rules. Same here. No matter what position you work, imagine plays developing in all kinds of ways. Where are you focused? Where should you focus? If you practice keeping your eyes off the runner until there's a reason to put them there and transitioning from where no action is taking place to where something important might happen, you'll become more adept at doing that in games. If everyone on the crew does that, they will likely turn in one heckuva performance.
The post Ball-Watching Afflicts Veterans and Newer Officials Alike appeared first on Referee.com.

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Sukhdeep Singh goes through Hukam (Command) 26 of 52 given to all Sikhs by Guru Gobind Singh Ji. They are practical instructions that we should incorporate into our lives as they describe the ideal way of life of a Khalsa.
Basics of Sikhi is a project by Everythings 13, an educational charity dedicated to spreading the wisdom of the Sikh Gurus.
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The utilization of ice thermal energy storage is a growing trend.
Georgetown, Texas, population 50,000, is the largest city in the U.S. to go to 100% renewable.
Prior growth in storage was mainly driven by shorter-duration storage applications.
The FERC NOPR concerns removal of "barriers to the participation of electric storage resources and distributed energy resource aggregations in the organized wholesale electric markets."


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You may have had experience with oil heating, and it's popular here, as well. Working with our design team at The Coves, many of our buyers select heating oil for their new homes because they know it tends to burn hotter than other commonly used fuel and therefore can usually generate heat faster.
Replacement oil is delivered by tanker truck, and it's necessary to have a path to the access point of the tank cleared at all times to allow replenishment. Most of our residents use Bumgarner Oil (828-322-4377). They've been serving Hickory, NC, and the surrounding counties since 1954, providing a full spectrum of petroleum-based fuels, bio fuels and lubricants for business or home.
There are several ways to distribute heat through a home. Forced-air systems, central air conditioning and heat pumps use ductwork. Radiant heating systems have their own method of distribution. And the older steam and hot water radiators are based upon an entirely different technology.
Some of our buyers ask about heat pumps as a viable alternative. They are highly efficient, reducing the electricity used for heating up to 50 per cent compared to the electrical resistance method used in furnaces and baseboard heaters. And a heat pump can dehumidify better than standard central air conditioners, resulting in less energy usage and better cooling in the warmer months.
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666 Park Avenue Episode 12 "The Elysian Fields"
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666 Park Avenue "The Elysian Fields" episode 12 airs Saturday, July 6, 2013 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET) on ABC.
Episode Synopsis: 666 Park Avenue Episode 12 "The Elysian Fields"- Who or what is the "conspiratii"? When Jane tries to crack the meaning of this mysterious word that keeps popping up in Peter Kramer's journal, a secretive Detective Cooper shockingly reveals his part in the shadowy group. Jane agrees to be their eyes and ears at The Drake, but Gavin is one step ahead of her. Meanwhile, Henry tries to track down Jane's estranged father to surprise her at a splashy engagement party Olivia is throwing them. Jane and Henry spend a magic night at the Dorans' party, while on another floor there is no love lost between Alexis and Louise when they have a final face-off and Louise learns the true depth of Alexis' hate for her, on "666 Park Avenue," SATURDAY, JULY 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
At the ominous address of 666 Park Avenue, anything you desire can be yours. Everyone has needs, desires and ambition. For the residents of The Drake, these will all be met, courtesy of the building's mysterious owner, Gavin Doran (Terry O'Quinn). But every Faustian contract comes with a price. When Jane Van Veen (Rachael Taylor) and Henry Martin (Dave Annable), an idealistic young couple from the Midwest, are offered the opportunity to manage the historic building, they not only fall prey to the machinations of Doran and his mysterious wife, Olivia (Vanessa Williams), but unwittingly begin to experience the shadowy, supernatural forces within the building that imprison and endanger the lives of the residents inside. Sexy, seductive and inviting, The Drake maintains a dark hold over all of its residents, tempting them through their ambitions and desires, in this chilling new drama that's home to an epic struggle of good versus evil.
"666 Park Avenue" stars Rachael Taylor ("Charlie's Angels," "Grey's Anatomy," Transformers) as Jane Van Veen, Dave Annable ("Brothers & Sisters," "Reunion") as Henry Martin, Robert Buckley ("One Tree Hill," "Lipstick Jungle") as Brian Leonard, Mercedes Masöhn ("The Finder," "Chuck," "Three Rivers") as Louise Leonard, Helena Mattsson ("Iron Man 2," "Nikita," "Desperate Housewives") as Alexis Blume, Samantha Logan as Nona Clark, with Vanessa Williams ("Desperate Housewives," "Ugly Betty," "Shaft," "Soul Food") as Olivia Doran and Terry O'Quinn ("Lost," "Millennium," "Hawaii Five-0," "Alias," "The West Wing," "Jag") as Gavin Doran.
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A consuming child
Highclere has become Lady Carnarvon's adopted child — a child that requires about $1.5 million in maintenance every year, has 1,200 visitors a day during the summer and whose playground is a sprawling estate of nearly 6,000 acres, roughly 9 square miles. It is a wonderful environment for the equestrienne in her, but Lady Carnarvon admits she hasn't ridden to the furthest reaches of Highclere Estate even after 17 years on it.
"It's a wonderful way of exploring quite a bit of it, but I probably haven't. It's another great project," she said.
Her ladyship is too busy for the horses. The countess has been chatelaine of the castle since well before ITV brought camera crews and stars like Maggie Smith and Shirley McLaine to Highclere. It was a role thrust on her and her husband when the earl's father died unexpectedly in 2001.
"There were definitely some sleepless night for quite a few months you try to figure out your strategy, where this journey is going togo and where the end will be," she recalled.
Both were history lovers and appreciated that Highclere was a stellar example a vanishing period of history in Great Britain. Some 1,000 of its Victorian-era neighbors had already been demolished. Tax debts after World War II and the demands of maintenance sank their chances of survival.
"The place for them had seem to have passed. We obviously were very lucky Highclere hadn't been knocked down," she recalled.
But castles aren't easily kept in repair. She and her husband continued to nurse its presentability for the tours, teas and corporate or charity events it had been hosting since 1988. They operated its cellar museum of Egyptian artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamen, which the earl's father had helped uncover, another attraction. The castle, with its rolling 1,000-acre park and 5,000 acres of forest and farm fields, also was popular as an eye-filling backdrop for at least 25 weddings a year. Still, it was primarily a British attraction.
The new wave
Then "Downton Abbey" became a wildfire on public television.
