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Immerse yourself in the tropical lifestyle by renting this beautiful luxury villa.
Your rental includes two master suites plus a smaller bedroom, a great room and dining/kitchen area, the pool, and upper level terraces with outdoor kitchen/bar and dining areas. After a day of touring, take a dip in the pool, then enjoy a private sunset cocktail or dinner on our rooftop terrace.
Our location offers a short walk to the park, beaches, stores and restaurants. The villa is located on one of the premier streets of vacation rental homes in the area. Wildlife is abundant around the property, with almost daily monkey visits. We offer a sustainable living property with solar electric and hot water. The property is smoke and drug-free.
We can arrange concierge services for tours, activities, or even private massage or chef services.
Wildlife is abundant on our property and surrounding our property. While we cannot guarantee what wildlife you may see during your stay, this is a list of the kinds of species which have been observed on our property, and which you might encounter. Capuchin Monkeys, Titi Monkeys, Howler Monkeys, Sloths, Cotamundi, Jaguarundi, Raccoons, Porcupines, Mot Mot Birds, Toucans, Hummingbirds, Kiskadees, Wild Parrots, Wild Canaries, Iguanas, Jesus Christ Lizards, Frogs of various types and colors including chameleon frogs, Blue Morpho Butterlies, Geckos, a variety of "glow in the dark" insects, including fireflies.
To learn more, see our website & 'more details' links below. (further details section)
Our family lived in this house from 2003-2011. Once we reached the empty nest stage, we relocated to the US to be closer to family and started vacation rentals in our house. Yet, we still enjoy family vacations there.
This is a home with wonderful family memories, children growing into adults, holidays, and visits with many family friends and extended family including grandparents.
It's well suited for multi-generational groups or multiple families.
We hope your family and friends, whoever you vacation make many great memories in our home as well.
Camille Banham purchased this villa in 2003
The attractions of the Manuel Antonio area combine almost everything a tourist comes to Costa Rica for. There are gorgeous beaches, lots of wildlife varieties, and all water sports and activities. Inland are mountains, waterfalls, and rivers. A wide variety of activities is available to take these in such as whitewater rafting, horseback riding, ATV tours, Canopy Tours, hiking and more. It's all here in this one location.
We love being able to walk to a choice of several first class restaurants, or to the store or the bank. A car is not needed.
Besides our location and amazing views, this is the most sustainable vacation rental in Manuel Antonio. We've installed solar panels, solar water heating, natural clothes drying and natural evaporative cooling features to assist the air conditioning. This allows for a luxurious and comfortable vacation experience in the topics while keeping costs down and caring for the environment.
Thank you so much for the wonderful stay! We could not have imagined a more perfect location.
No questions about it, this beautiful villa is PERFECT in every way. Location: The villa is situated down and away from the main road to M.A. park, thus there is no street noise, only beautiful sounds from the ocean and Howler monkeys in the distance. It is a nice, yet strenuous walk down to two very different beaches. The supermarket and many very good restaurants are also within walking distance. We did not have a rental car, and the perfect location allowed us to rely on our feet, buses, and taxis to get us to many places.
Villa: Husband and I traveled with our two teenage kids, and we opted to occupy both the canpoy room and the Bird of Paradise rooms, each of which is comfortable, bright and roomy. But we only stayed in the rooms to sleep and play cards (during the rain showers) as there were so many options of outdoor living space upon which to enjoy the gorgeous ocean views. Each patio provided very comfortable seating and dining choices. The many 'air chairs' provided hours of relaxing reading spots, while the outdoor kitchen allowed us to be immersed in the tropical environment while enjoying local coffee and fresh fruits from the area. The pool area, with clean towels provided daily, was always inviting, especially after hours at the beach.
Owners: CIndy was extremely helpful from my first inquiry about the villa, answering all questions and providing me with very detailed information. Tom was extremely welcoming after our long day of traveling to get there. We felt comfortable and 'at home' from the minute we arrived, and during out entire stay. Alberto and Lorena were also very kind.
El Mirador Magnifico.... the PERFECT vacation villa!!!!!!!
The pictures don't really do justice to the house or the view. Both are spectacular. But the real treat was how the property manager and staff went so far above and beyond for us. Their effort really made the trip easy in ways we didn't expect. We were a group of eight: 2 couples, each with a toddler and a baby. They had 2 cribs at the house for the babies; went grocery shopping for us before we arrived; did laundry for us nearly every day; prebooked tours; and helped us find an excellent chef (Guy) to cook at the house for us twice. Highly recommended.
We loved being right in the middle of Quepos and Manuel Antonio National Park. The room served as a perfect base for all our excursions. We stayed in the bottom level (bird of paradise room). The first two nights we were able to use the outdoor kitchen on the top floor because no renters had checked in yet. We really enjoyed that. We ran to the store to buy more ice and had stored all the food items away and while we were gone, I am guessing it was a monkey got in there and knocked the silverware tray on the ground and even opened the toaster oven (which we hid the bottles of alcohol in). Smart monkeys.
Alberto, the property manager, was so helpful. He set up all our excursions for us and even went with us to the farmers market to interpret. He arranged for the housekeeper to wash our wet muddy clothes from the ATV tour…thanks again for that!
The road leading down to the house was extremely bumpy, but its not their fault. We enjoyed our time there very much. Thank you!!!
We had an incredible time staying at the El Mirador Magnifico. The house itself was amazing; each room with it's own character. The view from almost every room was breathtaking! During our stay, we were fortunate enough to be able to watch this amazing man trim the trees around the property; climbing up to 60 feet with NO ladder and barefooted!!! Wow. He took the view from a million dollar view to a 3 million dollar view. No obstructions at all....absolutely breathtaking. Alberto the manager and Monica the housekeeper were great. On our second day there, they made us a delicious Costa Rican lunch....yum! Alberto, the manager, is truly an amazing young man. He booked all our activities and even joined us on our horseback riding excursion. We never worried about anything and the excursions we went on were spectacular. He is truly a gem and made our stay even more amazing than it already was. Manuel Antonio did not disappoint us and we enjoyed all it had to offer and El Mirador Magnifico was the icing on the cake. We were very sad to leave and wished our trip could have lasted longer. Cindy, Alberto and Monica thank you so much for your hospitality!!!!! When we come back to Manuel Antonio, and we will, we will definitely stay at the El Mirador Magnifico. We recommend this beautiful house to anyone who wants a truly amazing vacation home in Manuel Antonio,
Our experience at Mirador Magnifico was exceptional! Cindy and Jim are not only gracious hosts but downright experts about Costa Rica. It felt like we were on a vacation where we had a private concierge to handle all of our needs relative to helping us plan tours, booking them, and insight into the local area.
The home is situated on a hill in a perfect location close enough to walk to most restaurants and yet secluded enough to feel like your in the rainforest!
For anyone considering the MA/Quespos area to vacation please check out this place, it really was amazing!
Thanks again Cindy and Jim!
Cliff Bass
This is one of my favorite places to stay in one of my favorite spots. The photos are much in line with what it really looks like. The description of the rooms, amenities, and activities was very accurate. I love the architectural style of the house but the views really make it special. The house faces the ocean and Manuel Antonio National Park, surrounded by lush trees and flowering plants. The upper deck is a lookout at everything across the treetops, wildlife and all.
It's relaxing to watch the scene from the patios or pool after a day of adventure, waiting for the monkeys to come play in the trees around the house. They usually put on a pretty good show jumping and swinging, often coming very near.
The outdoor kitchen's perfect for gathering, sharing a meal or a cocktail, talking over the day's activities as the sun goes down behind the house and all turns pink. There is lots of outdoor space and seating to kick back and enjoy.
