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1 BEDROOM LOG CABIN WITH BREATH TAKING MOUNTAIN VIEW!!! Located near the entry to the beautiful Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Majestic View offers a world of luxury in lodging. This brand new log cabin offers unsurpassed views and elegant yet casual ambiance for an unforgettable experience. Relax in the hot tub on the deck, treat yourself to a movie or game of pool or foosball, relax after a day of hiking and sight seeing, or spend some leisure time shopping and spoiling yourself. There is only one Majestic View. Only 1/2 mile from Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and 1/4 mile (walking distance) from Chalet Village Clubhouse & Pool. Come experience it for yourself! Flat driveway. Please remember this is a nonsmoking unit.
|Irene M. - 01/30/2016
We could only do one night , we both have children with the exs Teresa was a wonderful hello. Suggesting this cabin! We have already talked about our next getaway and dealing with Teresa whom took care of us. Above and beyond! Thank you!
|Scott S. - 01/07/2016
I really enjoyed my stay. My wife was extremely pleased which makes me want to come back! We had an employee who showed up upon our arrival to the cabin to check the hot tub. It was a little creepy, but it wasn't something that would make me not come back. A parking pass for some location in Gatlinburg would be a great addition to your ticket package, or at least having a discounted parking pass for the attractions.
|Gloria Z. - 11/30/2015
The first problem I encountered was the fact that I wanted to check out one day before due to a family issue and they didn't care. The other problem was that the bathroom made a really loud noise and supposedly someone went to check it and it continued. The cabin wasn't cleaned too well. There was a lot of dust everywhere we looked and spider webs. The other thing I want to suggest is placing curtains because the sun hit the large window directly and it was super hot.
|Madison F. - 10/23/2015
No complaints! Easy check in and check out and enjoyed a clean cabin!
|Michelle F. - 10/05/2015
Check in was fast and convenient. The man who checked us in answered our questions and made recommendations. The cabin was easy to find, neat and clean on our arrival. The cabin exceeded our expectations. The view was amazing. The location was perfect, secluded enough but close to activities. We can't wait to come back next year.
|John O. - 09/27/2015
You guys made everything easy. Directions were easy to follow. The cabin was everything , plus more. First vacation for us and we have been together for 17 years. So glad we found you guys! Thank you
|Ellen B. - 09/26/2015
You have always been great...especially this time with the fear we would have to cancel due to the illness in the family but all worked out fine. It was good to get away for a few days! Thank you all!
|Dennis R. - 09/25/2015
great Would you recommend us to a friend or family member?
|Sharon K. - 08/31/2015
The online booking was very easy. Follow-up e-mails from Auntie Belhams was great. We really enjoyed the ASI card services that was provided giving us discounts at many of the attractions and amenities in the area. The cabin pictures online helped with our selection of the best option for us. We had a beautiful view of the mountains and even experienced the wildlife with a momma bear with her two cubs visiting us at the cabin.
|Todd B. - 08/31/2015
Staff, cabin, ammenities, the entire process was top notch! We WILL be back and we WILL be back often! Thank you for making our anniversary a wonderful memory.
|Marc W. - 08/20/2015
The only complaint is the bed. It is really sunk in the middle and really uncomfortable . By the end of our stay we were really tired from not being able to sleep. I read your reviews and figured people were exaggerating . But there not !!! The sheets even have waves in them . Otherwise it's a beautiful cabin and has a majestic view :)
|Andrew L. - 07/26/2015
The process of reserving the cabin was very easy. The company has a great website that made finding information on the cabins fast and simple. I reserved the cabin through calling and the lady on the line was knowledgeable and fast. When we got to the office in pigeon forge, the check in process was very fast and easy. The cabin itself was awesome, perfectly clean and ready to enjoy. I loved how they had a log for people who stay there to write their experience. I really liked how the check out procedure worked. The speed and ease of that process was a huge plus at the tail end of the honeymoon. Overall, I was greatly impressed with the company and I plan on staying with them again next time I visit the smokies.
|Jennifer A. - 07/23/2015
Great stay, wonderful cabin! Very clean and well-maintained. Easy check in and out. Thanks!
|Diedri K. - 07/08/2015
Excellent no hassle in and out service...as always with our repeated stays with AB...!!!
|Brian B. - 07/06/2015
Everything went smoothly and we enjoyed our visit. The cabin was clean and in order. We would stay there again. The mattress pad needs to be replaced though, but that's the only thing we noticed. Thanks!
|Mark C. - 06/26/2015
It was great! The only critic is that Texas Roadhouse didn't give us the 10 percent discount the paper said it would and the bed in the majestic view needs a new mattress. But overall, great experience
|Kathryn C. - 06/12/2015
Great customer service, very helpful and friendly. I will use your services again!
|Hector T. - 05/25/2015
Excellent customer service and support. Cabin was excellent with amazing view
|William, W. - 04/28/2015
second time we've rented through you guys. ..friendly, easy service and checkout so much easier now...love our trips to the area and look forward to seeing you again
|Nathan N. - 03/07/2015
The directions to the cabin were clear and easy to follow. The cabin was clean and tidy. We loved the cabin and the view. We will definitely be ha I in the future.
|Jeff S. - 03/06/2015
Guest services was very friendly. The cabin we stayed in was nice and clean however I am VERY DISAPPOINTED that the hot tub was set to 61 degrees upon arrival!!!!!! My wife and I drove 6 hrs to stay in this cabin for our anniversary and expected to be able to enjoy the cabin and relax in the hot tub in the mountains, but could not because again the hot tub was set at 61. We called guest services and they told us it would take 30 min. to heat up. Seriously? 30 min. to heat up at least 40 degrees? it took over 10 hrs!!. The pool table was flimsy and uneven, the dart board didn't even work and almost all the darts were broken. I am mostly disappointed in the hot tub because we really expected to enjoy 2 nights of use, but were not able to. However, the overall stay, the view and the cabin itself was nice.
|Randall M. - 02/01/2015
Excellent!!! Cabin was extremely clean and the view was AMAZING! I DEFINITLEY recommend using Auntie Belhams
|Scott S. - 01/08/2015
We had an amazing experience! I would totally recommend this cabin to family and friends. We loved that we had discounts to many of the attractions and used many of them. I felt like the cabin was cleaned and well kept. That in it's self made us feel at home. The check in process was amazing! Everyone was extremely kind and helpful, and check out was a breeze!
|Candice B. - 01/06/2015
Over all, our stay was quite nice. Our only complaint was thatthe hot water ran out before the jacuzzi tub could fill up all the way. Other than that, everything was great.
|Henry W. - 01/03/2015
It was a great experience. The cabin was wonderful. Perfect location. Check in and check out was easy. Maintenance took care of one minor issue within 30 minutes of our call.