"What 'Downton's has done is given us this extraordinary international marketing platform, which we didn't have," she said of the castle.
It has assuredly changed life there, however: The earl and countess move from the castle to a cottage on the grounds during its busy summer season. And they can host fewer local events.
"I might have done a event for before 'Downton,' which I did do in the summer sometimes, for 8,000 people in the aid of a charity. But I don't have the energy to do that now because every single day we have 1,200 people," she said. She even gives tours herself.
The countess' tours would be a feature not to miss; she has studied the fourth earl's diaries both for history and for the never-ending project of restoring some of its second-floor rooms.
"It's just been going on for ages," she said, laughing. " I did a huge amount before 'Downton' and then you just keep on carrying on. You just keep on going."
A total restoration would require the national budget. "There are 200 to 300 rooms — we don't really know — and between 50 and 80 bedrooms," she explained.
Lady Carnarvon has made herself an authority on Highclere history, which dates back to its expansion and redesign in the 1840s, under the direction of the fourth earl of the estate.
"He was a romantic. He was a traveler. And he had inherited a really nice Georgian house from his father. But he wanted to create something more inspiring, much larger, much grander," she explained of Highclere's establishment. Unfortunately, the earl died before his dream home was completed.
"He never lived in the castle. But it was his vision which who commissioned Charles Berry so to do, and I think that's going to be another book for me," she added.
Bringing history back
Lady Carnarvon has already written books on the two women who married Highclere castle earls ("Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey" and "Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey"). At the tender age of 19, both of them became the mistresses of a household with nearly 80 servants and the rigorous social obligations intrinsic to early 20th-century gentry.
Lady Carnarvon researched their letters to learn astounding, and touching, things about them. Lady Almina, for example, turned the castle into a hospital during World War I. During World War II it became a home for children whose parents sent them away from London when the city was being bombed.
She treasures the correspondence and has read it extensively, she said.
"The archives not continuous. It's windows back in time," she said. But if she can't find the exact document she's looking for, Lady Carnarvon says she does find "something else that can help me and inform me."
"I just love history, and I just think it is so important. If we can understand it, then we can perhaps understand today a bit better."
Some of the evacuee children, who are now in their 80s, have written letters to them recalling their time there. One, in particular, haunted her.
"There's one tiny story which made me cry, when one of the people who had been evacuated here had written in explaining about the journey home from Highclere to London at the end of the war," she recalled.
"At the end, all the mothers were crowded around the bus having to collect children. He was carried away in his parents' arms. And he looked back, to see one of his little friends still on the bus, all alone, holding his little case. His parents hadn't come."
Lunch at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort with The Right Honourable Countess of Carnarvon
What: Benefit for Archangel Fund, outreach ministry of Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church
When: 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Feb. 4
Where: The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples
Tickets: $300; sponsorship and partner levels are also available
To buy: artofgivingnaples.org


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Captain America: The First Avenger Locations
Thor: The Dark World Locations
Avengers: Age of Ultron Locations
Captain America: Civil War Locations
Doctor Strange (film) Locations
Black Panther (film) Locations
Avengers: Infinity War Locations
Spider-Man: Far From Home Locations
The Eternals Locations
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Locations
Agent Carter (TV series) Locations
Jessica Jones (TV series) Locations
Comics Locations
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Notable inhabitants
Peggy Carter †
James Montgomery Falsworth †
The Eternals (unreleased)
Jessica Jones (footage)
Iron Fist (mentioned)
The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative
Captain America: The First Avenger Adaptation
Avengers: Operation HYDRA
Thor: Ragnarok Prelude
Avengers: Infinity War Prelude
Avengers: Endgame Prelude
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly referred to as the United Kingdom, is a country located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.
Construction of Stonehenge
The megalithic monument of Stonehenge was built near the future emplacement of the town of Amesbury, as one of the many landmarks to mark the coordinates of the focal point of the first Convergence that occurred 5000 years ago.[1]
Place of Power
Sorcerer Agamotto erected a sanctuary in a place of power where London would have arised, in order to create a mystical shield around the globe. He then left the sanctuary in the custody of his disciples.[2]
HYDRA Society
A group of HYDRA members at Gloucestershire assembled in a castle to have a lottery. He who grabbed the white stone from the bag was to enter the room housing the Monolith. Lord Manzini grabbed the white stone and was sent into the room with a few weapons and some equipment. The portal opened and swallowed Manzini who was never seen again.
A few years later, a ball was held in the castle. One of the visitors was the Asgardian Elliot Randolph.[3]
Birth of James Montgomery Falsworth
James Montgomery Falsworth was born in Birmingham. He later went on to join Captain America as one of the Howling Commandos.
During his time imprisoned in the Austrian HYDRA Weapons Facility, Falsworth was jailed in the same cell as other prisoners from different countries, such as Bucky Barnes, Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, and Jacques Dernier, as Colonel Lohmer hoped that by splitting the prisoners by nationalities, they would be too busy with their own disputes to turn against their jailers.
Falsworth mentioned Birmingham as his birthplace when introducing himself to his cellmates.[4]
Code Breaking Skills
Peggy Carter spent time at Bletchley Park during World War II, learning skills as a code breaker that would serve her during her career. While there, she studied, among other things, one of the code systems that the Soviet Union used for their messages, such as the one-time pad system, learning that the system was not of use if the original language of the message was not taken into account.[5]
Edwin Jarvis' Arrest
Edwin Jarvis was arrested in London, and dishonorably discharged from the British Army, under a charge of treason. Jarvis had forged the signature of the general he was serving under, signing letters of transit in order to ensure the safety of Ana, a Jewish girl he met in Budapest.
Howard Stark, whom Jarvis met and befriended during Stark's business with the general, used his influence to save Ana and dismiss Jarvis' charge of treason. Due to that, Jarvis was extremely grateful to Stark, and become a loyal butler for him.[6]
HYDRA Desertion
London marked as one of Schmidt's targets.
In 1943, Johann Schmidt and his HYDRA division went rogue, separating themselves from the Nazi regime and intended to nuke the capitals of all countries that would resist his conquest, including London.[7]
Steve Rogers was scheduled to perform one of the Captain America's USO Shows in Bristol and Manchester. However, he joined the Strategic Scientific Reserve as a soldier to battle in World War II following his successful rescue of prisoners of war in Austria, and the scheduled shows had to be cancelled.[7]
Dismantling HYDRA
The Strategic Scientific Reserve was moved to London during World War II, in an effort to dismantle HYDRA. Steve Rogers, able to witness a map showing the location of HYDRA facilities, shared this information with the SSR.