The rooms are spacious, cool and comfortable with tiles, stone and beautiful wood trim making for a very tropical, clean, luxury in the jungle ambiance. The bathroom in the larger suite has a huge open shower. The rooms have many windows for waking up to the views. Sunrise is spectacular here if you are up that early. As well the house is very eco-friendly; the owners have made an effort to offset their impact which is very fitting in such a special place.
There are beaches, the park, a grocery store and many restaurants within walking distance, a short drive, taxi or bus ride depending on your ambition. Many nearby restaurants offer a variety of cuisine, views and live music. El Avion or Ronnie's Place are my favorites. Nearby Quepos offers more shopping and restaurants. I recommend getting out and talking with the very friendly and warm local people. Most of the tour operators will pick you up and provide some conversation along the way.
The beaches near the house are lovely, with warm water. The closest has long stretches of sand and beautiful scenery viewed from the water. The waves are large and can be a lot of fun. Another beach has a large bay, no big waves. Or a little further is the busier beach near the park if you like to be near the hubbub of little markets and restaurants. The park itself also has a couple of nice beaches and snorkeling.
Great place thanks to Cindy and Jim (owners) and Lorena and Alberto (staff)! I can't wait to go back!
Sportfishing, Zipline through the canopy, whitewater rafting, National Park tours, ATV tours, snorkeling, SCUBA, jetskis.
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Israel to hold fire in Egypt premier's Gaza visit
JERUSALEM Israel offered to suspend its offensive in the Gaza Strip on Friday during a brief visit by Egypt's premier there if militants refrain from firing rockets at Israel, an official said, the first possible break in the escalating conflict.
An official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the Israeli leader was responding to an Egyptian request.
Prime Minister Hesham Kandil crossed into Gaza before midday through the only border post between Egypt and Gaza.
Israel told the Egyptians the military "would hold its fire on the condition that during that period, there won't be hostile fire from Gaza into Israel," the Israeli official said. "Prime Minister Netanyahu is committed to the peace treaty with Egypt, which is in the strategic interest of both countries," he added, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the diplomatic exchange.
Shortly after Kandil arrived, Gaza militants fired off repeated rocket salvoes, but there were no immediate reports of Israeli retaliation.
It wasn't clear whether Israel hoped to use the possible suspension of hostilities to seek a broader truce or was agreeing to the halt in fighting only as a gesture to Egypt.
Three days of fierce fighting between Israel and Gaza militants has widened the instability gripping the region, straining already frayed Israel-Egypt relations. The Cairo government recalled its ambassador in protest.
Egypt said Kandil's three-hour visit Friday was meant as a show of solidarity with the Palestinian territory's militant Hamas rulers.
Egyptian intelligence officials involved in negotiations to end previous rounds of fighting are accompanying Kandil on his visit, an Egyptian diplomat said, suggesting it was more than a display of support.
The diplomat said Gaza militants have told Egyptian intelligence officials they would be willing to hold their fire if Israel would commit to mediation to stop its military operation and targeted killings.
Word of the possible pause in the fighting came after a night of fierce exchanges and signals that Israel might be preparing to invade Gaza. Overnight, the military said it targeted about 150 of the sites Gaza gunmen use to fire rockets at Israel, as well as ammunition warehouses, bringing to 450 the number of sites struck since the operation began Wednesday.
Israeli troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers massed near the Palestinian territory, signaling a ground invasion might be imminent.
Militants unleashed dozens of rocket barrages overnight.
Fighting between the two sides escalated sharply Thursday with a first-ever rocket attack from Gaza on the Tel Aviv area, menacing Israel's most densely populated area. No casualties were reported there, but three people died in the country's rocket-scarred south when a projectile slammed into an apartment building.
The death toll in Gaza was 19, including five children, according to Palestinian health officials.
Early Friday, 85 missiles exploded within 45 minutes in Gaza City, sending black pillars of smoke towering above the coastal strip's largest city. The military said it was targeting underground rocket-launching sites.
One missile flattened sections of the Interior Ministry, leaving a huge pile of rubble, and another hit an uninhabited house belonging to a senior Hamas commander. Those strikes, together with an attack on a generator building near the home of Gaza's Hamas prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, signaled that Israel was expanding its offensive beyond military targets.


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Urgent: Help Shawn Powers & Family
Today is a day of grief for Linux Journal. This afternoon, Associate Editor Shawn Powers' home burned down — though we don't know many details yet, we do know that Shawn, his wife Donna, and their three girls were not home at the time, but their pets were lost.
Shawn is one of the warmest, kindest, and most big-hearted people we know. Anyone who has met him, in the offline world or online knows that he is an amazing person, and is constantly focused on others. We at Linux Journal are privileged to know him, and compelled to offer whatever assistance we can in this troubled time.
The Linux and Open Source community is filled with generous individuals, and we are asking those who are moved to offer their help to Shawn and his family to please do so. We have set up a ChipIn page at helpshawnpowersfamily.chipin.com to collect donations — it is a testament to the generosity of this community that in less than three hours, almost $2,500 has been raised.
We know technology donations will be greatly appreciated, and if you have equipment you would like to donate, please email Linux Journal's publisher, Carlie Fairchild.
Shawn has been posting updates to Twitter and photos to Natuba, for those who would like to follow the situation. Please feel free to leave words of encouragement and solidarity in the comments here — you can also do so on his Facebook page. Update: Shawn posted additional details to his blog from his office earlier this evening.
Please know, this isn't Shawn asking for help — he has no clue we've organized anything. This is the Linux Journal team, as a family, asking our community to aid one of our own. We appreciate your generosity, and we know Shawn will too.
With appreciation,
The Linux Journal Team
Justin Ryan is a Contributing Editor for Linux Journal.
So are we assuming that he has no home owners insurance that's going to take care of this? Sorry to start the hate but seriously why am I going to donate money to someone who is going to be getting an big insurance check?
Shawn, the important thing is that most of your family did not get injured, poor pets. Hopefully with help from the communities, you will be back in your home soon. Best wishes to you and your family.
I have no money to give , unfortunatelly , but i want them to know that they have all my support , although is just a moral support .
Best of luck .
It all counts
Moral support and just spreading the word are some of the best gifts you can give Shawn's family during this time.
Carlie Fairchild is the publisher of Linux Journal.
Very sorry to learn of this
Pets are members of Family too.
But I am very happy that Mother, Father and children are safe.
May God Bless you with a 'new beginning'.
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With Best Wishes
Very happy you and your family are safe!
An update on Shawn's situation
We've posted a short update on Shawn's current situation here, http://helpshawnpowersfamily.chipin.com/.
Carlie Fairchild is the publisher of Linux Journal.
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Friendly staff, PC in lobby for internet access (PC had US/English keyboard, a big plus).Very nice bar/restaurant just off the lobby, with very friendly staff.
Fone in room did NOT work; problem could NOT be corrected by staff. Unable to placecall to USA from either room or front desk using my preferred long-distance carrier. Used this carrier to place calls from room in Munich and Garmisch with no problems.
Clean comfortable place near Munich airport.
Definitely NOT clear on breakfast charge policy. no mention of the 16 Euro charge per person. $20 US for breakfast? Come on. Nor on so called 'free' Wifi free for awhile...Nor on scheduled 30 minute shuttle to/from airport. Had to call for picku
A very smart and well appointed small hotel in a regular neighborhood close to ground transportation. The owner and employees making the stay enjoyable at every turn.
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The Patriots' record might not suggest that they're the best team in the NFL right now, but their on-the-field product certainly suggests it.
