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Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeareby Jonathan Bate
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His acts being seven ages."
In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard's own immortal list of a man's seven ages in As You
"One man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages."
In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard's own immortal list of a man's seven ages in As You Like It, Bate deduces the crucial events of Shakespeare's life and connects them to his world and work as never before.
Here is the author as an infant, born into a world of plague and syphillis, diseases with which he became closely familiar; as a schoolboy, a position he portrayed in The Merry Wives of Windsor, in which a clever, cheeky lad named William learns Latin grammar; as a lover, married at eighteen to an older woman already pregnant, perhaps presaging Bassanio, who in The Merchant of Venice won a wife who could save him from financial ruin. Here, too, is Shakespeare as a soldier, writing Henry the Fifth's St. Crispin's Day speech, with a nod to his own monarch Elizabeth I's passionate addresses; as a justice, revealing his possible legal training in his precise use of the law in plays from Hamlet to Macbeth; and as a pantaloon, an early retiree because of, Bate postulates, either illness or a scandal. Finally, Shakespeare enters oblivion, with sonnets that suggest he actively sought immortality through his art and secretly helped shape his posthumous image more than anyone ever knew.
Equal parts masterly detective story, brilliant literary analysis, and insightful world history, Soul of the Age is more than a superb new recounting of Shakespeare's experiences; it is a bold and entertaining work of scholarship and speculation, one that shifts from past to present, reality to the imagination, to reveal how this unsurpassed artist came to be.
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Editorial Reviews
The Washington Post
Ben Jonson claimed that Shakespeare "was not of an age, but for all time!" Conversely, noted British Shakespeare scholar Bate (The Genius of Shakespeare) attempts to prove that the Bard effectively represents the politically and socially complicated 16th-century environment and that his work can then-theoretically-illuminate his mysterious personal life with the notable exception of his marriage. While much is conjectured here, the scant biographical resources are well-used to painstakingly define Shakespeare's careers as actor, poet and playwright and to refute popular myths such as his purported retirement from writing. Bate's approach is more successful in confirming that Shakespeare typifies his age than in providing substantive biographical information based on hints hidden in the prolific body of work. Even so, Bate offers an excellent resource for students of English literature and the Elizabethan era in this thoughtful, well-researched and even playful explication of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets as they resonated in both the Elizabethan sphere and the less austere Stuart court while remaining relevant today. Illus. (Apr. 17)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
George Bernard Shaw mused, "Everything we know about Shakespeare can be got into a half-hour sketch," and this is the challenge Bate faces in writing this biography. Shakespeare's writings have survived through the ages, but much about the author has disappeared, so there is little on which to base a biography. Bate's previous work, The Genius of Shakespeare, was a "traditional" biography, relying upon facts and anecdotes to reconstruct the Bard's life. In this "intellectual" biography, Bate uses Shakespeare's own example of the seven ages of man for structure: survival and environment for the infant; book learning for the schoolboy; the nature of sexual desire for the lover; war and social unrest for the soldier; law and politics for the justice; wisdom and folly for the old man; and the art of facing death for the age of "oblivion." Bate is able to reveal the world in which Shakespeare moved and in the process lend depth to what would otherwise be a two-dimensional rendering of the man himself. This is not only an outstanding scholarly accomplishment but also a pleasure to read. Recommended for all libraries.
Mark Alan Williams
"It is almost impossible to write something fresh about William Shakespeare. Yet Jonathan Bate has succeeded, with a sparkling and arresting portrait of the Bard and his world as discovered in his writings."—The Economist (named one of the best books of 2008)
"Thoughtful, well-researched and even playful . . . An excellent resource for students of English literature and the Elizabethan era."—Publishers Weekly
"Soul of the Age is the most artful, intriguing, and satisfying study of the mind of William Shakespeare we now possess. No other biography has used Shakespeare's works so resourcefully to shed light on his life; few have so successfully mined the records of his life to illuminate the works. Each chapter shines with new discoveries, original insights, and dazzling prose. This is a major achievement from a master of Shakespeare studies."—David Armitage, Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History, Harvard University
"Surprising, fresh and anything but le pot rechauffé . . . [Bate] has the gift of a true teacher–able at once to educate and to entertain. . . . After reading Soul of the Age I felt closer to the soul of Shakespeare."—The Guardian,U.K.
"There can only be a handful of people in the world who know as much about Shakespeare as Bate, and it is intensely enjoyable to watch him bringing his knowledge to bear. He has the conjuror's art of suspense, and you find yourself gasping with pleasure at the neatness of his conclusions. Few books pack so much new thinking about Shakespeare between their covers."—Sunday Times, U.K.
"Bate is both a considerable scholar and an excellent writer, and he achieves a resonant and complex portrait, constantly alert to new lines of enquiry and unexpected connections. . . . [This] is a triumph of precision, learning and intelligent innovation."—The Telegraph, U.K.