|Kathy T. - 11/23/2014
Our stay was wonderful! Only 2 suggestions.... A roll down blind for the side of the deck that faces the Ski area of Ober Gatlinburg. While sitting in the hot tub at night, the lights from the ski area are very bright. Secondly, our hot tub was 57 degrees when we arrived. we had plans of jumping right in, but it took 7 hours for it to warm to an optimal temperature. A hair dryer would also be recommended. I have stayed in cabins before and this was bolted in the wall. I didn't bring one of my own assuming there would be one. Other than that, we cant wait to come back!
|Robin G. - 11/09/2014
The only issue we had was the bed in the cabin. We highly recommend the owners replace the mattress.
|Debbie G. - 10/20/2014
Kathy was very friendly and helpful when we checked in.
|Byron R. - 08/24/2014
Great stay, cabin super nice and clean, the young lady who checked us in could have been a bit more friendlier, but all in all great stay.
|Andrew M. - 08/04/2014
|Amanda S. - 07/21/2014
The cabin was extremely nice, but the bed is very old and uncomfortable. It needs replaced.
|Shawn G. - 07/13/2014
Absolutely loved everything about this vacation!! The cabins view was beyond breath taking. We hope to come back as soon as we can!
|Cody J. - 07/02/2014
We had high expectations for the cabin, but it completely surpassed them! Tha cabin was clean, check out was easy, the view was better than promised, the cabin was private and secluded compared to other cabins in the area, and it was newer and clearly well taken care of. We have absolutely no complaints or even suggestions for the cabin.
|Misty J. - 06/09/2014
cabin was clean and view was spectacular!! However, the bed was very worn and uncomfortable and the only lamp upstairs didn't work... We accidently left our cooler in the refrigerator so I guess housekeeping got a big bonus.. Make sure you have good brakes for the downhill drive ..
|Terrie G. - 05/27/2014
The cabin was wonderful! I would definitley come back again. The directions to the cabin made it easy to find. Good job! Friendly staff.
|Kristina S. - 05/17/2014
The Majestic View cabin was beautiful -- from the gorgeous view to the cleanliness of the cabin; however, there were two (large) downfalls. The king bed, which has no support, caused us to leave a night early given my husband's bad back (& ultimately pay for a night we didn't even stay). Also, there were bugs in the bed, which required us to do a thorough search every night to kill the live ones or remove the dead ones. We each have 10+ bites on our ankles and feet.
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|David F. - 10/11/2015
It was great. Hope to come back soon!
|Joseph H. - 10/5/2015
Everything was very clean and neat. I thought the journal of past guest was very unique!!
|Kathryn C. - 6/9/2015
Cabin was clean. Cabin is aptly named, Majestic Views. Cabin structure was lovely with soaring ceilings. Unfortunately, furnishings area of poor quality and very uncomfortable. I would use the rental program again. just not this property.
Management Response: Thank you for your comments. We will share them with the homeowner. We look forward to seeing you again.
|Lee. V. - 3/21/2015
Beautiful cabochon with a breath taking view. The amenities program made it easy to try new things without being out of our budget.
|Jeff S. - 3/2/2015
We were disappointed that the hot tub was 61 degrees upon arrival. It took all night (about 10 hours) to heat up. We were only staying two nights and only got to use it one night. Maybe heat it up before guest arrive. Pool table is unlevel and dart board dos not work.
Management Response: Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your inconvenience and hope that you called these issues in to our office for us to correct them so you may enjoy the remainder of your stay. We make sure all hot tubs are dumped, cleaned and refilled after every guests departure and it is unfortunate that some hot tubs take longer to heat up that others. We hold ourselves to high standards in making sure your stay is as pleasant as possible.
|Gavan P. - 2/13/2015
We loved our cabin! Thank you!
Management Response: You are welcome. Thank you.
|Gavan P. - 2/13/2015
We loved our cabin! Thank you!
|Josh S. - 10/24/2014
Had a great time. Wonderful cabin and great service. We will be back.
|Amanda S. - 7/19/2014
The cabin accommodations were a 9/10. Bed in cabin needs replaced.
|Ashley & Shawn G. - 7/10/2014
Perfect place to spend our honeymoon! We hope to be back for our anniversary!
|David D. - 2/4/2014
Always stay with Auntie Belhams!
|Tifiney S. - 1/24/2014
The free tickets saved us money.. The cabin was very nice.
|Anson F. - 7/20/2013
We will be happy to stay here again.
|Tonya K. - 5/24/2013
We had a great time and will come again.
|Barry B. - 5/24/2013
Cabin did not have drinking glasses.
Management Response: We apologize for your inconvenience. We ask that you please report any discrepancies to us so we may expeditiously correct them; allowing you to enjoy the remainder of your stay.
|Kelsey S. - 5/19/2013
Our stay was wonderful! The cabin was awesome, we definitely plan to come back. We appreciate your kindness and hope to see you again soon. Thank you for an awesome getaway!
|Kreg & Alyson B. - 5/3/2013
The cabin was amazing! Everything was wonderful and we will definitely come back again!
Management Response: We look forward to your next visit!
|Kristine B. - 3/27/2013
We didn't realize how close other cabins were but we still had a great time. Rental experience was good.
|Kristine B. - 3/27/2013
We thought the cabins there would be more space between Majestic View and neighbors, but still a great time. Rental experience was good! We rate the cabin accommodations to be a 7 out of 10.
|Tyler & Katherine Y. - 3/25/2013
No comment.
|Andrew H. - 3/24/2013
The cabin was very clean and beautiful.
|Andrew H. - 3/24/2013
The cabin was very clean and beautiful!!
|Michael G. - 3/20/2013
It was a great stay for a very reasonable price. Loved the view.
|Delinda P. - 3/2/2013
We loved this cabin, the view was great!! We had a wonderful and relaxing vacation! We rate the cabin accommodations to be a 9 out of 10.
|Belinda P. - 3/2/2013
We loved this cabin. The view was great!! We had a wonderful and relaxing vacation!!
|Elijah G. - 2/27/2013
The bed needs to be replaced. Everything else was perfect!
|Charlie C. - 12/19/2012
Cabin was so beautiful we didn't want to leave.
|Rick D. - 12/11/2012
Loved our stay.
*The depicted cabin location is for general area and planning purposes only. For specific directions please call the Auntie Belham's office.
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Online activist Ali Abdulemam (right) is greeted in Manama, Bahrain, on Feb. 23, 2011, shortly after anti-government protests began. Wanted by the government, he went into hiding the following month. He escaped from Bahrain after two years underground and made his first public appearance Wednesday in Oslo, Norway.
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January 6, 2012 Nabeel Rajab said the beating "was [the] minimum cost for freedom and justice." Rajab was detained by security forces for participating in an anti-government protest.
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June 8, 2011 Many teams objected to racing in a country where the government cracked down harshly on reform-minded protesters.
June 1, 2011 While the government of Bahrain today officially lifts the state of emergency that it declared in March, activists say they've been warned against doing anything that authorities don't like.
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March 16, 2011 In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, the week in politics with the political junkie, and the latest developments in Bahrain. In the second hour, a new reality in Japan and aid efforts underway in the country.