After dismantling the Texans on Monday night, you would be hard-pressed to find a team playing better than Tom Brady and the Pats, even if they are only the No. 2 seed in the AFC at the moment.
Everything seemed the be clicking Monday night for the Patriots, thanks in no small part to the game plan put in place by head coach Bill Belichick. Of course, that's almost a given at this point — Belichick and Brady have proven to be just about unstoppable in the regular season in their time together.
The two have a record 134 regular-season wins together — a total that only continues to grow with each season. Toss in a trio of Super Bowl victories, and Monday's statement victory over the Texans is just another reminder that Brady and Belichick are the best quarterback-coach duo in NFL history.
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Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg became a Fulham player today. Here we reveal everything you need to know about our latest recruit...
Dimitar Berbatov's thunderbolt volley against Stoke has won our Goal of the Season award for 2012/13.
A host of Fulham players are in action for their respective countries this week. Head here for our preview.
The voting window for the 2012/13 Goal of the Season is now open. Vote for your favourite now.
After the U20 World Cup, Kerim Frei aims to be firing on all cylinders when the new campaign begins in August.
We reveal everything you need to know about our new midfielder Derek Boateng…
We reveal all you need to know about our latest defensive recruit Fernando Amorebieta…
Watch DSActive's highlights package from when the Fulham Badgers defeated our Under-21 side during half-time of the Fulham All-Star charity match.
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SMILE FOR THE BABY CAM: Could this Russian website be live-streaming straight from your bedroom?
If you haven't changed your default settings then your privacy is very likely not your own these days. A mysterious Russian website is live streaming bedrooms and living rooms across the globe. Are you protected?
The BBC reported that products made by Foscam have been noted thus far as the most hacked by this website. This Russian website, which remains unnamed, reportedly has streams from 250 countries. Live footage is being collected from both baby monitors and web cams not only in homes, but businesses as well.
Under Communism, Earwax is all One Can Afford
Earwax eater and Florida Democrat congressman Joe Garcia has claimed that "Communism Works." In a Google chat that was uploaded onto YouTube by the America Rising PAC, a Republican PAC founded in 2013, Congressman Garcia implied that for all of the Republican's talk on limited government, the United States has been pouring money into border cities and adding, "Let me give you an example, the kind of money we've poured in," he said. "So the most dangerous — sorry, the safest city in America is El Paso, Texas. It happens to be across the border from the most dangerous city in the Americas, which is Juarez. Right? He continued making a fool of himself by adding, "And two of the safest cities in America, two of them are on the border with Mexico… And of course, the reason is we've proved that Communism works. If you give everybody a good government job, there's no crime."
For an American congressman to credit communism for safe border cities should speak volumes of the power trip Democrats are on and how they like to cherry pick success stories to back up their agenda. El Paso can indeed boast low crime. It is a city that is predominately Latino, but its low crime rates have nothing to do with communism.
Why the need to put the victimization feather in one's hat?
Yes, she was a single mother living in the family's mobile home, but for only a few months before she and her daughter moved in with her mother and then went on to an apartment. She was not 19 and divorced, as she's repeatedly said; the decree came when she was 21. Davis married a second time, and her husband provided the money she needed to finish college and attend Harvard Law School. He also kept their two daughters, ages 8 and 2, in Fort Worth while she went to Boston to pursue her law degree. That marriage also ended in divorce, with her husband awarded child custody.
5 Annoying Hollywood Hypocrisies
Hollywood celebrities and politicians have a lot in common. They both love to tell others how to run their lives, but often exempt themselves from the rules they wish to impose on the rest of us.
Elitism is defined by: The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserved favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources. While most celebs won't outwardly admit that they fall into the class-elite, their blinding hypocrisy shows otherwise.
Here are just 5 examples of recent Hollywood double standards.
1. Public Schools. The lefty-elite and believers in big government love public education…for everybody else. But when the money's flowing, there ain't no way a famous celeb is going to subject their kids to it if they don't have to. Matt Damon is the latest caught in a 'gotcha' moment. He answered his critics by saying, "… I pay for a private education and I'm trying to get the one that most matches the public education that I had, but that kind of progressive education no longer exists in the public system. It's unfair."
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American Girl Dolls Becoming Less American
This year my daughter, who is seven, is requesting an American Girl doll for Christmas. We recently received the latest catalog in the mail and my daughter read and re-read the catalog more times than I can count. I asked her what doll she would like for Christmas, and at first she wasn't sure. We then started looking at the dolls together, and I soon discovered that the Molly McIntire doll is being retired at the end of 2013. I was in complete shock. Molly was my favorite doll/character growing up. Although my parents were never able to afford to buy her for me, I still read her books voraciously. As a child I loved everything about Molly. I loved her 1940's style, her patriotism, her victory garden, and the willingness of her family to believe in something bigger than themselves. Reading stories about her and the time she lived in gave me pride in the country that I lived in - a country that fought with unwavering strength for the freedom we all cherish. Now, The American Girl Doll Company is hiding her away in their "archives" - for what? To be replaced by a bland, meaningless doll that could be matched to a little girl's own hair color; a doll that has no character or history? How dare they?
3 Simple Ways You Can Still Say "I Do"
Every marriage needs to be reminded why it was they both said "I do". So, whether you are newlyweds wondering what excitement awaits you tonight or partners with fifty years of marital bliss under your belt…practicing the reasons to say "I do" matters.
Simple Way #1
Lots of marriage counselors suggest you take time for each other as a couple, away from the kids, family, or friends. Setting up a date night on a regular basis is such a great idea it should be written somewhere in the marriage bylaws (if such a thing existed). For some, this can be a day out of each week or it can be bi-weekly and if you just have a busy schedule that would make the President look lame (OK, that was a poor example as he looks lame regardless these days) find one day a month to connect.
You don't even have to spend a lot of money going to a fancy restaurant or to the movies…you can take the kids to a sitter and just stay home. (However, you are not allowed to turn on the computer, look at your smart phone, or any form of social media!!) You may elect to watch a movie on TV, have a quiet dinner with no interruptions, or turn on some romantic music and dance to a few slow tunes. (My favorite is to pull out our wedding song and a few other oldie Goldie's that we use to dance to in the beginning)
The Definition of Insanity
While web surfing through my favorite news websites this morning I came across an interesting column on Libertarianism.org entitled Politics Makes Us Worse by Aaron Ross Powell. The very first sentence had me intrigued. It was simple yet poignant and I would bet money that it could speak to many Americans who are concerned with our country's political arena. "In the United States, nothing makes us hate each other quite like politics. Not even religion, the source of so much violence throughout the rest of the world, compares."
Mr. Powell's opening statement burned a whole in my brain and made me rethink my own political stances. In general I would consider myself a libertarian. I have often used the word conservatarian and my personal definition of that word is "don't make me pay for the consequences of your actions." I am pretty partisan though, I'll admit it. I, like so many others, watch cable news, read A LOT of political commentary, and have allowed my opinions to sway in one direction. I get angry when I hear a Democrat calling the Tea Party racist by posting pictures of burning crosses to create some type of shock value in order to hide failed policies that they may have voted for. My blood boils even more when I see Republican officials advocate more government spending to a country that is already so far in debt that all the money in the world combined couldn't pay off what it owes. So I turn to my social networks by posting articles and commentary that reflect my views or resentments. You should see my Facebook page and Twitter feed - all politics (and pictures of my kids but that is neither here nor there).