Colonel Chester Phillips devised a plan, ordering Peggy Carter to contact MI6 in order to locate HYDRA Headquarters, while the SSR would destroy the known facilities with a battalion led by Rogers.
Rogers went to the Whip & Fiddle pub in order to convince some of the prisoners he liberated in Austria, and enlisted the help of Dum Dum Dugan, Gabe Jones, Jim Morita, James Montgomery Falsworth and Jacques Dernier. Bucky Barnes also agreed to help not Captain America, but his friend Steve Rogers from Brooklyn.
Peggy Carter entered the pub wearing a red dress, to inform Rogers that Howard Stark wanted him to test new equipment. Carter started flirting with Rogers, inviting him to a dancing date in a veiled way.
Stark tested the Tesseract power cell obtained by Rogers in the Austrian HYDRA Weapons Facility, that caused an explosion despite its minimal size.
Colonel Chester Phillips and his secretary Lorraine
The following day, Rogers went to his appointment with Stark to test the equipment, being seduced by Private Lorraine while waiting. Lorraine managed to kiss Rogers, being witnessed by Peggy Carter.
Carter, jealous after watching the kiss, was retaliated by Rogers, thinking that Stark's invitation to a Fondue in Lucerne was an intimate proposal. Carter simply told Rogers that he still had no idea about how to talk to women.
Rogers went to meet Stark, who showed his advances in fibers for the uniform and improvements for the shield. Rogers discovered a prototype made of Vibranium, a very unusual metal able to completely absorb vibrations. Carter, still upset, tested the shield shooting at Rogers with a handgun, with the shield completely absorbing the shots. Astonished by her reaction, Rogers handed Stark a few ideas for his uniform.[7]
Captain America and the Howling Commandos
The Strategic Scientific Reserve was constantly updated on the status of the mission carried out by Captain America and his unit, removing the facilities from the map maintained in their underground facility in London.
Colonel Chester Phillips and agent Peggy Carter watched a film sent to show the progress of the mission, where Steve Rogers was seen carrying a photograph of Carter in his compass. Despite her coldness during Roger's departure, Carter realized how much Rogers cared for her.[7]
Blueprints Theft
Captain America in London
Captain America pursued a group of HYDRA undercover agents through the streets of London, who had stolen a series of blueprints belonging to the Strategic Scientific Reserve.
Rogers successfully evaded their shots during the pursuit, and rendered their car useless, forcing them to continue on foot. The HYDRA agents tried to use the underground to escape, but they entered one of the stations being used as an air raid shelter that had no exit.
The agents took the refugees as hostages, with their leader holding a boy at gunpoint. Captain America entered the station and, instead of attacking the agent, he told him that even although he managed to escape, all the men that fight for the ideal that all people deserve to be free would be hunting him until they managed to capture him.
Rogers' speech inspired all the refugees in the station, that attacked and managed to subdue the HYDRA agents. Once they were defeated, the boy that was taken as a hostage returned the stolen briefcase to Captain America.[8]
Capture of Arnim Zola
Arnim Zola was taken to London as a prisoner, kept in a prison where colonel Chester Phillips tried to interrogate him, as he was the only HYDRA agent that didn't swallowed a Cyanide Pill to commit suicide.
Colonel Chester Phillips interrogates Arnim Zola
Phillips deduced that Zola wanted to live, and informed Zola that they used him as a bait, sending a fake message about an agreement made by Zola to be expatriated to Switzerland in exchange for information. Zola replied that he did not reveal any information, but Phillips knew that Johann Schmidt would not believe that, as Zola had much information about him and HYDRA. Phillips also remarked that as the last soldier killed in action was Steve Rogers' best friend, Bucky Barnes, Zola could not count on being protected.
Zola started revealing Schmidt's motivations and goals, as was able to dominate the whole world using the technology powered by the Tesseract.
Rogers, saddened by the loss of his friend, went to the ruins of the Whip & Fiddle pub, destroyed after the bombings over London. Peggy Carter found Rogers there, unsuccessfully trying to get drunk, as the Super Soldier Serum provoked his cells to regenerate fast enough to avoid the effects of alcohol.
Carter told Rogers that Barnes' death was not his fault, as Barnes believed in Rogers, and assumed the risks of their mission for him. Rogers used Barnes death as a motivation to go after Schmidt without stopping until every HYDRA member was dead or behind bars.
Colonel Phillips informed Rogers and the rest of the Strategic Scientific Reserve to inform them of the information revealed by Zola, specifically the location of HYDRA Headquarters and Schmidt's plan to devastate the United States with a series of bombings.
With these information, Rogers devised a plan to attack the facility, beginning with him making a frontal assault alone.[7]
The citizens of London celebrate the end of the war
London celebrated the Victory in Europe Day and the end of World War II. The Howling Commandos reunited to commemorate the sacrifice of Captain America, that saved countless lives.
The Strategic Scientific Reserve dismantled its underground facility in London, and Colonel Chester Phillips handed Peggy Carter the dossier about Steve Rogers, knowing she would want to keep it as a memento.[7]
Chase of Howard Stark
Agent Daniel Sousa of the Strategic Scientific Reserve investigated the location of Howard Stark, branded as a fugitive from justice as some of his inventions ended up being sold in the black market or in the hands of enemies of the United States.
Sousa informed Chief Roger Dooley that one of the leads in the investigation situated Stark, that would situate him in London.[9]
Birth of Jemma Simmons
England was the birthplace of Jemma Simmons, who grew up to become a S.H.I.E.L.D. scientist. Her parents continued to live in England, calling their daughter so that she could explain to them the events surrounding the attack of the Dark Elves upon London.[10]
Birth of Leo Fitz
Scotland was the birthplace of Leo Fitz, born on December 29, 1987, and growing up alone with his mother.[11]
Fitz's native Scottish accent was mimicked by Skye while undercover on a train through Italy, as she thought that since they were traveling together, it would be logical if they were from the same nationality. Given that Skye's accent was awful, Fitz decided to use an American accent, as he grew up watching American television and was more than able to fake the accent.[12]
Sunil Bakshi's Youth
Sunil Bakshi spent his youth growing up in the streets of London, more specifically in the Southall district, where he worked hard to refine his accent but was not able to fully dominate it. Bakshi ended up being a small criminal and was sent to the military to straighten him.