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"I have no assets," Michael, long retired from the ring, said at Danny's sentencing. "He left me broke, with nothing, Judge!" It was not always so between the brothers; Danny trained Michael from a kid to the boxing success he enjoyed, which involved winning more than $7 million in purses over his career. The two were best friends; at least, Michael thought so. These days Michael, who in February asked that Danny get a maximum 10-year sentence, is dependent on his girlfriend to survive. "I would have given him anything. Anything!" Michael, now 41, said to the judge. But that was then.
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It was a ludicrous sight--one that struck a little too close to home. I was sitting on my front porch taking one of those rare moments to enjoy a bright summer morning. A young dad came cycling down the street, his child behind him in a bright blue-and-yellow trailer. Chattering intently on his cell phone, he looked oblivious to everything and everyone around him. I shook my head and laughed. Then I recalled how many times I've been with my kids--without really being there.
My wife Katie and I have spent many family bike rides busily processing the day's frustrations, and being barely aware of the sunset or the company of our children. All too often, when we return home after a long workday and commute, a portion of our evening becomes "adult decompression time."
According to the National Institute on Media and the Family, parents currently spend forty percent less time with their kids than they did in the 1950s. With today's demanding lifestyle, it's sometimes hard to be fully present in the brief moments of leisure we have with our families. When we do finally make it back home after another frantic day, there's often not much left to give. In her book The Overworked American, Harvard sociologist Juliet Schor tells us that Americans are working longer, taking less leisure, and sleeping fewer hours. If that's not enough bad news, there are also indications that many Americans don't find their jobs satisfying or meaningful. So we work, stress, consume, and work more. When we finally finish our day, what time remains is often just enough to say good night or read a short story to our children. Sometimes, even that's a stretch.
I've fallen asleep halfway through many a bedtime story, prompting an exasperated "Daaaad!" from my children. Their frustration tells me that time is the one thing they need the most from me. It is also the thing that often is the most difficult to give, and for which there is no substitute.
Katie and I, like most middle-class parents of our generation, do a pretty good job of providing for our children. I wonder, however, if "providing" plays more of a role in our parenting than it should. Our consumer-driven culture places a very high value on providing: sustenance, comfort, education, recreation, direction, limits. In some ways we even provide love, through words and gestures compacted into those brief moments of daily leisure.
My own parents provided very well for the basic needs of our family, and even afforded us some luxuries. In retrospect, however, I would gladly have traded some of those luxuries for more of my father's presence and companionship. Like my own and many other fathers, I also find it much easier to provide than to give of my time. Sometimes, I fear that I leave my own children wanting something far more important from me than the material things I can offer.
More than anything else, I have found that my kids just want me to be there--to listen, learn, share, discover, appreciate, and celebrate. This occurred to me one day when I was attending my son Dylan's karate class. I noticed the sidelong glances he kept giving me and how he practically lit up each time I gave him a thumbs-up for completing a move. I've noticed the same sparkle in my daughter, Alina, when she's spotted me in the crowd of parents at a school event. I've seen it in our private walks and talks together and in the occasional "daddy and me" special trips. It's in these moments that I feel like I'm at my best as a parent. Moments that have deepened my relationship with my children.
One of the best vacations I've ever taken was with my son Dylan. A year ago we took an Amtrak trip to Chicago for three days. The train trip was a first for both of us and a shared adventure. Having grown up in suburban Minneapolis, Dylan was in awe of downtown Chicago. Every walk, every ride on a taxi, bus, or train was an exciting discovery for him--as were the great museums of the Windy City. The sights, however, were not the highlight of the trip. It was the being together, the shared wonder and excitement. For three days we were intimate companions, discovering our world and each other.
True, such trips are a rare treat, but I've found that the same intimacy can also be gained in relatively short times together. My three-year-old son Jake and I recently spent an afternoon playing with our Tonka trucks in the empty lot behind our house. I still have one of my own! Using our bulldozers and dump trucks, we carved roads in the hills of dirt just as I did as a youngster. Afterwards, while we sat at the kitchen table cooling off with a couple of ice-cream floats, Jake spontaneously remarked, "You really treat me well, Dad." His remark was heartfelt and touched me deeply. I knew that it was the time together that made Jake happy, not solely the trucks or the ice-cream float.
Times like these with Dylan, Alina, and Jake will be enduring memories for me. While my children may forget some of these childhood experiences, I believe what we've shared will become part of our evolving relationship--an accumulation of feelings and memories of our moments together. I can only hope my children will pass on the fruit of these moments to their own children.
Despite my belief in its value, "being there" still requires a constant effort on my part. I recently decided to take my kids to the park. I had the right idea, until I grabbed my hard-to-put-down novel on my way out the door. As my kids climbed the play structure at the park, I walked to the picnic tables with my book in hand. Just about to settle on a seat, I noticed the dads at tables on either side of me. The one on my left was engrossed in his own novel. The one on my right had his cell phone and work papers spread before him. Reconsidering, I decided to answer Jake's call to join him on the rope ladders. On many other occasions, however, I opt to be left alone or to enjoy Katie's company. Sometimes I just need to be away from my kids.
Taking care of myself and having my own time is important for me as a parent. It's the way I achieve my own peace and sense of self-fulfillment. Without it, being there for my children would be like giving them a gift box with pretty wrapping and nothing inside. I have to find space for both myself and my family. That's when "being there" can be so challenging--when I can't fit my needs, those of my marriage, and those of my children into the same brief moments of leisure.
I try, like many parents, to get more time out of my week than what's actually there. It doesn't work, of course. There's not enough time to divide three ways after I subtract work, other commitments, and my daily routines and chores. Someone always suffers. From time to time I've had to remind myself of the importance of my family in relation to my work and other responsibilities (which occupy the bulk of my time). This has meant dropping some commitments, altering career goals, taking risks, and earning less money.
Still, it's not just a matter of making changes to find more time for recreation. It takes time and dedicated presence to notice not just the wants and needs of my children but also the subtleties of their emerging personalities and spirits. This presence has given me glimpses into the awe and curiosity with which my older son sees the world, the generosity of my daughter, and the humor of my younger son. It has also allowed me to share with them the things that bring me joy and satisfaction. Showing my children the new growth and blossoms on the trees and flowers I've planted enables them to share in the joy and satisfaction of my gardening. Taking the time to sit down with Dylan to muse about the wonders of science and nature enables me to enter into and share his awe of creation. As my children become older and their personalities and needs more complex, being there for them will become all the more important.
Maybe it's through simply being with each other that relationships and parenting are really born. We're like intricate paintings with many shades, textures, and subtle surprises that can be wholly appreciated only in a long peaceful gaze. Yet, we often live our lives in such a way as to only notice the billboards and neon lights. For children, these billboards are often their most basic physical needs and desires, and they are signaled through their behavior--all too often, their negative behavior. Paying too much attention to the obvious in our children may prevent us from fully appreciating who they are, or what deeper needs they have. Tragically, we may realize this after it's too late: when we've grown distant from children we don't understand or can't relate to, and agonize over problems we can't help them overcome.