Let's Make This an "Annoy a Liberal" Halloween
"It is easier to build strong children, than to repair broken men." –Fredrick Douglass
It takes a majority of self-reliant and hard working individuals to maintain a strong and prosperous nation. In order for America to remain a beacon of freedom, the values our country was founded upon must be instilled in our children. We should be teaching our rich and tumultuous history in order to illustrate why these principles are so important.
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I don't know about you, but these last five years since Obama took office has left me tired and drained. I have seen laws like Obamacare shoved down our collective throats. I heard President Obama, in a 2008 speech regarding his daughters and abortion, say, "but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby." I have seen this President say that he will negotiate with Iran but he refuses to negotiate with Republicans. Cheryl K. Chumley of The Washington Times reported on March 28, 2013 that "[e]nrollment in the food stamp program — officially the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — has soared by 70 percent in the years since President Obama first took office..." Yes, friend, I feel weary, exhausted and sometimes defeated. We need heroes, and I believe they are in our midst.


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Fort Morgan Fiber-Optic Network Lease Measure, 2009
A Fort Morgan Fiber-Optic Network Lease Measure was on the November 3, 2009 ballot in Morgan County for voters in the City of Fort Morgan.
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Shall the City of Fort Morgan, Colorado be authorized to directly, indirectly, by contract or through the sale or purchase in resale or wholesale form, through a sale or leaseback arrangement provide cable television, telecommunications and advanced services to subscribers within the corporate limits of the City and in unincorporated Morgan County effective December 1, 2009?
- ↑ The Fort Morgan Times, "Public vote on fiber still up in air," August 5, 2009
- ↑ The Fort Morgan Times, "Fort Morgan council to hear options for fiber-optic network," August 10, 2009
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Critical Essay by Jean B. Alford
SOURCE: "The Poetry of Mary Oliver: Modern Renewal Through Mortal Acceptance," in Pembroke Magazine, Vol. 20, 1988, pp. 283-88.
In the following essay, Alford discusses the positive, life-affirming aspects that Oliver's poetry uncovers in nature.
Mary Oliver is a distinctive poet in the fashionably surreal and escapist world of contemporary verse. The message and craft of her poetry are valued by peers and critics alike despite her unfortunate neglect as potential critical review. According to Hyatt H. Waggoner, she lacks the representative qualities associated with contemporary aesthetic values. However, her real worth as a modern poet lies in these very atypical qualities. Representative contemporary poets gloomily doom modern man and his life in apprehensive responses to present political, social, economic, and moral uncertainties. Oliver instead passionately affirms their survival. Within them both, she exalts the natural—an inherently renewing and regenerative potential.
The theme of Oliver's poetry is revitalization. Through self-conscious denial, modern man must reconnect his roots with the natural cycles and processes of all life. As Oliver's poems engross the reader in a fully sensual union with nature, she urges him to recognize the universal joys, pains, beauties, and terrors experienced in such connectedness. She then celebrates his transforming potential—the loving acceptance of his mortality in the human and natural worlds.
Oliver's poetic technique will not be examined in this discussion. It is important to note, however, that it too is in keeping with her different contemporary stance. Rather than adopt the surreal escapism and the personal confessions of many peers, she uses the traditional lyric form to embrace her readers emotionally and intellectually. Her meticulous craft and her skilled use of language create poems that are seemingly effortless, sensual delights. She combines rich, musical lyrics with swift, taut meters; she uses illuminating images that seldom startle; and she produces a confident, yet graceful and serene, tone. According to Anthony Manousos, Oliver's craft is deceptively simple—an emotional intensity that speaks clearly and directly to the reader. More appropriately, James Dickey characterizes it as remarkable, creating richly complex poetry without throwing complexities in the way of the reader.
An analysis of Oliver's poetic message reveals that she begins her positive affirmation by seeking to reconnect modern man to his roots in the natural processes of all life. According to Waggoner, rather than despairing over the current separation and alienation of contemporary life, Oliver searches memory and present experiences. Through the world of nature, she finds those intrinsic meanings and values which can be retrieved, embraced anew, and celebrated in the modern world. To Manousos, then, her exploration of the natural world and its cycles elicits concurrent themes analogous to those which are deepest and most enduring in human experience.
In Twelve Moons, especially, Oliver celebrates the natural cycles of birth, decay, and death as flourishing in all life. More important, though, she reveals the companion dreams that motivate and drive the mortal existence. In "The Fish," Oliver compares the salmon's exhaustive and painful battle upstream to reach her "old birth pond" with the efforts of "any woman come to term, caught / as mortality drives triumphantly toward / immortality / the shaken bones like/ cages of fire". "Stark County Holidays" describes a Christmas family reunion as the narrator's awareness of her mother's "wintering" decay; though the musical dream and desire persist, the "stiffened hands" on the "blasted scales" ensure that seasonally "the promise fades." In "The Black Snake," the reptile found dead in the roadway is thrown into the bushes as "looped and useless as an old bicycle tire." Yet, it is remembered as "cool and gleaming as a braided whip," imbued with the "brighter fire" of all nature which "… says to oblivion: not me!"
Oliver identifies within these life cycles the continuous elements of change, sensual pleasure, and love. She reveals that they not only accompany the companion dreams but also necessarily involve experiencing both pain and pleasure. In "Two Horses," Jack and Racket are wished from death into "Elysian fields … without fences" but realistically and sadly recognized as changed like all of life in "two graves big as cellar holes / At the bottom of the north meadow." In "Worm Moon," the death of winter changes joyfully into spring's "love match that will bring forth fantastic children / … who will believe, for years, / that everything is possible." Celebrating sensual pleasure in "Looking for Mushrooms," the poetic persona perceives the hunt and capture of the delectable "salvo of the forest" as "rich / and romping on the tongue" for man and beast alike. Yet, in the "Bone Poem" that follows, as she comes upon the "rat litter" at the bottom of the owl's tree, she recognizes the owl's most recent sensual delight not only as being part of the eternal food chain but also as eventually dissolving "back to the center" where "the rat will learn to fly, the owl / will be devoured." And, Oliver celebrates motherly love in both the human and animal world. In "Snow Moon—Black Bear Gives Birth," the mother bear washes and snuggles her newborn, gives them the "rich river" of her nipples, and thus establishes each one as "an original." A mother's love changes, though, from joy to a pain that "lashes out with a cutting edge" in "Strawberry Moon." Elizabeth Fortune is not only left by "the young man / full of promises, and the face of the moon / a white fire" but also separated from the child born out of wedlock, being forced by society to "climb in the attic."
As Oliver celebrates the themes of birth, decay, death, dreams, change, sensual pleasure, and love, she asserts their equal and certain existence for both man and animal. In fact, she assures modern man of his survival because he is part of the natural world and its rejuvenating potential. This assurance, though, includes the experience of beauty, joy, and sensual pleasure as well as that of mystery, terror, and pain.
According to Joyce Carol Oates, Oliver relates these experiences to an essential tension and loneliness man experiences as he lives simultaneously in two worlds—the personal, familial, human world and the inhuman, impersonal, natural world. Within the human world, man essentially struggles alone to find a sense of identity, peace, and immortality. In the poem "John Chapman," an eccentric, anti-social old man of the Ohio forests becomes a "good legend" by planting and giving away apple trees. He decides not to die to "the secret, and the pain" of unrequited love but "to live, to go on caring about something." In "Dreams," the narrator compares a single rain-swollen creek's rushing drive and desire for "a new life in a new land / where vines tumble thick as shipropes, / The ferns grow tall as trees!" to two pioneering greatuncles who got lost in Colorado looking for the good life. With "pounding heart and pride," she celebrates them as "full of hope and vision; / … healthy as animals, and rich / as their dreams …"—at peace and immortalized before they died alone.