His military career was not long-lived, as his superiors felt there was something wrong with Bakshi, so he was expelled and ended up being a private intelligence contractor.[13]
Erik Selvig's Theories
In 2013, Erik Selvig investigated the effects of the upcoming Convergence at Stonehenge while suffering a state of mental instability due to being mind-controlled by Loki during his invasion of Earth.
Selvig got naked and insulted the tourists at Stonehenge while intimidating with a device that looked like a shovel, and was subsequently arrested for public scandal, being transferred to Amesbury to wait for a psychological evaluation.[1]
Jane Foster's Date
Jane Foster moved to London to her mother's house, feeling depressed and grieving for Thor after being unable to see him since he departed from New Mexico, and in order to study a series of lectures Erik Selvig managed to discover in the area.
Trying to move on with her life, Foster had a date with a man named Richard Madison, where she showed to be uncomfortable as she spent fifteen minutes hidden behind a menu. Madison guessed Foster had a story with another man, and Foster confessed that the man departed. Madison tried to empathize with her, as he lived what he thought was a similar situation, as he had a relationship with a woman that later found a job in New York City, and the distance killed their relationship, along with the fact that she had been sleeping with the other man.
Darcy Lewis, Foster's assistant, appeared at the restaurant, and though Madison first thought she was a waitress, Foster quickly introduced her. Lewis revealed that the Phase Meter in their laboratory started reading some strange signals that coincided with one of Selvig's theories during his state of mental instability following being mind-controlled by Loki during his invasion of Earth.
Foster dismissed Lewis and tried to continue with her date, but Madison realized she wanted to go with Lewis, and prompted her to do it. Foster exited the restaurant and got in Lewis' car to check the readings.[1]
Gravitational Anomaly
Jane Foster and Darcy Lewis went to check the source of the readings detected by Lewis accompanied by Ian Boothby, Lewis' own intern, who was honored to work with Foster. Foster tried to contact Erik Selvig, but unbeknownst to her, he had been arrested at Stonehenge for public scandal.
Foster, Lewis and Boothby arrived at a warehouse, and started searching the place for the source of the readings. Inside the warehouse, they found three children, John, Navid and Maddie, who first asked if they were policemen, and then showed them the place they had just discovered after Foster identified herself as a scientist.
Inside the warehouse, the laws of physics had been altered, allowing the children to lift a large track with one hand, or creating a concealed Wormhole at the bottom of a set of stairs, that was connected both to another at the top of the stairs and a third wormhole to Svartalfheim.
Foster went alone to investigate the readings while Lewis was busy having fun with the wormholes, Foster came across a another Wormhole that swallowed and transported her to the place where the Aether was hidden five millennia before. In that place, she unwillingly became a host for the Aether, that started acting as an infection inside her body and made her pass out.
Foster woke up at the warehouse, and came across the policemen, as Lewis called them due to Foster being absent for five hours. Foster was angry, as if the police discovered the gravitational anomaly at the warehouse, S.H.I.E.L.D. would surely isolate the area and restrict the access, rendering her unable to study it.
Foster and Lewis noticed that, though it was raining, the water didn't fall at the point where Foster was standing, as if an invisible barrier was surrounding her. At that moment, Foster saw Thor gazing at her, as he had been transported to Earth when Heimdall stopped being able to see Foster when she was transported to the place where the Aether was buried.
Foster slapped Thor's face two times, one to be sure that he was real, and another for disappearing for over two years. Thor explained his reason to be absent, as he had to stopped the wars that erupted following the destruction of the Bifrost Bridge, and though he was at New York City during the Battle of New York to protect Earth from Loki, he couldn't see her.
Thor was about to confess her love for Foster and kiss her when Lewis interrupted them, informing Foster that the police were going to arrest them for entering a private property without permission. However, as a police officer tried to arrest Foster, the Aether inside her erupted creating a shockwave to defend itself.
Thor, worried for Foster's condition, stopped the agents from approaching her, and departed with her to Asgard.[1]
Convergence Lecture
Erik Selvig was taken to a mental institution following his arrest at Stonehenge, where he tried to explain the Convergence to his fellow patients as if it was a lecture at a university.
Selvig explained that the universe rotated in a cycle every 5000 years, and every cycle the Nine Realms got aligned. During the Convergence, the nine realms are connected, and gravity, light and matter can pass from one world to another. He theorized that the results could be devastating, so he designed a set of Gravimetric Spikes to stabilize the focal point of the Convergence and pass by its effects.
However his fellow patients didn't even pay attention and one of them was only worried about retrieving his shoe.[1]
Check Out of Erik Selvig
Darcy Lewis was worried as neither Jane Foster nor Erik Selvig returned her calls, and she was unable to contact S.H.I.E.L.D. to inform them about the discovery of the gravitational anomaly and Thor's arrival at London, while Ian Boothby saw the news report about Selvig's arrest at Stonehenge.
The following morning, Lewis and Boothby went to the mental institution where Selvig had been admitted to check him out. At first, Selvig did not recognize her, but was glad to see her upon recognizing her.
Boothby introduced himself to Selvig, while Selvig looked to be absent. Selvig told him that the reason he was in that state is that he had a god inside his brain before swallowing the medication he had been assigned.
As the Gravimetric Spikes started reading the gravitational effects of the Convergence, Selvig realized that the effects began before what he had calculated, and they witnessed as a group of birds crossed through Wormholes above the sky and on the ground of London.
Selvig was relieved to see that he was not crazy, and threw his medication to a trash can, and asked to go to Foster's laboratory.[1]
Richard Madison called Jane Foster following their date. Unbeknownst to him, Foster was not on Earth, as she was on Svartalfheim, and as she was surprised to be able to receive phone calls, she prompted him to keep talking.
Madison asked her to go on another date, maybe for dinner, and Foster's unrelated answers made him believe she was accepting, and the call was lost as Foster and Thor crossed a Wormhole from Svartalfheim to the warehouse in London, with Thor visibly jealous as Foster was receiving calls from another man.
Thor and Foster returned to her home, where they reunited with Erik Selvig, Darcy Lewis and Ian Boothby. Selvig hugged both Foster and Thor, and was both happy and relieved to hear that Loki died.
Foster and Selvig discussed Malekith's intentions to use the Aether as a weapon, using Earth as the point to launch his attack over the Nine Realms, exponentially increasing the power of the Aether.
In order to calculate this point, Selvig revealed that Mayan, Egyptian and Chinese structures of antiquity were built using the gravitational effects of the Convergence, and Stonehenge and other similar landmarks in England marked the coordinates of the focal point of the Convergence at Greenwich.[1]
Battle of Greenwich
Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, Darcy Lewis, Ian Boothby were tasked with placing Selvig's Gravimetric Spikes around the focal point of the Convergence, in order to stabilize its effects and prevent Malekith to use the Convergence to increase the power of the Aether.