When I am fully present and attentive to my children during our talks, walks, or other outings, I can see past the neon lights of their social personalities to the intricacies and beauty of their spirits. I can glimpse the special things they bring to their world and see how I might nourish their growth. Knowing someone in this manner commutes the deepest kind of regard and love. The kind of love that makes people flourish.
If we wish our children to flourish, we must ask if we are teaching them to appreciate the subtleties and moments that define life and to be there for the people they love. What do we model for our children through the choices we make? According to the National Institute on Media and the Family, the average child spends thirty minutes per week one-on-one with his/her father, 2.5 hours per week with his/her mother, and over twenty hours per week watching television. How much deep regard and love can a dad fit into thirty minutes, or a mom into 2.5 hours? Is this the legacy we want to hand down to our grandchildren?
Being there may be the most difficult gift to give to our children, but it's also the most precious one we have--ourselves. It is the gift of love that is the most enduring.
Ed Colón is a freelance writer and organizational consultant. He lives in Ramsey, Minnesota with his wife and three children.
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Spring Concert in collaboration with the Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra – 5th April 2016, 7:30 pm, St Martin-in-the-Fields
Summer Concert with Rudsambee Company of Singers – 18th June 2016, 7:30 pm at St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park
Lunchtime concert – 1st October 2016, St James Church, Muswell Hill.
Christmas Concert 10th December 2016, 7:30 pm at St Mary Brookfield, Dartmouth Park
Christmas Concert 2015
Returning to St Mary Brookfield for a second year, Voxcetera's popular Christmas Concert combined favourite carols and songs with pieces by John Rutter, Bob Chilcott, John Tavener and Jonathan Dove.
We were again joined by actress Anne Reid , the brilliant Paul Ayres on organ and piano. and a fantastic group of young string players.
May 2015 concert in collaboration with the Dublin Bach Singers
St Stephen's Church Dublin (The Pepper Cannister)
In May, Voxcetera performed in a joint concert of choral delights including Poulenc's Exultate Deo, Britten's Hymn to the Virgin. and works by others including Biebl, Esenvalds, Padila, and Croce.
Spring 2015 concert in collaboration with Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra
April 2015 saw Voxcetera's debut at one of the capital's most special venues, St. Martin-in-the-Fields on Trafalgar Square. We collaborated again with the acclaimed Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra, this time for a performance of Vivaldi's joyous Gloria. Alongside this baroque masterpiece Voxcetera performed some more recent short works by Arvo Pärt, Morten Lauridson and Gabriel Jackson, and the rousing Exultate Deo by Poulenc .
Christmas 2014 concert
We enjoyed welcoming a good crowd to this new venue for us -the incredibly tall St Mary Brookfield church in Tufnell Park. We'll be there again in December. We performed Poulenc's Christmas motets, traditional carols and jazzed-up arrangements of Christmas songs, and were joined by actress Anne Reid and some fantastic young string players.
October 2014 concert
As part of the monthly lunchtime concerts held at St James' Muswell Hill, Voxcetera performed a mix of pieces from Gershwin, Cole Porter, Borodin and Poulenc. This was followed by a tour of the British Isles with Searching for Lambs by Paul Ayres, Donald Cashmore's O Waly Waly, Vaughan Williams' Loch Lomond, Bob Chilcott's Ar Hyd Y Nos and Londonderry Air.
May 2014 concert in collaboration with Edinburgh-based chamber choir, Rudsambee
St Mark's Unitarian Church, Edinburgh
In May, Voxcetera performed in a joint concert of choral delights including Poulenc's Huit chansons françaises and Gabriel Jackson's I gaze upon you, together with Britten's A.M.D.G. and Esenvalds' Long Road.
Spring 2014 concert in collaboration with Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, London
In March 2014, Voxcetera collaborated with Northern Lights Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mozart's Requiem Mass, together with performances of Purcell's I was glad, Britten's A.M.D.G. and Esenvalds' Long road.
Christmas 2013 Concert: Gold for a Crown
With seasonal readings from Anne Reid, star of Last Tango in Halifax and Dinnerladies.
Voxcetera's popular annual Christmas Concert was packed with much-loved and lesser-known carols, songs and other festive music, in bold and beautiful arrangements by Rutter, Britten, Lassus, Warlock and Howells, as well as brilliant and surprising takes on standards such as The Twelve Days of Christmas and Jingle Bells.
As a group we have sung at church and registry office weddings and special church services. In December 2010, we successfully promoted our first sell-out Christmas concert which included a variety of traditional and less traditional seasonal music. In May 2011, we enjoyed a busy tour of Southern Germany, performing a range of early and contemporary works, much of which was a cappella. The summer of 2011 was marked by a delightful concert in Hampstead, followed by our debut at the South Bank as part of the Festival of Britain season. We were pleased to hold a concert to raise money for charity in September 2011 in Finchley. In the winter of 2011, we gave several seasonal performances at Brent Cross Shopping Centre. In December 2011, we held our second Christmas concert, again a sell-out, which included a mix of carols and seasonal music and included a small children's choir.
Throughout 2012, Voxcetera continued to perform in several concerts and to have a variety of recording engagements. In May 2012, they promoted concerts in Derbyshire, enjoying large audiences. Concerts in the N London area were interspersed with recording sessions in studios and for television. Voxcetera were engaged by Brent Cross Shopping Centre for a return visit to bring festive cheer to shoppers and mark the turning on of the festive lights.
Recent performances include Fauré's Requiem in collaboration with Northern Lights Orchestra conducted by Adam Johnson. On the same occasion, Voxcetera also performed Elgar's My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land, Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine and Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb.
Voxcetera have also recently returned from a very successful tour of Southern Germany where they performed three concerts to full and enthusiastic audiences. The first was in the beautiful baroque library at the monastery in Wiblingen, where the choir were presented with delightful (edible!) gifts.
The second concert was in a very cold church in Munderkingen where the audience comprised partly people who had been to the same venue two years previously to hear Voxcetera and had returned to hear them again, and partly people who had come on the recommendation of those who had been previously. The potential distraction of seeing exhaling breath of the cold choir members did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the audience. The locals were especially pleased to hear Voxcetera singing in the local Swabian dialect.
The third concert took place in the Bavarian alpine town of Obersdorf, in a modern church with a delicate acoustic. Again, the audience were enthusiastic and friendly, urging the choir to perform an encore.


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This is the 1st screenshot I've seen of this game with a UI. Looks familiar, very familiar....Hmmm.....Maybe SWG?
SWG? You got to be kidding me. Did you even play SWG? This UI doesn't like anything like the one of SWG. LOL.
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Wow. The best Tony likeness I've seen so far. Nice to see someone who really fits the role and is true-gender as for some reasons most of Tony cosplayers are girls which looks weird with the moustache. You look great.