Manousos suggests that Oliver then counterbalances man's dream of immortality with man's struggle to survive mortality—his subjection to increasingly waning natural powers after birth. In "Ice," the narrator painfully acknowledges her father's feverish distribution of ice grips as an attempt in his "last winter" to "… be welcomed and useful—/ … Not to be sent alone over the black ice." In "The Garden," the speaker pities the wealthy, good-mannered, defiant woman who spends her life alone working three gardeners around the clock to keep "the wilderness at bay." In the end, this self-sufficient matron terrifyingly discovers her wasted effort and struggle and loss—"how powerless she was / … like the least of us grew old and weedy. / Felt her mind crumble … / Heard the trees thicken as they stumbled toward her / And set their cracking weight upon her bones."
To Oliver, the reconciliation of man's desire for immortality and his experience of mortality depends on his willingness to recognize them as polarities. According to A. Poulin, Jr., the essential tension between them in Oliver's poetry "… defines the boundaries of all experience—whether in the physical world, in the realm of human relationships, or in the self." In her poems, she equates this reconciliation with the very sense of connectedness she celebrates in Twelve Moons, a unity existing between the human and natural worlds. Through a personal psychic journey, man must deny and eliminate the self-conscious "I" that seeks immortality and open his sensual perception to the mortal kinship between the human and the natural.
In "Entering the Kingdom," the narrator expresses her desire to negate the "I" and become one with nature—"the dream of my life / Is to lie down by a slow river / And stare at the light in the trees—/ To learn something of being nothing / A little while but the rich / Lens of attention." In "Blackleaf Swamp," she asks whether being human negates her being "part bird, part beast" and queries if so, "… why does a wing in the air / Sweep against my blood / Like a sharp oar?" After her study of "darkness and trees and water," she confidently concludes that such selfless communion with nature "feels like the love of my mother." In "The Plum Trees," as the poetic persona explores the sensual inundation of eating summer plums, she celebrates the "sensibility" or critical importance of increased sensual perception. For her, "joy / is a taste before / it's anything else …" and "the only way to tempt happiness into your mind is by taking it / into the body first, like small / wild plums." According to Manousos, Oliver's vision of man's sensual union with nature becomes celebratory and religious in the deepest sense. In "The Fawn," the worshipper questions "what is holiness?" as she succumbs not to the ringing church bells but "to the woods instead," calling "blessed" a momentary touching of spirits between herself and a newborn fawn.
The results of a psychic journey which elevates man's sensual perception above his self-consciousness are still polar—eliciting both joy and pleasure, pain and terror. As man recognizes the oneness of all forms of life, he joyfully experiences glimpses of immortality and eternity. In "Pink Moon the Pond," Oliver celebrates this moment:
… the soul rises from your bones
and strides out over the water …
not even noticing
You are something else …
And that's when it happens—
You see everything
through their eyes,
their joy, their necessity …
And that's when you know
You will live whether you will or not,
one way or another,
because everything is everything else,
one long muscle.
Man finally sees his immortality as a self-denying mortal life in communion with the eternal processes of nature.
When man acknowledges his mortal participation in the natural cycles of life, he is also terrified by nature's total disregard for the individual, whether prey or predator. According to Oates, Oliver, in "Winter in the Country," reveals the natural world's refusal to divide individuals or creatures into victims or oppressors. The narrator states, "the terror of the country / Is not the easy death …" but "Is prey and hawk together, / still flying, both exhausted, / In the blue sack of weather." Oliver insists that man must also take his place in this frightening, unsentimental, unpoliticized natural world, for he too is subject to waning natural powers. In "Farm Country," the speaker criticizes the view that "life is chicken soup." She urges man to act as decisively and realistically as the farm wife does—"sharpening her knives, putting on the heavy apron and boots, crossing the lawn, and entering the hen house."
Because of this elevated yet terrifying sensual perception, man can be potentially renewed. When he denies the superiority of his own self-consciousness and acceptingly connects his own mortality to the world around him, he is different. No longer is he the "cruel but honest" one in "Cold Poem." Such a man keeps "… alive … taking one after another / the necessary bodies of others, the many / crushed red flowers" Neither can he be a part of the dispassionate news audience in "Beyond the Snow Belt." They "forget with ease each far mortality" because "… except as we have loved. / All news arrives as from a distant land."
Instead, contemporary man can be more loving, caring, and sensitive as he participates in his environment. His potential exists as surely as that of the narrator's ancestors in "Stark Boughs on the Family Tree." They "built great barns and propped their lives / Upon a slow heartbreaking care" as "they left the small / Accomplished, till the great was done." Like the niece in "Aunt Mary," he may even long to know the hidden spirit of one so loud and fat. As he views the skinny child in the family album "… in a time before her glands / Grew wild as pumps, and fleshed her to a joke," he may even lament her death, learning "how wise we grow, / Just as the pulse of things slips from the hand."
As a different person, modern man can also recognize that facing, coping, and adapting to life's trials and disappointments are the only means of gaining inward peace and self-identity. In "No Voyage," Oliver documents the human tendency to run away from the pain and unpleasantness experienced in life. The poem's narrator insists on the necessity to "inherit from disaster before I move / … To sort the weeping ruins of my house; / Here or nowhere I will make peace with the fact." To Oliver, as nature learns, so must man. In "Storm," as the speaker seeks shelter from a deadly heaven "full of spitting snow," she marvels at "deer lying / In the pine groves," "foxes plunging home," "crows plump / As black rocks in cold trees." She concludes that "what saves them is thinking that dying / Is only floating away into / The life of the snow"—accepting their place and time in the natural cycle of life and fulfilling the complete potential of their being.
Poulin believes that the acceptance of the hard truths of mortal existence is epiphany for Oliver as well as for modern man himself—the essential nature or meaning of life. In "Blackwater Wood," she asserts that living productively today is dependent on three measures of acceptance by man:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it go,
to let it go.
To Oliver, man's inward struggles to be immortal through art, work, or love do not cancel mortal existence but rather create a fleeting sense of stay. In "Music Lessons," when the teacher takes over the piano, "sound becomes music" that flees "all tedious bonds: / supper, the duties of flesh and home, / the knife at the throat, the death in the metronome." The grand finale, though, is only a momentary transformation.
Contemporary man's acceptance of his mortality will benefit daily living in productive encounters of love, caring, and understanding. It allows him to look beyond the self to view death as in harmony with the recreative processes of nature In "The Kitten," the narrator believes that she "did right" to give the stillborn "with one large eye / in the center of its small forehead" back peacefully to nature rather than to a museum. For she asserts, "life is infinitely inventive. / saying what other arrangements / lie in the dark seed of the earth …" In "University Hospital, Boston," a family member reconciles the dying of a loved one. While she tells him "you are better," she sees other beds "made all new, / the machines … rolled away…." And, she acknowledges, "… the silence / continues. deep and neutral, as I stand there, loving you"
The acceptance of the hard truths of mortality also provides a reforming perspective on daily dying—the progressive inward death of one's self-consciousness. As Oliver celebrates in "Sleeping in the Forest," such daily extinctions allow man to "vanish into something better." In "Sharks," as the narrator describes swimmers too soon forgetting the lifeguard's warning, she asserts: "… life's winners are not the rapacious but the patient; / What triumphs and takes new territory / has learned to lie for centuries in the shadows / like the shadows of the rocks."
Oliver's poetry, then, reminds modern man that accepting the dire consequences of mortal existence through a heightened sensual perception takes time and patience. It does not come easily like an automatic reflex but rather develops through a slow, painful transformation of self to selflessness. Its rewards, however, are as delectable and exciting as the red fox's appearance in "Tasting the Wild Grapes"—"lively as the dark thorns of the wild grapes / on the unsuspecting tongue!"