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- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication date:
- 04/07/2009
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- 496
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Chapter One
Here begins the plague
Exit pursued by a bear: antigonus is torn to pieces. a clownish young shepherd witnesses his death on land and many more losses on the sea as a tempest-tossed ship is swallowed by the waves. "A sad tale's best for winter," little Prince Mamillius has said, before being struck by death himself. But Shakespeare's Winter's Tale veers from tragedy to comedy. Young Shepherd's breathless description of heavy matters is counterpointed against Old Shepherd's amazed discovery of new life in the form of the abandoned baby Perdita. "Thou met'st with things dying," he serenely remarks to his son, "I with things new born."
In Shakespeare's England, birth and death went cheek by jowl. Each entry in the parish register of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon- Avon, is encoded with a single letter: C for christened, M for married, and B for buried. A ceaseless procession of birth, copulation, and death: human life stripped to its essentials. Shortly after the entry that reads "1564, Apr. 26. C. Gulielmus filius Johannes Shakspere"—April 26, 1564, christened, William, son of John Shakespeare—the entries marked B begin to thicken on the page. There were no more than twenty deaths in the first half of 1564, well over two hundred in the second. The population of this small but prosperous market town in the English Midland county of Warwickshire was about fifteen hundred, so more than one in seven were taken in those few months of devastation. The cause is duly noted in a marginal annotation opposite the burial entry for Oliver Gunne, apprentice: hic incepit pestis. Here begins the plague.
In August, the town council met in emergency session in the garden of the Gild Chapel, hoping that the outdoor air would be less contagious than that of the Gild Hall. They discussed relief for the plague victims. "Burgess" (councillor) John Shakespeare gave a generous sum of money. The horror faced by the townspeople may be glimpsed from a contemporary account of a plague outbreak in London. If just one member of a family was struck down, the rest would have been closed up in the house to prevent the spread of infection:
What an unmatchable torment were it for a man to be barred up every night in a vast silent charnel-house? Hung (to make it more hideous) with lamps dimly and slowly burning, in hollow and glimmering corners: where all the pavement should, instead of green rushes, be strewed with blasted rosemary, withered hyacinths, fatal cypress and yew, thickly mingled with heaps of dead men's bones: the bare ribs of a father that begat him, lying there: here the chapless hollow skull of a mother that bore him.
The previous year, John and Mary Shakespeare had lost their infant Margaret at four months, and sometime before that, another girl, Joan. Cause of deaths unknown. But the loss not uncommon—everyone knew infant mortality.
They were doubly lucky this time. William was what every respectable couple wanted: a son to maintain the family name and estate. His sex was their first stroke of good fortune. Second was his survival of the plague. What John and Mary could never know was that he would not merely survive, but make the Shakespeare name live as long as humankind has books and stories.
Plague was the single most powerful force shaping his life and those of his contemporaries. John Stow's annals of English history summarized the key events of the year of Shakespeare's birth. The previous autumn, Londoners had suffered terribly: "Forsomuch as the plague of pestilence was so hot in the city of London, there was no term kept at Michaelmas: to be short, the poor citizens of London were this year plagued with a threefold plague, pestilence, scarcity of money, and dearth of victuals: the misery whereof, were too long here to write, no doubt the poor remember it, the rich by flight into the countries made shift for themselves."
John Stow, denominated "Citizen of London" on his title page, would not have bothered to record an outbreak of plague in a small town in the Midlands. There is London and there is the rest of England. London is far bigger than every other conurbation. It is more densely populated, so the spread of plague is more rapid. And it is the location of the institutions that govern the nation: the royal court, the houses of Parliament and the law courts, Lambeth Palace (London residence of the archbishop of Canterbury and administrative headquarters of the Church of England). In bad times, the rich and their institutions could take flight to the country, leaving the London poor to shift for themselves. The royal court was supremely mobile, with the queen moving on a whim or a plague warning from Whitehall in central London to one of her other palaces—Greenwich downstream, Hampton Court upstream, Richmond or Windsor secluded in their deer parks, or Nonsuch deep in rural Surrey.
It was a litigious age. Stow measures the seasons by the four terms of the legal year, when the courts were in session. During times of plague, as in Michaelmas term (October to December) 1563 and Hilary term (January to March) 1564, the judges and lawyers met out of town. Throughout Shakespeare's professional career, there were close links between the worlds of law and theater. Many of his fellow dramatists trained at the Inns of Court. Law students were a key element of the theater audience. Hack writer Tom Nashe railed against the "tedious dead vacation" when there were no lawyers to see his plays or buy his pamphlets. And, like the law courts, the acting companies traveled out of town when plague was severe.