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Shir Chadash Ministries - pronounced (sheer ha-dash) means A New Song (Ps.96)
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We are also on the board of advisors of Israel Food Outreach, which ships out containers of food and quilts to Israel, to organizations such as The Joseph Project, Helping Hands Coalition and other organizations in Israel to feed the poor and hungry, (Holocaust survivors, women, children, drug addicts in recovery and refugees).
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The Handbook of Post Crisis Financial Modelling, edited by School of Management Professor John Wilson (with Emmanuel Haven, Phil Molyneux, Sergei Fedotov and Meryem Duygun), was published in December 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan.
The volume explores themes of distributional assumptions and efficiency as well as considering how financial modelling may be re-interpreted in light of the 2008 crisis. It brings together original research by leading practitioners and academics in the areas of banking, mathematics and law.
School of Management Professor of Public Policy and Management Sandra Nutley has been co-investigator in a research project which undertook an evidence review to understand how and why workforce development interventions can improve the skills and care standards of support workers in older people's services. The findings were published in December 2015 by OPSWISE (Older People's Services and Workforce Interventions: a Synthesis of Evidence) as an OPSWISE animation: Healthcare Support Workers.
See more details about the study on the OPSWISE website.
School of Management Professor of Banking and Finance John Wilson continues to be read in ever-increasing international circles.
The Serbian edition of his Oxford Handbook of Banking, First Edition, was published in 2015. The Greek translation of Industrial organization: Competition, Strategy and Policy has been available since 2012.
SOCIAL PSYQ, the USA social psychology blog dedicated to making research accessible, cites the work of School of Management Lecturer Dr Kristian Myrseth in its pre-Thanksgiving 2015 blog.
See the research: Self-control: A function of knowing when and how to exercise restraint.
See the blog: Psy applied: self-control strategies for life (part 2).
The School of Management's Institute for Capitalising on Creativity (ICC) launched their new book on Tuesday 10 November 2015 at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Tales from the Drawing Board: IP wisdom and woes from Scotland's creative industries helps creative businesses to manage and benefit from Intellectual Property (IP). The book launch was part of a Creative Industries Federation roadshow which featured a keynote speech from Fiona Hyslop, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Europe and External Affairs.
The book is the result of a research project conducted by the ICC on behalf of Creative Scotland. More than 120 leaders of creative organisations were interviewed about IP management, challenges and solutions.
Following the event, Tales from the Drawing Board is now available free for download from the ICC.
Dow Jones & Co. online publication MarketWatch has featured research by School of Management Lecturer Dr Kristian Myrseth (with RZ Heimer and RS Schoenle). In Retirement Weekly, 6 November 2015, Myrseth's Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland working paper, "YOLO: Mortality Beliefs and Household Finance Puzzles", forms the basis for the Retirement research Q&A.
See the MarketWatch article "How people's visions of their own mortality affect financial decision making".
September 2015: School of Management Lecturer Dr Ross Brown launched the findings from the first major investigation of equity crowdfunding in the UK.
Harnessing the Crowd: The Demand-Side Dynamics of Equity Crowdfunding in Nascent Entrepreneurial Ventures was published by the Centre for Responsible Banking & Finance in its RBF Working Paper Series.
The findings have been widely publicised across the print media and on BBC Radio Scotland. Hear the "Good Morning Scotland" interview (at 1hr 43 mins) until 21 October 2015.
See cityam.com: "Crowdfunding: Enter the disruptive finance revolution".
See CITY A.M. Thursday 1 October 2015: "Enter the disruptive finance revolution" (pdf p20)
See in The Scotsman: "Call for Scots companies to boost crowdfunding".
See University of St Andrews Press Release: "British start-ups embrace the £146m crowdcube economy".
Short, medium and long term aggregate household debt can affect population health in different ways. That is one of the key findings of research by the School of Management's Maya Clayton, José Liñares-Zegarra and John Wilson, which was published in April 2015 in Social Science and Medicine (DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.002).
The research examines aggregate debt and health data across 17 European countries over the period 1995 to 2012. The results suggest that both short and medium-term debt has a positive effect on health outcomes. However, long-term unsecured aggregate household debt and mortgage debt are associated with poorer health outcomes.
Overall, the results suggest that aggregate household debt is an important determinant of population health across countries. The authors conclude that: "Household debt is a corner-stone of modern market economies, and many policy choices either encourage or inhibit individuals from taking on that debt. Given the potentially important health consequences of debt (for individuals and in aggregate), and given the complex implications of debts of different types and maturities, greater research-based understanding and greater policy consideration are warranted."
New research examining the controversial Scottish Government funded innovation initiative, the Intermediate Technology Institutes (ITIs), was published in January 2015. Dr Ross Brown from the School of Management led the team of entrepreneurship researchers from the Universities of St Andrews, Glasgow and Edinburgh whose work examines the spectacular failure of the ITIs programme. The findings, published in the journal Regional Studies, have strong implications for the design of future innovation policy.
See University of St Andrews Press Release: "Academics warn policy-makers must learn from their mistakes".
See The Scotsman: "Academics say lessons must be learned from ITIs failure".
See BBC News: "Warning to learn from failed scheme to aid technology businesses".
The Oxford Handbook of Banking, Second Edition (Oxford Handbooks in Finance), edited by Professor John Wilson, with Allen N. Berger and Philip Molyneux, has been published (2015).
The volume provides an overview and analysis of developments and research in banking. This edition includes new chapters on: banking in Africa, competition in banking, complexity and systemic risk, corporate governance in banking, liquidity creation, market discipline in financial markets, securitization, shadow banking, sovereign debt crises, and supervision of systemically important banks.
Leading journal Third Sector has featured research by School of Management Senior Lecturer Dr Tobias Jung - highlighting a "skills and knowledge gap". The research report, co-authored with Charles Keidan and Cathy Pharoah, calls for new measures to boost the provision of philanthropy education at universities. Philanthropy Education in the UK and Continental Europe: current provision, perceptions and opportunities was published by the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy at Cass Business School (City University London) and the University of St Andrews. It was funded as part of a legacy grant from The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
See the Third Sector article, 28 October 2014.
See also: Times Higher Education feature "Why philanthropy merits scholarly study".
Ben Fletcher-Watson and Beth Whiteside are research students with with ICC (the School of Management's Institute for Capitalising on Creativity). Based at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, they are now guiding preparation of the third issue of the Scottish Journal of Performance (SJOP), the multi-institution journal which they launched in December 2013. The the Centre for Academic, Professional and Organisational Development (CAPOD) showcased the achievement at the one-day event, "Managing journals: challenges and opportunities" on Thursday 23 October 2014. Academic/research staff and research postgraduate students from a wide range of disciplines attended.
See blog from the University of St Andrews Open Access team: "Scottish Journal of Performance now available in the repository".
The interdisciplinary Ecological Accounts project aims to examine, engage and critique the interrelationships between accounts and accountability in the context of socio-ecological change. The one day workshop will be held on 26 August 2014 in The Gateway, University of St Andrews. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss research projects that link to the forthcoming special issue of Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, to be published in 2017. For further information or if you wish to participate, please contact Shona Russell (Email: email@example.com).