Malekith and the Dark Elves arrived in their Ark before the spikes could be placed, provoking chaos and panic on the streets. However, Thor arrived ready to stop Malekith, who threatened him as death would claim his live no matter where he was, as his universe would have never had to exist.
Malekith attacked Thor using the Aether, who was able to resist the impacts and realized that the time for preparing the attacks using the Aether was proportional to the strength of the attacks, so Thor taunted Malekith to launch a strong attack, seizing the opportunity to attack Malekith using his hammer Mjølnir.
The sky showed multiple portals that were opened to the rest of the Nine Realms, and Foster planned to use the Gravimetric Spikes to control the portals and distract Malekith and the Dark Elves until the maximum effects of the Convergence wear off. Foster started controlling the portals, transporting many Dark Elves out of range but, accidentally, she transported Lewis and Boothby too.
The students at Greenwich witnessed the battle between Thor and Malekith, without paying attention to Foster's advice to evacuate the area, as they were more worried to see Thor in action, until one of the blows exchanged between Thor and Malekith caused a shockwave that broke the crystals of the windows they were looking through.
The battle continued, and the two warriors were transported to Svartalfheim during the battle, being transported back to Earth through a portal situated in the sky, falling into Svartalfheim again. Thor and Malekith crossed another portal on Svartalfheim, and fell over the Gherkin building into yet another portal before hitting the ground, this time appearing at Jotunheim.
Two jets of the Royal Air Force tried to attack the Ark, although the launched missiles and the planes were drawn in by a portal that transported them to Vanaheim.
Lewis and Boothby tried to escape from a group of Dark Elves that tried to kill them, and were saved in the nick of time by a Frost Beast that was transported to London through a portal. Boothby managed to lift a car that was floating thanks to the gravitational effects of the Convergence, and used it to crush another group of Dark Elves. Selvig and Foster used the gravimetric spikes to escape numerous Dark Elves, transporting them to another place, what made Lewis and Boothby appear in front of them while they were kissing. Thor reappeared at a tube station, and took the tube to arrive at Greenwich again.
Malekith looked at the portals that were now fully opened above Greenwich and started to summon the full potential of the Aether in order to launch his attack over the Nine Realms during the climax of the Convergence. Thor took Selvig's Gravimetric Spikes and placed them inside the area now covered by the Aether.
Malekith announced that darkness was returning, and asked Thor if he was there to witness the end of his universe, but Thor responded that he was there to accept his surrender, and started attacking Malekith with the Gravimetric Spikes that, after being activated, mutilated Malekith sending his arms to Svartalfheim. Thor stroke a final blow with Mjølnir that launched Malekith against his Ark, and Foster activated the spikes to send his body to Svartalfheim.
The hole caused on the ship by the last portal activated by Foster caused the ship to fall, but as it was about to crash an unconscious Thor and Foster, who stayed by his side, Selvig activated another spike to transport the Ark to Svartalfheim, crushing Malekith instead.
The jets that were transported to Vanaheim managed to return to Earth moments before the portals were closed and the effects of the Convergence started to vanish.[1]
S.H.I.E.L.D. teams were called to cleanup the debris of the Battle of Greenwich, including Phil Coulson and his team, classifying the debris on site to retrieve any piece of Dark Elf technology, such as parts of the Ark.
Leo Fitz was tired of checking alien spectrographic signatures one piece at a time, but Grant Ward called it a necessary precaution to avoid alien material falling in the wrong hands. Meanwhile, Jemma Simmons received another call from her parents wanting an explanation about what happened at Greenwich, but she refused to answer them, as she hadn't talked to them since she was infected by the Chitauri Virus. Fitz found another piece of the ship, but Ward quickly took it out of his hands and stored it in a briefcase to be contained.
Skye asked Coulson about the nature of Asgardians as aliens from another planet, and how they were worshipped as the Gods of Norse mythology when they arrived on Earth thousands of years before. On the other hand, Coulson was more concerned about the cleanup they had to make every time Thor visited Earth. Skye would have wanted to take a look inside the Ark, and even talked to Melinda May about the idea of piloting it. Coulson noticed that every time an alien item was in human hands something bad happened, and Skye noted how she would place Thor in her hands, with May agreeing with Skye.
Before the cleanup ended, Coulson and the rest of the team where reassigned to investigate a case at Trillemarka National Park in Norway.[10]
Aftermath of the Battle of Greenwich
Jane Foster, Erik Selvig, Darcy Lewis, Ian Boothby were reunited two days after the Battle of Greenwich at Foster's apartment, with Lewis trying to cheer Foster up about Thor's departure, since he committed treason when he and Foster left Asgard. However, Thor returned to London and Foster ran out of her house to passionately kiss Thor.[1]
At the warehouse where Foster discovered the effects of the Convergence, the Frost Beast that was transported to Earth during the battle run amok chasing birds.[14]
Clairvoyant Candidates
Grant Ward and Antoine Triplett traveled to Milton Keynes in England, as one of the random teams chosen to investigate the candidates rejected from the Index as possible identities for the Clairvoyant.
Upon arriving, Triplett let Ward know what John Garrett told him about his family, comparing them to the Kennedy family; although as Ward answered that he doubted Garrett said that, Triplett admitted he did his own research, as he found hard to follow Ward's footsteps.
Ward asked the point of the conversation, and Triplett said he only wanted to keep things light. However, Ward took the mission as serious matter, as the Clairvoyant almost killed Skye. Triplett replied that he actually killed his partner, Dan Monroe, and he had to tell Monroe's 6-year-old son about his father's death. For this, Triplett warned Ward that if they find the Clairvoyant, it was better that Ward stayed out of his way. Ward replied that they were sent to capture the Clairvoyant, not to kill him, but Triplett asked to him to think what would happen if Skye had died.
The two agents received the file with the candidate's identity, Elijah Fordham, that was serving 18 life sentences for a killing spree during the 1990s.