So it was that plague determined several turning points in Shakespeare's career. In January 1593, just as he was making his name as an actor turned playwright, an order went out from the Privy Council: "Forasmuch as by the certificate of the last week it appeareth the infection doth increase . . . we think it fit that all manner of concourse and public meetings of the people at plays, bear- baitings, bowlings and other like assemblies for sports be forbidden." Save for a few weeks' remission the following winter, the theaters remained closed for a year and a half. The actors toured, while a different Shakespeare emerged. The rewrite man, the patcher of old plays from the existing repertoire, turned himself into an original poet. In April 1593, he published "the first heir" of his "invention," Venus and Adonis. Its stylistic brilliance and risqué content made his name among the smart set. It became the bestselling long poem of the age, the favored reading of undergraduates and Inns of Court men. Dedicated to Henry Wriothesley, the third earl of Southampton, it was also a bid for patronage.
The dedicatory epistle that begins the more serious and rhetorically elaborate follow-up poem, The Rape of Lucrece, published the next year, suggests that the bid was successful. Where Shakespeare's letter prefacing Venus and Adonis dwells on his "hopeful expectation," the one attached to Lucrece speaks repeatedly of "duty" and devoted service: "What I have done is yours, what I have to do is yours, being part in all I have, devoted yours." There is a strong possibility that Shakespeare spent part of the plague year in some form of service in Southampton's household at Titchfield in Hampshire.
The association with Southampton had three key consequences. It transformed Shakespeare from jobbing playwright to courtly poet, marked him out as the crossover man who could appeal equally to penny- paying groundlings and powerful courtiers or even the queen herself. Politically, it brought him into the orbit of the earl of Essex, to whom young Southampton was devoted. This would have potentially dangerous consequences a few years later. And intellectually, it introduced him to the work of the Anglo-Italian man of letters John Florio, Southampton's tutor, through whom he was exposed to Italian culture and, later, the essays of Michel de Montaigne, whose subtle, sympathetic mind was perfectly attuned to his own.
The plague of 1593–94 provided an enforced sabbatical after which Shakespeare returned to the theater with a new-minted verbal art. In the next couple of years, he wrote the plays in which his literary style truly matures: the dazzlingly intellectual (Florioesque) Love's Labour's Lost, the miraculously imaginative Midsummer Night's Dream, and the quicksilver Romeo and Juliet, with its growth from love's artifice to the heart's authenticity. When Mercutio dies with the words "A plague o' both your houses," it is no idle oath: the play was written in the aftermath of a period when the households of many members of Shakespeare's London audience would have been struck by plague. And plague is indeed subtly woven into the plot: the reason Romeo does not get Friar Laurence's crucial letter is that Friar John is detained for fear that he might have been infected. Parents are supposed to die before their children, the old before the young. With plague, it is not always like that. The tragic irony of Romeo and Juliet is that the houses of both Capulet and Montague escape the plague, yet still the children die first. The final scene takes place in an ancestral tomb, but those who lie dead are the flower of a city's youth—Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Juliet, and her Romeo.
Plague also shapes the deep structure of Shakespeare's imaginative world. As Queen Elizabeth secluded herself from infection at Richmond and Nonsuch, so Ferdinand King of Navarre and his courtiers in Love's Labour's Lost enclose themselves in a garden world. As A Midsummer Night's Dream counterpoints city and court (Athens) against green world and fairy lore (the wood), so Shakespeare always moved between two worlds: London for business and busy-ness, Stratford for home and rest. The classical poet Horace made a distinction between negotium (social, mercantile, legal, and political transactions, the pursuit of wealth and power), always associated with the great city of Rome, and otium (peace, pastoral idleness), found on his country farm. Whenever asked "business or pleasure?" we are inheritors of that Horatian choice. Pleasure is otium, business its opposite (the word negotium is derived from otium and the prefix nec, "not"). Like a second Rome, London was synonymous with negotium, while the quiet town on the edge of the Forest of Arden represented otium. Shakespeare knew all about the dialectic of Horace's two worlds from his reading in generations of pastoral literature, but he also lived the difference every time he walked or rode from his rented lodgings in London to his own home in Stratford. Plague was a key factor in determining the frequency of those journeys.
Mewling and puking
Even if you grow up to become the greatest writer the world has ever seen, you begin like every other baby, mewling and puking. When William Shakespeare was born in April 1564, he doubtless mewled because he had come into the world that he would one day call "this great stage of fools." But in whose arms? Jaques addresses his "seven ages" speech to a group of courtiers. In their world, a baby would have been passed straight to a wet nurse, so it is dramatically appropriate that the infant is imagined mewling and puking in the nurse's arms, not a mother's. Shakespeare's mother, Mary, claimed kinship with the illustrious Warwickshire family of Arden, but is unlikely to have been in the position to hire a wet nurse. Twenty years later, Shakespeare's wife, Anne, would breast-feed her own daughter.