Download: Ecological Accounts Workshop poster (PDF, 963 KB)
Dr Ross Brown, Lecturer in Management, together with Dr Neil Lee from London School of Economics, has authored a report examining the funding issues facing high growth SMEs. The work, Funding issues confronting high growth SMEs in the UK, was undertaken for the Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland (ICAS) and found many high growth SMEs were reluctant to give up equity or borrow in case this diminishes their autonomy. It contains important policy implications for both the supply and, the often neglected, demand-side of SME funding. News of the work, which was published in June 2014, has been widely disseminated in media including The Herald and the Financial Times.
See University of St Andrews Press Release: "Debt-averse businesses are holding back economic recovery".
Accountability, Social Responsibility and Sustainability: Accounting for Society and the Environment
Rob Gray, Carol Adams, Dave Owen
Jan 2014.
Accountability, Social Responsibility and Sustainability examines how current ways of managing organisations and measuring their success can so often be antithetical to the very concerns of any civilised society. It explores the interactions between organisational life, civil society, governance and markets and how those interactions influence such matters as inequality and environmental degradation. The authors offer a detailed examination of what accounting, accountability, responsibility and sustainability could mean for societal well-being and environmental stewardship. Alternative ways of measuring and managing are explored and the key motifs of conflict and accountability are offered as essential components of a more civilised economic realm.
The text starts from the point that it is increasingly urgent for all organisations to face – honestly – what environmental management, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability can do for (and to) organisations and most importantly what they cannot do. Only when CSR and sustainability are grounded in sensible and realistic systems of representation and accountability will humanity start to make any serious progress on any alternative to its current headlong flight towards un-sustainability.
Dr Samuel Mansell, Lecturer in Business Ethics, launched his book Capitalism, Corporations and the Social Contract, published by Cambridge University Press, with a panel debate.
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 5:15pm
Gateway Lecture Room 4
The panel debated the question: 'In whose interests should a corporation be run?'
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This event followed the first day of the 25th CSEAR International Congress on Social & Environmental Accounting Research. A wine reception followed the debate.
Kevin Orr, Professor of Management, has received a prestigious award from the American Society for Public Administration for his research exploring academic-practitioner collaborations. Professor Orr and his co-researcher, Mike Bennett, are the recipients of the 2012 Louis Brownlow Award for the Best Article Written with a Practitioner in Public Administration Review, for their piece 'Public Administration Scholarship and the Politics of Co-Producing Research.' Professor Orr said, 'We are honoured to receive this award from our American colleagues. It is especially nice because it celebrates research which has been co-created by an academic working alongside a practitioner. Co-production is a mode of knowledge creation of great interest to many in our School, and in the academy more widely, and we are pleased that our writing has been able to make a contribution to the conversation about relationships between scholars and practitioners.'
Kevin Orr & Mike Bennett. 2012. 'Public Administration Scholarship and the Politics of Co-Producing Research.' Public Administration Review. Vol. 72, Iss. 4, pp. 487–496.
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A Canadian cat (GoGo) and her guardians are finding that Using Evidence (2007), by Professors Sandra Nutley and Huw Davies and Dr Isabel Walter, provides a good foundation for their work (and dreams). See editorial by David Phipps, Director of Research Services, Knowledge Exchange at York University, Toronto: http://researchimpact.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/how-are-you-using-evidence/
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Getting to transit should be easy, safe and convenient. The West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee is working on two projects to improve access to key transit hubs in West County:
• Transit access plan, which addresses passenger convenience and safety; access for pedestrians and bicyclists; circulation and parking; and shuttles and other alternatives to driving.
• Wayfinding (signage) plan (in partnership with the City of Albany), to help pedestrians and bicyclists find the best routes.
Both plans include proposed projects, strategies and other recommendations to make it easier to get to transit. We invite West County residents, employees and visitors to review our proposed recommendations and give us your feedback. Click on the links above to find out more about the plans and see the boxes at right for ways to let us know what you think.


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You don't seem to have a British God in your avatar.
I work with many poles and they are by far the hardest workers I've ever met in my life.
Originally posted by DrHammondStoat
I agree with you that immigration of unskilled people should be controlled but I don't agree that multiculturalism is to blame for the state that the country is in. It's just one tool tptb have used to keep us confused and fearful. It seems the tactic has been working as more and more people are channelling their anger on the immigrant bogey man recently, just another way of controlling us! London has much more immigrants that any other city anyway. You hinted that Brits that don't agree with you probably had immigrant parents, I don't think that's true at all.
I wonder if the 'nice Australian girl' you met is planning to stay in the country and what skills she can provide to our society, also you have a curious choice of avatar for someone who thinks multiculturalism is so bad
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Well I have a friend who is a teacher and she says that teaching kids who cant even understand English helps enormously with progress in the classroom in general.
And I know a girl from Pakistan who speaks 3 languages and teaches people who speak Urdu to speak English. Like I say it's what you make of it.
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You don't seem to have a British God in your avatar.
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Base Colour
I was just curious to see what the base colour is of my gelding. He is a dark dapple grey, 4 years old (so will get lighter) and has black and red hairs throughout his body.
I was curious if his base is black or chestnut... because I am just not sure and would like to know. Although I am thinking a black based coat... what do yall think?
In some pictures you can see the redish tinge.
If you need better pictures, I can get more later.
First of all, he's very beautiful!
I'm thinking black base color as well, because of the dark mane and tail. I'm no expert, definitely, but that would be my guess. He could have grayed out from bay, if you think he's got a reddish tone to him (I don't see it in these pictures, but maybe that's just me).
He's gorgeous, but there is absolutely no way to tell what his base color was at this point without genetic testing. A few years ago, my guy didn't look so different from yours, reddish tinge included, and Dobe was a buckskin base coat.
As far as he is in the greying process the only way to know what his base color is is to pull hairs and send them in for testing. There is no reliable way to look at a grey horse and say "he is XX under the grey" as the grey can skew colors beyond recognition.
Some greys are just beautiful - he is a classic.
Pretty horse, but ugly barn...haha, I couldn't resist...you must have had a bad storm...
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'Gut' Check: Obama Waiver Eviscerates Welfare Reform
Byline: Andrew M. Grossman, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Time to fact-check the fact-checkers.
Citing Heritage Foundation research, Mitt Romney's campaign ran an ad accusing President Obama of attempting to gut welfare reform by waiving work requirements for recipients. The Obama campaign pushed back, claiming that waiving work requirements would strengthen reform by helping more recipients prepare for work.
Typical of much media commentary on this contretemps, The Washington Post's Glenn Kessler called the Romney ad over-the-top, while faulting the Obama campaign for falsely claiming that Mr. Romney had sought a similar waiver while governor of Massachusetts.
Conspicuously absent from his analysis? Any real scrutiny of the Obama waiver proposal or the welfare-reform law itself.
So let's take a look at the facts.
In 2006, Congress replaced the failed Aid to Families with Dependent Children program with TANF - the Temporary Aid for Needy Families program. TANF made two major changes: It gave states more flexibility in running their welfare programs, but second, able-bodied welfare recipients would have to work.