Ward and Triplett entered the Milton Keynes Prison, and found that there were no guards inside. As Victoria Hand informed the rest of the teams that Felix Blake was attacked by Deathlok, Ward and Triplett quickly abandoned the prison to avoid a possible ambush.[15]
Recruitment of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents
During his first months as Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil Coulson focused on recruitment of new agents, meeting former agents of the agency that could possibly be considered loyal to S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson traveled to London in order to meet some of these agents, gaining a crew of loyal agents before returning to the Playground, having to focus on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s efforts to retrieve the Obelisk before HYDRA could obtain it.[16]
Hiding from the Hand
Worried that there fight upcoming fight with the Hand would not be the end, but just the beginning of a bigger conflict Elektra and Matt Murdock talked about leaving New York City and hiding under a different identity. One of the possible locations suggested by Murdock was London, England.[17]
Returning to London
Thor received a vision from Wanda Maximoff he wished to see again. He flew to University of London to ask for Erik Selvig's help to get him to the Water of Sights, so he could see the vision again.[18]
Bringing Simmons Back
Jemma Simmons was swallowed by the Monolith. Leo Fitz discovered she had been transported to an another planet. He, Phil Coulson and Bobbi Morse ask for the the help of Elliot Randolph to understand the Monolith. He brought them to the HYDRA Castle where they put the Monolith inside a hole. Daisy Johnson used her powers to open the portal and Fitz jumped through it to save Simmons. The portal exploded, but Fitz returned safely with Simmons.[3]
Attack on the HYDRA Castle
HYDRA took control on the HYDRA Castle and prepared to open the Monolith to Maveth and bring from there the Inhuman Hive. Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons were kidnapped by Giyera and were brought to the castle. Gideon Malick asked them to help them, but after the two refused, the were separated and Giyera tortured Simmons to get from her the information they needed. Fitz could hear the screams of Simmons, so he volunteered to assist the HYDRA delegation to Maveth.
As Grant Ward prepared for Phil Coulson, who had informed him that he come for him to kill him, Malick convinced him to lead the delegation in Maveth and accomplish the goal of HYDRA. Ward agreed and he, Fitz and the team jumped through the portal to Maveth. However, a Quinjet flew above the castle, so HYDRA tried to shoot them out of the sky. As Malick ordered to close the portal, he saw Coulson jumping from the Quinjet directly to the portal.[19]
HYDRA brought dozen Inhumans inside Suspension Gel, so they would serve the leader as his army. Meanwhile, S.H.I.E.L.D. infiltrated the castle, freed Simmons and barricaded themselves inside the portal chamber. Malick also discovered that Lash had escaped from the Containment Module and killed all the Inhumans. He ordered his soldiers to break in the chamber. They tried to do so, but the doors were reinforced. After Coulson and Fitz returned to Earth, Alphonso Mackenzie ordered to Melinda May to destroy the castle. However, Hive manged to go through it and encounter Malick on the road.[20]
HYDRA Implantation
"Gideon Malick hinted that this place was a crucial R&D site for HYDRA."
―Leo Fitz[src]
HYDRA had a research facility located in Herefordshire, where Daniel Whitehall and Wolfgang von Strucker oversaw the advancement of the Project Destroyer of Worlds.[21]
The facility was left abandoned in the aftermath of the Destruction of HYDRA.[22]
In 2016, the United Kingdom, along with 116 other countries, subscribed the Sokovia Accords for the registration of superpowered individuals.
The elder Peggy Carter had gone back to her home country, and died in her sleep. Her funeral took place in London. Steve Rogers was a pallbearer, and a eulogy was delivered by her niece Sharon Carter. Sam Wilson was also present. After the ceremony, Natasha Romanoff comforted Rogers and asked him to sign the Sokovia Accords, but he refused.[23]
Robbery of the Museum of Great Britain
Erik Killmonger and Ulysses Klaue teamed up to steal a Vibranium weapon from the Museum of Great Britain. Able to kill all the security guards, the two mercenaries escaped the area with the weapon.[24]
After Erik Killmonger overthrew T'Challa in Wakanda he immediately informed the War Dogs around the world that their new mission would be to overthrow the governments of the world and establish a Wakandan Empire. The War Dogs in London agreed to this new mission, but Killmonger was killed and T'Challa restored to the throne before the mission could be carried out.[24]
London Sanctum Falls
Being one of three major cities where a Sanctum was built by the Masters of the Mystic Arts, London was targeted by the Zealots. London Sanctum was eventually taken over by them.[2]
During a worldwide attack organized by the Watchdogs, London was one of the several city who was hit by a general blackout, caused by a series of EMP devices placed by the terrorist organization.[25]
Vision and Wanda Maximoff spending time together
Due to having grown closer but siding in opposed factions during the Avengers Civil War, Vision and Wanda Maximoff reconnected, began a secret relationship and regularly reunited in Edinburgh once Maximoff was rescued from the Raft.[26]
Infiltration into the HYDRA Herefordshire Facility
"I'm sorry you never got that honeymoon you dreamed of."
"Nonsense, I'm protecting England from evil robots with the man I love."
―Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons[src]
Having identified the HYDRA Herefordshire Facility as a possible location for a HYDRA weapon Hale was looking for, a S.H.I.E.L.D. team comprised of Jemma Simmons, Leo Fitz and Yo-Yo Rodriguez flied a Quinjet to Herefordshire in order to infiltrate the facility.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. team managed to break into the facility, where they discovered that it was overrun by Sleeper Mechs led by Anton Ivanov. Nevertheless, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents managed to sneak into the facility and found the Particle Infusion Chamber, but they were soon confronted by the androids. Although Fitz and Simmons managed to hold their own against the Sleeper Mechs and Rodriguez successfully killed Ivanov, Fitz and Simmons were confronted by Ruby Hale and Werner von Strucker, who had journeyed to Herefordshire as well.
The Zephyr One lands in Herefordshire
While Fitz and Simmons were forced to repair the Particle Infusion Chamber they had damaged and watched as Ruby painfully underwent the Gravitonium infusion process, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents Quake and Melinda May arrived in Herefordshire, accompanied by Hale. Although they attempted to calm Ruby down after her infusion, Ruby was eventually murdered by Rodriguez. Upon Ruby's death, her body unleashed a powerful blast which knocked everyone out. When they regained consciousness, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents discovered that Hale had fled and they eventually left Herefordshire as well.[22]
Attack on Vision
"Give up the stone and she lives."
―Corvus Glaive to Vision[src]
While Vision and Wanda Maximoff prepared to part ways one more time and return to their respective associates, they watched a TV news report showing the Attack on Greenwich Village. Seconds later, Vision was stabbed from behind by Corvus Glaive, a member of the Black Order. As Scarlet Witch attempted to stop him, she was thrown away by Proxima Midnight. Corvus Glaive and Proxima Midnight then attempted to forcefully remove the Mind Stone from Vision's head.