Thus reviewed is the poetry of Mary Oliver—contemporarily non-representative, positive, traditional, conservative, deceptively simple, complex without throwing complexities in the way of the reader. As a modern poet, she is both distinctive and worthwhile. In her meticulous craft and loving insight into what endures in both the human and natural worlds, she gives us all not only hope but also the potential for salvation—a modern renewal through mortal acceptance.
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I am nearly 8 weeks pp and still bleeding. I have called my Dr.'s office twice and saw them at my 6 week check up and they are not concerned. Dr. said it was not "normal" but he didn't think there was anything wrong and it would just work itself out. I do not have any of the warning sign symptoms, foul smell, soaking a pad in an hour, fever or chills. It has however gotten heavier since my 6 week pp visit and has been as heavy as a normal period for two weeks. I know it's not my period as the pp bleeding has not stopped and I am ebfing and have never had a pp af return before 6 months at least. It's getting pretty old bleeding for 8 straight weeks. Can this really be ok? Anyone else out there had this problem?
I wouldnt be worried except you said the bleeding got heavier. That itself is a "sign" that something might be amiss. Imo I would schedule another appt with your hcp to make sure everything is ok. All of my PP bleedings got less over time and with each child except the one time I decide I was "good to go" before I really was ok in that respect so DH and I backed off. Also are you taking it easy in terms of lifting and carrying heavy things. I know that you may feel your ok but your body still needs time to recoup from pg and labor. That made my pp bleeding heavier, again reminding myself to take it easy and having DH carry around laundry baskets and heavy things and doing the vacuuming and such helped me out.
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I am lucky in that pumping comes easy. With the Medela, I can get 6 ounces in about 7 minutes. The problem I'm realizing is the pump pulls on my nipple really hard. And it's now cut into it somehow. It's a little hard to explain, but I can't post a picture on this. I used the word "severed" to Phil and he put his hands over his ears. I guess saying "my boob is severed" isn't for the faint of heart.
I have been putting neosporin and the lanolin on it daily, but if I use the automatic pump, it pulls the wound open again. So I'm really trying to limit how much I pump.
I've been trying to find a different angle for the pump and also got a hand pump that seems a bit more gentle. But have any of you experienced this before? These wounds are nearly impossible to heal because it's not like I can take a break from breastfeeding.
I also have to put Emmett on it in a certain way or else it feels like he's biting down on the area. Not fun.
Anywho, any advice out there?
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by steph
On March 21, 2012 at 3:32 pm
I used the Avent manual pump for travel and loved it. Maybe that would be gentler? Also, be careful with Neosporin just in case Em might be allergic. I am allergic to sulfa and had a bad reaction to it as a baby.
by Jill Cordes
On March 21, 2012 at 9:39 pm
Steph–that is great advice about the neosporin. I had no idea!
by Mamma of 7
On March 22, 2012 at 8:24 pm
Have you tried hand expressing? You should be able to do that without stressing the nipple and while you might not get as much milk on that side it will buy you some days of healing. I would nurse exclusively on the other side.
Also, is there a chance that the lanolin, by keeping the wound moist, is actually stopping it from scabbing up and healing?
by Jenny G
On March 22, 2012 at 8:29 pm
I'd say you need a larger flange/breastshield: http://www.medelabreastfeedingus.com/tips-and-solutions/13/choosing-a-correctly-fitted-breastshield#RelatedFiles
by Pam
On March 22, 2012 at 8:32 pm
I agree to stop the lanolin. I never used it because a doctor friend of mine told me that it just kept the nipple supple and moist to break open again. Let it toughen up and you won't get the wounds anymore. Best breast feeding advice I've ever gotten. Also, breast milk always healed my baby's wounds quickly. Why not yours?
by Olga
On March 22, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Dear Jill,
Which Medela are you using? I found the hospital grade Medela Symphony to be most gentle. It should be available for rent.
by Ramona Jimena
On March 22, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I had the same problem. Omgosh it hurt so bad. The lactation nurse told me the pump was too big for my nipples. They make inserts to make the part that goes around your areola (spelling) smaller. It made all the difference in the world. Also there is nipple butter (made by the pharmacist).
by adrienne
On March 22, 2012 at 8:44 pm
It sounds like your flanges may be the wrong size (too small). The pump should not be cutting into you. Do you have a local lactation consultant that you can contact?
A silicone nipple shield (Medela makes great ones) might help with the regular breastfeeding and allow you to heal, but they can restrict flow, so prolonged use can cause problems.
"Severed" makes me really alarmed. As a mom who was hospitalized six days for mastitis, I can attest that infections in the skin are very dangerous. Also, you may be risking permanent nerve damage depending upon the cuts and how they heal.
Your OB is a good first contact and will probably recommend a breast surgeon for consultation (yes, they do maintenance on regular equipment in addition to the enhancements the profession is known for).
by Rachelle
On March 22, 2012 at 8:57 pm
I agree with other posts about our breastshield being too small. Contact a lactation consultant ASAP, and medela has lactation consultants you can email as a first line
of defense.
by Jacquie
On March 22, 2012 at 9:00 pm
Try a different cup size maybe yours is too small. It shouldn't be touching the nipple like that. The medela comes with a standard 24 mm cup but you can buy other sizes. Also just go heavy with the lanolin. You can also go to the webiste of an Internationally known lactation consultants website and read her information sheet and contact her if you'd like but she is the BEST and been a lifesaver to me. Her name is joan Fisher and the website is http://pages.ca.inter.net/~jfisher/information.html
Good luck
by adrienne
On March 22, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Oy. I wrote this once before, and apparently it didn't post.
It sounds like your flanges are the wrong size (probably- though not certainly- too small). A lactation consultant can help sort this out. No pump should be cutting into flesh even at the highest setting.
A silicone nipple shield can help you heal during regular breastfeeding (Medela makes great ones that are sold at places like Target). Lactation consultants caution against their prolonged use because they can restrict milk flow.
The open cuts and use of the word "severed" are alarming.
As someone who has had serious mastitis twice (once requiring surgery and once requiring a week's hospitalization and a medical order to stop breastfeeding that infant entirely), this can get really serious very quickly. You could be looking at an abscess (surgery) or an infection of the tissue, milk ducts, or even your blood.
Your OB can (and probably will) recommend an excellent breast surgeon (they do maintenance on standard issue parts, not just upgrades). The surgeon can help prevent surgery, hospitalization, and (don't mention this to Phil) permanent nerve damage.
Please don't take this lightly. Some simple treatment now might help you meet long-term breastfeeding goals.
by Lydia Beiler
On March 22, 2012 at 9:13 pm
I feel your pain. My daughter had thrush (in her mouth) recently and I therefore got it too. I had some SERIOUS cracks and they were incredibly sore. In fact it hurt so bad I about screamed when I nursed her. ANYWAY…not really what you were wanting to hear!
As far as clearing up the crack, my lactation consultant (supposedly the best in PA) told me to sleep on a towel at night and go bra-less. Allowing the crack to get air will help it heal. The other thing she suggested was to stop all Lanolin etc. (because the moisture prevents the crack from healing) and then before bed putting a warm washcloth on your breast for a bit, then blow dry the crack (using the cool setting of course!), holding it open as much as possible. The idea is to get it dried out so that it can heal from the inside out. Make sense? Those things made a HUGE difference with my healing.