Section 407, entitled Mandatory Work Requirements, was the centerpiece of the legislation. It requires that states reduce or terminate payments to individuals who refuse to work without good cause.
But Congress knew well that states (or a work-hostile administration) might try to manipulate their regulations to skirt the work requirement. So it established a second requirement: To be eligible for federal TANF funds, state welfare programs shall achieve minimum work-participation rates for welfare recipients: 50 percent for all families and 90 percent for two-parent families.
Congress also defined what counts as work (so the bureaucrats couldn't count Weight Watchers or smoking-cessation therapy) and how participation rates must be calculated. And it put a hard 30 percent cap on the proportion of a state's welfare recipients who could participate in educational activities and still be counted as engaged in work.
When Congress was done, there wasn't any room for gaming.
And that's where things stood until last month, when the Obama administration announced it would grant waivers authorizing states to evade Section 407's definitions of work activities and engagement, specified limitations, verification procedures, and the calculation of participation rates. …


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A callous shrug at Gaza's broken children: Editorial
When Ontario's government and pediatric hospitals offered to bring wounded Gaza children here for specialized care, they were met by an appalling wall of cynicism and indifference.
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Mariam al-Masri, 9, is a casualty of the war between Hamas and Israel in Gaza. She was playing in the garden of her home when a bomb fell, leaving her crumpled unconscious in a pool of blood.
"Mariam has suffered brain damage," Dr. Nabil Sharqawi told Britain's Independent newspaper. "We first have to hope that she lives, then we will see whether she can speak again, walk again or see again."
Some 3,000 Palestinian children have been wounded, many seriously, in fighting that resumed again on Friday after a brief ceasefire. They are the most pitiable victims in a hideous, intractable conflict that has turned much of Gaza into rubble. Like the 450 children the United Nations reported killed in the past month, they had nowhere to run to escape Israel's bombardment and Hamas' criminal use of human shields for its rocket attacks.
Yet when Premier Kathleen Wynne's government and Ontario pediatric hospitals offered to bring perhaps 100 of the injured innocents here for specialized care — with Ottawa's help and Israel's co-operation — they were met by an appalling wall of callous cynicism and indifference.
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government quickly shrugged off the compassionate gesture promoted by Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish of Toronto, who lost three daughters to Israeli shelling in 2009. A spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird mumbled something about providing help for "victims of Hamas" (not Israeli bombardment) in the region, not here. He fretted about the "medical risks and dangers" of shipping people overseas. Better to send Canadian medical expertise, financing and supplies there, he said.
In the Toronto Sun, an editorial objected that the injured children's parents might be "Hamas militants." And it wondered whether they might displace Canadian kids who need treatment.
Meanwhile, a National Post columnist faulted the Wynne government for "grandstanding," and for making a "trifling" gesture that ignores the needs of children caught up in violence in Syria, Iraq and Libya.
This is a shabby response to a compassionate proposal that reflects the empathy many Canadians feel for those injured in Gaza. As Wynne said, "We want to do what we can to help." Rightly so. Nearly 2,000 Palestinians have been killed, some 10,000 injured and more than 200,000 rely on UN shelter. And unlike the millions who have escaped fighting in Iraq, Syria and elsewhere, most Gazans can't get out. The blockade limits movement.
Canada should be doing what it can, however modestly, to ease the suffering. But that moral imperative seems lost on the Conservative government and its acolytes, who are seizing on any pretext to prevent young victims from being brought here. Why?
Does their contempt for Hamas extend to non-combatants and their broken children? Are they worried about embarrassing supporters of Israel by having kids injured by Israeli rockets and shells treated here? Are they seriously arguing that treating Gaza kids is an affront to children elsewhere?
By all means, let the Harper government show its profound concern by speeding medical expertise and funds to Gaza to save lives. We haven't seen it yet. And by all means, let Ottawa come up with a program to bring injured Syrian, Iraqi and Libyan kids here. We haven't seen that either.
But spare us the hypocritical concern that helping a handful of kids in Canadian hospitals would be too medically risky, that it would reward Hamas or that it ignores kids' needs in other countries. Those are arguments for doing nothing. And that is exactly what they are worth.
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Shopping the Round Top Antiques Show has long held the top spot on my decorating destination wish list. After all, the show—a biannual, multi-week event with more than 20 venues and 2,000 sellers from all over the country and Europe—is a mecca for design junkies and collectors like me. So when Country Living asked me to get the scoop on how to really do the fair, I jumped at the chance! Here's how to make every second count on your Hill Country antiquing adventure.
In this photo: The entrance to Blue Hills, where I spotted a great deal on a salvaged kitchen island.
This year, the spring show runs April 1-4, and the fall show runs September 30 and October1-3. Resist the urge to get a jump on the competition with an early arrival because you'll actually fare better by timing your trip toward the end. (In this case, the early bird doesn't get the worm, err, antique steal.) I'd recommend arriving later: You'll avoid elbowing for space alongside buyers from big brands like Pottery Barn and J. Crew (they go seeking inspiration), and you'll maximize time at venues such as Marburger Farm, which is only open March 31-April 4 in the spring, and September 29-October 3 in the fall. Don't worry about booths getting picked over: Sellers are required to restock their spaces daily, ensuring a steady flow of finds all the way up until the end. Plus, you may score deeper discounts as they look to lighten their loads.
In this photo: Zieger House at Marburger Farm, one of my favorite stops for European imports.
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5. Ex Machina (2015)
R | 108 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.
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6. Person of Interest (2011– )
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Creator: Jonathan Nolan | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson
Votes: 113,041
7. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.
Writer: George Lucas | Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
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8. The Departed (2006)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Writers: William Monahan, Alan Mak, Felix Chong | Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 828,566
9. The Imitation Game (2014)
PG-13 | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
During World War II, mathematician Alan Turing tries to crack the enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians.
Writers: Graham Moore, Andrew Hodges | Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Allen Leech
Votes: 414,280
10. The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
PG-13 | 164 min | Action, Thriller
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Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer, Bob Kane | Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Votes: 1,079,331
11. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two Jedi Knights escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to reclaim their old glory.
Writer: George Lucas | Director: George Lucas | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
Votes: 511,243
12. Truth (2015)
R | 125 min | Biography, Drama
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Writers: James Vanderbilt, Mary Mapes | Director: James Vanderbilt | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Elisabeth Moss
Votes: 4,254
13. American Beauty (1999)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
A sexually frustrated suburban father has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his daughter's best friend.
Writer: Alan Ball | Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Thora Birch, Wes Bentley
Votes: 786,321
14. The Matrix (1999)
R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers.
Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Directors: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 1,158,743
15. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a procedure to have each other erased from their memories. But it is only through the process of loss that they discover what they had to begin with.