Vision defending himself from Corvus Glaive
A fierce battle engaged as Scarlet Witch rejoined the fight. Vision and Corvus Glaive fought on top of a nearby church, with Corvus Glaive deflecting the Mind Stone's blast which damaged the streets and nearby vehicles while Scarlet Witch dueled against Proxima Midnight. Scarlet Witch was able to rescue Vision from Corvus Glaive and they attempted to flee, but Proxima Midnight shot them in the sky, forcing them to land in a nearby train station, where Vision and Scarlet Witch were assisted by Captain America, Falcon and Black Widow.
Black Widow, Falcon, and Captain America watching the Black Order escape
The Avengers managed to defeat the Black Order, wounding Corvus Glaive in the process. Knowing that she was outnumbered, Proxima Midnight took Corvus Glaive and herself back into their Q-Ship, which swiftly left Edinburgh. The Avengers left the city as well in their Quinjet.[27]
Quentin Beck's Campaign
Battle of London
"Nick... satellites are picking up an E.M. pulse."
"I thought that was over."
"It's the biggest one yet."
"Where?"
"London."
―"Maria Hill" and "Nick Fury"[src]
This section requires expansion
Appearances for United Kingdom
Purpose in the Machine (flashback)
Smoke & Mirrors (flashback)
The Edge of Mystery
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: The Chase
AKA WWJD? (footage)
AKA Sin Bin (footage)
Purpose in the Machine
A Wanted (Inhu)man (mentioned)
All Roads Lead...
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Thor: The Dark World
↑ 2.0 2.1 Doctor Strange
↑ 3.0 3.1 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.02: Purpose in the Machine
↑ Captain America: First Vengeance
↑ Agent Carter: 1.05: The Iron Ceiling
↑ Agent Carter: 1.03: Time and Tide
↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Captain America: The First Avenger
↑ The Avengers: The Avengers Initiative
↑ Agent Carter: 1.01: Now is Not the End
↑ 10.0 10.1 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.08: The Well
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.19: The Only Light in the Darkness
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.13: T.R.A.C.K.S.
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.08: The Things We Bury
↑ Thor: The Dark World Post-credits Scene
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 1.16: End of the Beginning
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 2.01: Shadows
↑ Daredevil: 2.13: A Cold Day in Hell's Kitchen
↑ Avengers: Age of Ultron
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.09: Closure
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 3.10: Maveth
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.15: Rise and Shine
↑ 22.0 22.1 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5.17: The Honeymoon
↑ Captain America: Civil War
↑ 24.0 24.1 Black Panther
↑ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 4.03: Uprising
↑ Avengers: Infinity War Prelude
↑ Avengers: Infinity War
United Kingdom on Wikipedia
Retrieved from "https://marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com/wiki/United_Kingdom?oldid=1093593"
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Layne Christensen Company (Nasdaq:LAYN) ("Layne" or the "Company") today updated previously issued guidance for the fourth quarter ended January 31, 2015 ("Q4 FY 2015"). Layne expects to announce results for Q4 FY 2015 on or about April 13, 2015.
On December 10, 2014, Layne forecasted a net loss from continuing operations for Q4 FY 2015 of between $12.0 million and $12.5 million, or a $0.60 to $0.65 loss per diluted share. Based on the factors discussed below, the Company now expects to report a net loss from continuing operations for Q4 FY 2015 of between $22.0 million and $25.0 million, or a $1.10 to $1.25 loss per diluted share. Despite the higher than anticipated loss, and including the effect of the completion of the previously announced notes offering on March 2, 2015, Layne's consolidated liquidity (defined as the sum of availability under our senior credit facility and total cash and cash equivalents) at Q4 FY 2015 is expected to be approximately $120 million, which is the mid-point of our prior guidance.
Of the larger than anticipated loss, approximately half is due to certain non-cash expenses that were not contemplated in the prior guidance. Layne expects to report higher-than-anticipated losses at its Mineral Services and Heavy Civil segments. Layne's Water Resources and Inliner business segments met or exceeded internal expectations during Q4 FY 2015.
Mineral Services continues to be impacted by the ongoing decline in major commodity prices and the associated reduction in global exploration budgets by mining companies. This dynamic produced greater than expected declines in activity during December and January. Mineral Services will continue to manage its operations and operating expenses to align its resources with market demand, while pursuing new revenue opportunities within this segment that leverage Layne's overall water management capabilities.
Profitability at Heavy Civil was negatively impacted as the Company encountered difficulties completing a number of projects as cost-effectively as required to meet its initial operating expectations for the quarter. Layne increased the oversight of these projects and its focus on overhead cost management.
Michael J. Caliel, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We continue to expect that our results for FY 2016 will improve over FY 2015. Backlog is well ahead of a year ago at several of our businesses, and we are pursuing selective investment-driven growth opportunities within our segments. We are clearly disappointed with these preliminary operating losses, and continue to take steps to improve our project management and reduce costs. Our restructuring activities and non-core asset sales are ongoing, and our cost savings initiatives remain on track."
These preliminary results could differ materially from the final results that will be reported on or about April 13, 2015 for Q4 FY 2015. The expected results presented in this release are preliminary and unaudited, have not been reviewed by our independent registered public accountants, and are subject to regular closing processes that could result in significant adjustments.
Layne is a global water management, construction and drilling company, providing responsible solutions to the world of essential natural resources — water, mineral and energy. We offer innovative, sustainable products and services with an enduring commitment to safety, excellence, and integrity.
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements include, but are not limited to, our expected consolidated and divisional financial performance for Q4 FY 2015, estimates and assumptions regarding our strategic direction, expectations relating to our ability to manage operating expenses, as well as facts and assumptions underlying these expectations and projections, market and other general economic conditions and the availability of equity or debt capital needed for our business. In addition, the estimates of the Company's revenue and loss per share for the fourth quarter of FY2015 and liquidity as of January 31, 2015 are preliminary and may change pending the completion and audit of the Company's FY 2015 financial statements and the calculation of the Company's borrowing base under its asset-based credit facility. Our actual results and performance may materially and adversely differ from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements in this press release for many reasons, many of which are beyond our control, including, but not limited to, the following: quarter- and fiscal-end closing procedures, and the audit of our financial statements by our independent registered public accountants, may result in adjustments that adversely affect our reported results; and assumptions regarding the markets in which we operate, including the extent and timing of a recovery in the mining industry and the seasonality of our business, may prove to be inaccurate, which could impact our conclusions on asset impairments. In addition, our business in general is subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to, the following: unanticipated slowdowns in the Company's major markets; the availability of credit; the risks and uncertainties normally incident to the construction industry; the impact of competition; the effectiveness of operational changes expected to increase efficiency and productivity; worldwide economic and political conditions; and foreign currency fluctuations that may affect worldwide results of operations. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially and adversely from those anticipated, estimated or projected. Please read the risk factors described in detail in Exhibit 99.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2014 for additional information regarding these risks. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release, and except as may be required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements or to update the reasons why actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements.