Hope you get things cleared up and feel better soon!
by Patricia Diaz MD Pediatrician
On March 22, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Hi there. Im a pediatrician and also a breastfeeding coach. These type of skin lesions are frequent with an inadequate breastfeeding technique where the baby just pulls from the moms nipple and not the areola (from where it should be pulling). Other reason its when you use the electrical pumps that are too vigorous. I recommend that you start pumping manually and on the nipple lesions start putting some of the same breast milk you are producing. Also and if its possible spend sometime without shirt and bra while you are at home, so those wounds heal faster. If you wish further advice write me at my email or webpage.
by ParentsInk
On March 22, 2012 at 9:29 pm
Ouch! I like Bag Balm. I've nursed 7 kids, and have had a variety of things happen over the course of these 20 years and the best thing I have found for boobie boo boo's is Bag Balm.
Put it on when you can go bra-less and wipe it off before you nurse or pump. It was created for the chapped teets of dairy cows and really does promote healing. You just don't want to wear it all the time. When you don't have it on, make sure you a very dry (no excess milk or anything). Hope that helps.
by jessica
On March 22, 2012 at 9:32 pm
TAKE A BREAK FROM PUMPING UNTIL IT HEALS!! lol If you stop, your breat should heal within a few days. If you keep punping, it will only get worse.
Best of luck!
by Jill Cordes
On March 26, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Thanks Dr Diaz and all you moms who have given excellent advice. I am going to try letting air get to it, get some nipple shields, and try and use the electric pump as infrequently as possible. I will let you know how it goes. I'll try bag balm and some of the other remedies if this doesn't work. Oh, and I'll get bigger flanges. Stay tuned! Ouch.
by SS
On March 28, 2012 at 8:38 pm
I got what seemed like rug burns from the 'comfort fit' flanges- the hard plastic ones caused far fewer issues for me. Also consider trying Motherlove Herbal Nipple Cream (1 oz) when you are getting ready to nurse- like lanolin it's safe for the babies, but it was also easier on me- if you are allergic at all to wool you can react to lanolin… Good luck!


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Surabhi, a unique theatre group founded 127 years ago, has been invited to perform in the International Festival of Metz and in Paris in May 2013, the Alliance Francaise announced here on Friday. The theatre group is run by 65 members of the same family and is also known as Sri Venkateshwara Natya Mandali.
The group will be staging ' Maya Bazaar' a traditional play in Telugu in Public Gardens in Nampally on Saturday at 5.30 p.m. This would be a fund raising show prior to their tour to France. Donor passes are available at the Alliance Française main centre, Road No.3, Banjara Hills and also at the venue before the show. For more information call 23554485 or email to 'email@example.com'.
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My little cottage is 200 years old and would have once been the gardeners cottage, although sadly no garden but there is a south facing sunny terrace in the front to sit out. It is therefore full of character but quite SMALL with low doors and oak beamed ceilings. It is one of the original '2 up, 2 downs' from around 1800 and in recent years was modernised and a small toilet/shower room added. It has been decorated and furnished in keeping with the period complete with some antique furniture so not really suitable for small children. You do actually sense the history in the ambiance. The kitchen is just big enough for 4 to eat round the table and the living room cosy, especially when the log fire is blazing away in the grate but please note, we do not have big loungy sofas. We have period seating.. Situated in a no-thru road, literally just off the main centre and market square of Bingham, it is quiet but with easy access to Nottingham. Fine for 4 people (max )if not to tall!
YOUNG CHILDREN: Children of a responsible age (over around 7 years) are welcome . The antique style of furnishing means low items like fire tongues, small pictures, decorative lights etc. could easily be damaged and at the same time be dangerous to a small child. Babies who are not yet mobile would of course be fine, although we do not have cot facilities, high chairs or any other baby bits and pieces.
MEDIUM TERM LETS: If you are in between houses or working for maybe just 2 or 3 months in the area, it may be that we can give you a slightly preferential rate for a 'medium term ' stay. I regret I cannot possibly match the monthly rates of a 6 month let but I am sure you dont not want the committment of a 6 month contract either. We could talk about it.
FIBRE WIFI Super Fast : Available in the cottage!! , however Computers with internet/printers can also be found free of charge just 5 minutes away in the local library on an hourly basis.
This is my English Home - I am retired and spend quality time in France. I come back often so I do hope you enjoy my little cottage as much as I do.
C Shells purchased this cottage in 2003
Where else can you find a delightful period property so close to all amenities and available for medium term lets under 6 months ?
It speaks for itself !!
stayed at rosehip cottage as a last minute booking - owner was very helpful in arranging this. Cottage is very nicely presented just 100m from the main market square where there are many pleasant pubs and restaurants as well as local supermarket chains to get supplies. Quiet location as it is on a street that is a dead end. Lacks a garden but does have a front terrace to sit out on. Bingham is a very nice village/small town, with excellent access to nottingham and all major routes. Caretaker was especially helpful and was contactable for any problems. Overall we would highly recommend this cottage to other guests.
We have spent a very enjoyable week in Rosehip cottage: it is located in a very quiet street (not a single noise at night!) , the neighbours are friendly and helpful.
The cottage is small but has everything you need; the brand new kitchen is perfect!!! (I specially appreciated to have a gas cooker and oven!) And we found all the basic items - and more - in the cupboards (no need to rush shopping!).
The bedrooms are very clean and comfortable.
We will definitely come back!
(We would also like to add a special thank you to Traci who made us most welcome!)
This is a quintessentially English cottage situated on a quiet cul de sac only 2 minutes walk from the very pretty market square of this small town. There's a cosy kitchen diner, a wealth of beams and a real log fire which can be lit on chilly evenings. On warmer days, you can sit and relax or eat al fresco on the small terrace at the front of the house. The cottage is furnished in olde worlde style (great for anyone interested in antiques & collectables) and has comfortable beds with lovely crisp linen. It has always been spotlessly clean.
There are a good selection of pubs, eating places, take-aways and supermarkets as well as a weekly market in the town square.
Bingham is conveniently situated for the historic town of Nottingham with it's Robin Hood connections, Lincoln with it's cobbled streets & famous cathedral, Newark with it's riverside walks and the splendid Beauvoir Castle. For antique hunters like us, the huge showground antique fairs of Newark, Swinderby & Lincoln are a short drive away. We've stayed here in both the summer and winter whilst antique hunting and have enjoyed our stay every time. A little home from home ?
Great little place as a base for my parents & sister visiting from Australia. They needed some where to stop as my place here in England wasn't big enough for 5 adults. This was perfect as was only down the road from my own place.
Everything went smoothly with transfering payment and getting the keys. Both the owner of the property and the lady who looks after it were lovely.
Perfect location for walking into Bingham to get little bits & pieces and my parents really liked the chinese restaurant.
Parking was good, we were always able to park on the street, which really helped.
I even stayed here myself with my parents & sister the night before my wedding and got ready here, the photographer got some lovely shots in the kitchen and lounge room.
My parents would love to stay here again when they next visit, they really liked it.
We had a great time using the cottage as a base for visiting. The bijou nature of the cottage meant that it was very warm in the depths of a cold English winter. The cottage was clean and well-maintained. The weather caused a couple of problems but these were dealt with swiftly.
The description of "village" could probably be upgraded to "small market town" which gave us access to more facilities than would be expected. However, it can definitely be referred to as "rural" with plenty of country walks available. It was also very easy to get into Nottingham by bus or train.
I would definitely recommend it to others. It is ideal for a couple who may want overnight guests.
We did all our booking online and it was smooth and time efficient. Nothing was too much trouble. On arrival we were greeted by Angie who gave us a great orientation not only to the mechanics in the cottage but some local information. It was very clean and every home comfort was accessible.