Writers: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth | Director: Michel Gondry | Stars: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Gerry Robert Byrne
Votes: 634,331
16. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
During the near end of the clone wars, Darth Sidious has revealed himself and is ready to execute the last part of his plan to rule the Galaxy. Sidious is ready for his new apprentice, Lord... See full summary »
Writer: George Lucas | Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 495,076
17. Love Actually (2003)
R | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
Writer: Richard Curtis | Director: Richard Curtis | Stars: Hugh Grant, Martine McCutcheon, Liam Neeson, Laura Linney
Votes: 309,678
18. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
44 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Set decades after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in a new Enterprise on their own mission to go where no one has gone before.
Creator: Gene Roddenberry | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton
Votes: 60,446
19. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas.
Creator: Anthony E. Zuiker | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Eric Szmanda
Votes: 65,784
20. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader return from the dark side of the Force.
Writers: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas | Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 640,229
21. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend's seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
Writers: Michael Bacall, Edgar Wright, Bryan Lee O'Malley | Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Alison Pill
Votes: 261,230
22. Fringe (2008–2013)
TV-14 | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An FBI agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Creators: J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci | Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, Jasika Nicole, John Noble
Votes: 171,197
23. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them.
Writers: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett | Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 535,697
24. Her (2013)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need.
Writer: Spike Jonze | Director: Spike Jonze | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara
Votes: 331,447
25. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
PG | 124 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
Writers: Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas | Director: Irvin Kershner | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 789,700
26. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.
Writers: Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt, Suzanne Collins | Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Votes: 475,684
27. Apollo 13 (1995)
PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Writers: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, William Broyles Jr., Al Reinert | Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise
Votes: 201,780
28. School of Rock (2003)
PG-13 | 108 min | Comedy, Music
After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.
Writer: Mike White | Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal
Votes: 201,974
29. Transformers (2007)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, John Rogers | Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson
Votes: 496,302
30. Jurassic Park (1993)
PG-13 | 127 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok.
Writers: Michael Crichton, David Koepp | Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 574,490
31. Unfriended (2014)
R | 83 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend.
Writer: Nelson Greaves | Director: Levan Gabriadze | Stars: Heather Sossaman, Matthew Bohrer, Courtney Halverson, Shelley Hennig
Votes: 37,472
32. Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.
Writer: Dan Fogelman | Directors: Glenn Ficarra, John Requa | Stars: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone
Votes: 363,000
33. The Spectacular Now (2013)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Writers: Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, Tim Tharp | Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Votes: 96,728
34. Spider-Man (2002)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Adventure
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family.
Writers: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, David Koepp | Director: Sam Raimi | Stars: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco
Votes: 519,487
35. Black Hawk Down (2001)
R | 144 min | Drama, History, War
123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis.
Writers: Mark Bowden, Ken Nolan | Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric Bana
Votes: 282,148
36. Star Trek (1966–1969)
50 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Creator: Gene Roddenberry | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 46,591
37. Boyhood (I) (2014)
R | 165 min | Drama
The life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.
Writer: Richard Linklater | Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke, Elijah Smith
Votes: 249,681
38. TRON: Legacy (2010)
PG | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
Writers: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal, Steven Lisberger, Bonnie MacBird | Director: Joseph Kosinski | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner
Votes: 256,695
39. Star Trek (2009)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
Writers: Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Gene Roddenberry | Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy
Votes: 487,373
40. Serenity (2005)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The crew of the ship Serenity tries to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their number who is telepathic.
Writer: Joss Whedon | Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alan Tudyk
Votes: 235,328
41. Oldboy (2003)
R | 120 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After being kidnapped and imprisoned for 15 years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must find his captor in 5 days.
Writers: Garon Tsuchiya, Nobuaki Minegishi, Chan-wook Park, Chun-hyeong Lim, Jo-yun Hwang, Joon-hyung Lim | Director: Chan-wook Park | Stars: Min-sik Choi, Ji-tae Yu, Hye-jeong Kang, Dae-han Ji
Votes: 337,209
42. The Beach (I) (2000)
R | 119 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.
Writers: John Hodge, Alex Garland | Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel York, Patcharawan Patarakijjanon, Virginie Ledoyen
Votes: 168,719
43. Iron Man (2008)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After being held captive in an Afghan cave, an engineer creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.
Writers: Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby | Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges
Votes: 655,763
44. Stand by Me (1986)
R | 89 min | Adventure, Drama
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Writers: Stephen King, Raynold Gideon, Bruce A. Evans | Director: Rob Reiner | Stars: Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell
Votes: 258,842
45. The Social Network (2010)
PG-13 | 120 min | Biography, Drama
Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Writers: Aaron Sorkin, Ben Mezrich | Director: David Fincher | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rooney Mara
Votes: 457,359
46. Casino Royale (2006)
PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem.
Writers: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis, Ian Fleming | Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 449,873
47. The Devil's Advocate (1997)
R | 144 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An exceptionally adept Florida lawyer is offered a job to work in New York City for a high-end law firm with a high-end boss - the biggest opportunity of his career to date.
Writers: Andrew Neiderman, Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy | Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones
Votes: 250,860
48. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child, despite the increasingly vicious things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Writers: Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear, Lionel Shriver | Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 90,029
49. Cloud Atlas (2012)
R | 172 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
Writers: David Mitchell, Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski | Directors: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski | Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving
Votes: 275,280
50. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest.
Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke | Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 404,971


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Welcome to Midland Sectional Garages, Derbyshire. We aim to provide you with useful information about us and the products in our range, to help you to choose a home and garden building best suited to your needs.
We have over thirty years experience in providing quality sectional garages and other home & garden buildings and have completed the successful installation of thousands of sectional garages, and timber sheds in the local areas of Belper, Burton on Trent, Chesterfield, Derby, Hucknall, Leicester, Littleover, Long Eaton, Mackworth, Matlock, Mickleover, Nottingham, Ripley, Stafford, Swadlincote. We offer a no charge, no obligation site survey service covering the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire. We can advise on the removal of sectional garages & buildings including those which contain asbestos, ground preparation work, the laying of properly constructed bases, planning applications and all advice is free.
If you are within a 30 mile radius of our show site, we can arrange for this work to be done on your behalf and provide you with a free site survey. In fact we can provide a "One Stop" shop for your requirements and our display site is open 7 days a week. Outside of the 30 mile radius we can arrange for you to be contacted by one of our associated sites, closer to you.
We are situated on the Egginton Road, Hilton where we have a representative range of sectional garages and other garden buildings on display. The show site is open Monday – Saturday 10.00am – until 16.30pm, and on Sundays 11.00am – 16.00pm.
Please feel free to browse around our site. If you have any comments or questions about our products or services, or if you need more information and want to contact us, Click on the contact button on any page within this site.
Our goal is to help in whatever way we are able and to provide you with a "One Stop" shop.
Nationwide Buildings Society's What Adds Value report has been issued and we are delighted to let you know that a new garage is still one of the best ways to add value to a home. Just look at this table:
With average property prices around £238,976, the addition of a single garage will add an average of £18,000! A double garage will add an average of £29,000!
Yet another good reason to buy Lidget Compton