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John Q. Hammons Makes $25 million Commitment to Missouri State University
to be Used for a $60 Million 12,000 Seat Campus Arena
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. � Beginning in November of 2008, the Missouri State University Bears and Lady Bears will have a new home � JQH Arena. Thanks to a $25 million commitment from Missouri State alumnus and Springfield, Mo.-based hotel developer John Q. Hammons, Missouri State announced plans today to build the $60 million JQH Arena.
The Arena will contain a minimum of 12,000 chair-back seats, 20 private boxes, a private club, and other amenities. It will be located on the parking lot just east of Hammons Student Center on John Q. Hammons Parkway, with construction scheduled to begin fall 2006 and be completed for the opening of the 2008-09 season.
"Thanks to Mr. Hammons' vision and generosity, this longtime dream will become a reality," said Missouri State President Michael T. Nietzel. "The most immediate and obvious beneficiaries of JQH Arena will be our fans and our athletics teams, but the ultimate impact of JQH Arena extends beyond athletics. We expect this project to be stunning.
"This project simply would not have been possible without Mr. Hammons, and we are very grateful to him. Because of that, the Board of Governors was pleased to name the facility in his honor. This is a terrific day for Missouri State, Springfield and Missouri."
Greg Onstot, vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the Missouri State University Foundation, confirmed that the $25 million commitment is by far the largest single gift ever made to the University and its foundation.
"I wanted the University to be able to build a facility that would live up to its new name, that would be a magnet for Springfield, and that would make all of us proud," said Hammons. "I hope this gift helps make that happen and encourages others to invest in the University as well. Missouri State has big aspirations, and I want JQH Arena to be an important part of its future development."
Missouri State hopes to raise at least $5 million in cash to add to the $5 million provided by Hammons. The University will then issue approximately $50 million in bonds. Hammons will pay the debt service on the remaining $20 million he has committed; the University will pay the balance.
"We will work out the details over the next several months," Nietzel said. "We plan to use a combination of private gifts, suite monies, revenue from seat assessments, additional season ticket sales, and other sources to pay the debt service. I expect this project to attract not only a lot of attention, but also a lot of support."
The 12,000 seats will meet the minimum required by the NCAA to host first and second round men's post-season tournament games, as well as women's post-season play. The new arena also would be ideal for local, regional and statewide high school events.
In addition, the Arena will be designed to host increased concert activity. The University will retain practice areas in Hammons Student Center. Complete plans for renovating the 30-year-old facility have not been determined; University officials say that will be part of the planning process over the next several months.
"We look forward to the positive impact the new arena will have on both our recruiting and our ability to attract teams to Springfield to play us," said Bill Rowe, Missouri State athletics director. "There is no doubt that this facility will put our two basketball programs on a par with any other Division I school in the country. We couldn't be more pleased and appreciative of all that Mr. Hammons has done for our University over the years. This is yet another example."
Mr. Hammons has donated more than $100 million to the city of Springfield and other organizations in the last 50 years. Some of his most notable philanthropic efforts include: the funding the Hammons Heart Institute and Hammons Life Line helicopter for St. John's Regional Health Center; the Hammons Student Center, Hammons Fountains and Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts at Missouri State University; and the Hammons School of Architecture at Drury University.
About John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, LLC
Springfield, Mo.-based John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, LLC is the nation's leading independent builder, developer, owner and manager of upscale, full-service hotels, resorts and suites, including: Embassy Suites Hotels, Renaissance, Marriott, Radisson, Residence Inn, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Holiday Inn and Courtyard by Marriott brands. With 63 hotels strategically located near demand generators, such as state capitals, universities, airports, corporate headquarters or office parks in secondary and tertiary markets, John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts' properties are dominant in their markets. Over the course of his impressive career in the hotel business, Mr. Hammons has developed 171 hotels. For more information about John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, LLC, please visit the company's Web site at www.jqhhotels.com.
Scott Tarwater
John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, LLC
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Of those, over 207,000 were still actively enrolled as of the end of March. MA didn't allow transitional plans, and the bulk of their pre-ACA individual policies were already pretty comprehensive thanks to the ACA's predecessor, "RomneyCare", so I'm pretty sure they have very few non-ACA compliant "grandfathered" enrollees either. The point of all this is that the Massachusetts Health Connector enrollment numbers should cover the vast majority of ACA-compliant enrollees state-wide.
This is a good thing, too, because, like New Hampshire, most of the carriers offering indy policies in MA didn't provide their actual current enrollment data in their filings; only 3 out of 11 did so. For the remaining 8 carriers, I'm using the latest exchange enrollment numbers to calculate the relative market share for weighting purposes.
There's two other things to note: "Fallon Community Health Plan", which has 4,908 people enrolled at the moment, does not have any rate filing included on the RR.HC.gov site as of today...while "ConnectiCare", which does have a filing listed (and which shouldn't be confused with either "CeltiCare" or "ConnectorCare"), doesn't appear on the enrollment report because they only sell policies off-exchange. Still, the grand total is over 226,000, so I think I have pretty much everything accounted for.
With that in mind, MA carriers are requesting a (relatively low) average increase of 10.4%.


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This paper reports, for the first time, the design, fabrication and testing of a valveless micropump, entirely screen printed onto a flexible polyimide (Kapton) substrate by using sacrificial, polymer-structural and piezoelectric layers. The sacrificial layer, used to achieve a pump chamber and inlet/outlet channels, is thermally removed, analogous to a standard MEMS sacrificial process. Applying a sinusoidal AC voltage to the piezoelectric layer drives a flexible membrane which pumps liquid through the chamber. A maximum flow rate of 67µL/min can be achieved using a drive frequency of 600 kHz.
Wei, Yang, Torah, R.N., Yang, Kai, Beeby, S.P. and Tudor, John (2013) A novel fabrication process to release a valveless micropump on a flexible substrate. The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers '2013), Spain. 16 - 20 Jun 2013. 4 pp .