The cottage is in the centre of the village and within walking distance of the shops and market which has great local characters. The kids went and got their own fish and chips and we visited the sports centre. As we we were centrally placed we went off to Nottingham ( great shopping) and into the countryside.
This really is a typical English village with great character and the accommodation was quaint with great attention to detail to keep the rural feel. We would definitely recommend this for families with teenage kids,or couples who want to have a cozy space which is quiet, but close to all the amenities. Thank you Jane and Angie!
Well Robin Hood country of course. Come and trace the history of Robin Hood - he robbed the rich to pay the poor (apparently!). The logs for the fireplace come from Nottingham Forest. There are many old villages and pubs all around the area .The evocative 11th century castle - erected by William the Conqueror and rebuilt by the Duke of Newcastle in the 18th century brings back the decades of history associated with Nottingham and surrounding lace market . Nottingham itself boasts the oldest inn in England. Modern Nottingham is thronging with nightlife and restaurants with some of the biggest national companies and Universities based there but there are also many outlying areas of natural beauty and protected bird life.
The great city of Nottingham should not be missed and offers a litany of enthralling museums. Its modern name derives from an Anglo-Saxon chieftain called Snot - hence Snotingham!
Ski: There is a fake Snow Dome in Nottingham where you can indeed ski.
There are trains to Nottingham less than 5 minutes walk from the cottage and similarly express buses about every 20 minutes which take about 30 -40 minutes to the centre.
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Mark Twain Intermediate School 239 (known as "Twain") is a public middle school in the Coney Island section of Brooklyn, New York. It is known for its academic rigor and talent classes.
The remedy plan proposed by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was developed by Professor Dan Dodson of New York University and would have compelled the busing of pupils throughout the district for integration purposes. The school board plan was to make Mark Twain a magnet school for the gifted and talented and thus attract sufficient white pupils on a voluntary basis to integrate the school, and at the same time, all the middle schools in the district. The plan was the product of more than 150 people representing a broad spectrum of input from community, parent, District 21 and Brooklyn College professionals.
Judge Weinstein then appointed a master professor, Curtis Burger of Columbia University Law School to report back to him with a recommendation. The recommendation basically was to accept the school board's plan and the judge so ordered in July of 1974.
Mark Twain Junior High School 239 for the Gifted and Talented opened as a magnet school effective September 1975 beginning with grade 7, phasing in grades 8 and 9 over a three year period and was integrated to the ratio of white pupils to minority pupils in the district which was 7 to 3 at that time. Discriminatory policies are used to maintain this ratio; recently, a student of Indian descent was denied admission even though a white student of similar capabilities would have been admitted
Mark Twain is noted for having a relatively large number of acceptances to specialized high schools each year. The city-wide reading and math scores have resulted in the school being listed on the Internet as number four in New York State.
Children are admitted to the school on the basis of state- and city-wide test scores and Mark Twain's own tests in individual talent area.
Computer Squad
The Computer Squad provides technical support for students and staff.
Audio Visual Squad
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Senior yearbook (Reflections)
The award winning yearbook requires a great deal of student and teacher participation. The media students handle the photos for the yearbook, and the creative writing talent students handle the written content. The Yearbook Business staff fund-raises by scouring the community for advertising, gathering boosters, and generating interest in cluster ads. The design aspects of the yearbook are overseen by a group of students selected from the computer/math talent classes. Also, photography and art talent classes contribute to the images in the yearbook.
Video yearbook
The sister project to the printed Senior Yearbook, the Video Yearbook is mostly handled by the visual media classes. All the same concerns apply as to any major school publication, particularly one directed at its graduating class.
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The official school newspaper, The Chronicle, contains eight to twelve pages of news articles, editorials, reviews, and other content handled under the direction of the seventh grade creative writing classes. Photographs are provided by media talent.
The Territorial Enterprise
In 2006, a student-created, written, and organized newspaper called The Territorial Enterprise was distributed in the school. It was the first student-produced newspaper in Mark Twain I. S. 239 history. The name comes from the first newspaper in which Samuel Langhorne Clemens published material under his famous pen-name, Mark Twain. The creators used it for its connection to the name of the school and the man it was named after.
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It had two issues, all in 2006, and then came to a sudden close. The cause of this was the distribution of the unedited version of the third issue, which contained an article with comments insulting to a few of the staff. The distress it caused to the staff led to the permanent closure of The Territorial Enterprise.


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Wade: Heat-Celtics was 'inevitable' matchup
MIAMI In 2010, Boston ousted Dwyane Wade in the first round and LeBron James in the second round. A year later, Wade and James were teammates and turned the tables, sending the Celtics into the offseason.
Here comes the tiebreaker.
Celtics-Heat, one more time - with a berth in the NBA finals as the reward.
For the fifth time in seven years, it'll be Boston or Miami winning the Eastern Conference championship. Game 1 of that title series is Monday night in Miami, with the Heat saying it almost seemed predestined that they would be seeing the Celtics again, and Boston's perspective being that the team in green is exactly where it expected to be as well.
"Inevitable. It's the matchup the game of basketball wants," Wade said Sunday afternoon. "Obviously, with the Chicago Bulls being out, this is the biggest matchup the Eastern Conference can have. So we accept the challenge and we look forward to the series."
Added Heat coach Erik Spoelstra: "Was there any doubt that it'd be us and Boston?"
Well, maybe a little.
Spoelstra watched Boston's Game 7 East semifinal matchup against Philadelphia without a notepad, not wanting to start game planning until the winner was decided. And that didn't come until late in the night, when Rajon Rondo - forced into the closer's role after Paul Pierce fouled out with 4:16 left - delivered time and again down the stretch, carrying the Celtics to an 85-75 closeout victory.
"This is a good time right now," Celtics forward Kevin Garnett said. "This is the cream of the cream. This is what it's all about, you know, conference finals. We definitely didn't like the way we left last year. So we'll see what happens, man. We'll see what happens. Let's get it on."
Miami beat Boston in five games in last year's East semifinals, and the Celtics took three of four games from Miami this season. Both sides cautioned against reading too much into any of those results.
James said the game changes in the playoffs, even more so as teams get deeper into it. The Celtics know what he wants to do, he knows what the Celtics will try, familiarity born from James having already faced Boston in 18 playoff games - more than any other active player, and more than any club the reigning MVP has squared off with in the postseason.
"I wouldn't have it no other way, personally," James said. "It's really the only team I'm accustomed to playing in the playoffs. No matter where I go, I find a way to play Boston. ... We've got a lot of history."
James and the Cleveland Cavaliers lost in seven games to Boston in 2008. In 2010, the Celtics topped the Cavs in six games, one round after easily beating the Heat in a series punctuated by Wade vowing that he wouldn't lose another first-round series for a long time to come. Last season, Miami's five-game win was far from easy. And this time, the perception of the Celtics is that they're old, tired and weary.


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Rochester kids are exercising their green thumbs to wrap up a year of learning about growing a garden.
On Friday, hundreds of Pre-K and elementary school children planted flowers and vegetables at Ontario Beach Park. It is part of the Flower City Kids Planting and Picnic Day.
These kids spent the year growing the plants and organizers say some of them have never been up to the park until today.
Sara Scott, Flower City Kids, said, "It is a sense of responsibility. They're caring for the plant from seed until it grows, watering it every day. Some groups do observations and writing about their plants. It's a great way to build environmental stewardship: caring about the Earth and coming getting their hands dirty."
This is the 28th year of the Flower City Kids Program. Kids also enjoyed lunch and a ride on the carousel.
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