But perhaps we should not attach too much significance to the choice of nurse as opposed to mother. Nurse could simply mean "nourisher." Shakespeare may have been the first person to take the word out of the nursery and use it in its modern sense, to apply it to general health care as opposed to the specific context of rearing an infant. In The Comedy of Errors, when the confusion created by the unrecognized presence of two sets of identical twins becomes so intense that Antipholus of Ephesus is supposed to have gone mad, his wife, Adriana, says
I will attend my husband, be his nurse,Diet his sickness, for it is my office,And will have no attorney but myself,And therefore let me have him home with me.
The juxtaposition of "nurse," usually associated with mothers and infants, and "attorney," a word belonging to the grown-up male world of the legal profession ("And then the justice . . ."), is typical of Shakespeare's mingling of both "the ages of man" and the customary roles of men and women.
There aren't many babies in the plays. In tragedy and history, we hear whispers of sterility and infanticide. Richard III has no compunction in ordering the murder of the princes in the Tower, King Lear curses the womb of his eldest daughter, Goneril, and Macbeth is tormented by the fact that he has no children to inherit his crown, while his wife talks of plucking her nipple from a baby's boneless gums and dashing its brains out. Given that she is a lady and a future queen of Scotland, the image of her doing her own breast-feeding, rather than relying on a wet nurse, is an additional startling detail to set beside the violence.
The few babies that do appear—prop dolls, one assumes—are given a hard time. When Paulina in The Winter's Tale brings Leontes his newborn daughter, she describes in beautiful detail how a baby appears to be a miniaturized "print" of its parent:
Behold, my lords,Although the print be little, the whole matterAnd copy of the father: eye, nose, lip,The trick of's frown, his forehead, nay, the valley,The pretty dimples of his chin and cheek, his smiles,The very mould and frame of hand, nail, finger.
But Leontes is convinced his wife has been unfaithful to him:
This brat is none of mine.It is the issue of Polixenes.Hence with it, and together with the damCommit them to the fire!
Paulina's husband saves the baby and takes her to the wilds of Polixenes' own kingdom of Bohemia. For his pains, he exits where we began—pursued by a bear, leaving the baby, named Perdita, "the lost one," to be found by the shepherds, raised as a shepherdess, and theatrically transformed back to the princess she was born to be.
In the bloody Roman play Titus Andronicus, it looks for a moment as though the black baby born of the clandestine affair between villainous Aaron the Moor and Tamora, queen of Goths and empress of Rome, will also be dispatched at birth. "The empress sends it thee, thy stamp, thy seal, / And bids thee christen it with thy dagger's point." But Aaron turns on the Nurse: "Zounds, you whore! Is black so base a hue?" The baby's half brother offers to "broach the tadpole on my rapier's point," but Aaron stabs the Nurse instead: "Go to the empress, tell her this I said: [Stabs] / Weke, weke! So cries a pig preparèd to th' spit." He saves his baby and leaves the city of Rome.
A little while later, an army of Goths is marching toward Rome. Being cast as the Second Goth Soldier in Titus Andronicus is probably not the summit of any actor's ambition, but Shakespeare has a way of giving life even to bit parts. This chap seems to have a taste for architectural ruins. One imagines him touring the shires with bicycle clips and a battered copy of Pevsner's Buildings of England.
Renownèd Lucius, from our troops I strayedTo gaze upon a ruinous monastery,And as I earnestly did fix mine eyeUpon the wasted building, suddenlyI heard a child cry underneath a wall.
It is Aaron's baby. But what is a ruined monastery doing in a play set in ancient Rome? And why is it that a few lines later Aaron himself speaks of "popish tricks and ceremonies"? Shakespeare is full of intentional anachronisms whereby the past illuminates the present and vice versa. In the blink of an eye we have been transported from the ancient Roman empire to the modern Roman Catholic Church, from an imagined Italy to the landscape of Shakespeare's own time, an England of "bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang."
For defacing images
Winter 1563. Mary Shakespeare, born Mary Arden in the village of Wilmcote on the fringes of the Forest of Arden, is pregnant for the third time. John Shakespeare, her husband, is a busy man. His father had farmed in the village of Snitterfield, but he has moved into the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. His glove business is going well. He deals in wool on the side. And he is making an impression in local government. First he was the town's ale taster or "conner," assisting at the leet court where people went to complain about false measures and watered ale. He weighed the bread and tasted the beer, ensuring the brew was good and wholesome. Next he became constable. Then "affeeror," whose business it was to levy fines in the local court. And then burgess, borough councillor. Now that Mary is pregnant with William, he is chamberlain, keeping the town's accounts.
That winter, he and his fellow chamberlain John Taylor, shearman of Sheep Street, add a new entry: "Item, payd for defasyng ymages in ye chappell—ijs." Two shillings, worth a dozen loaves of bread or a bottle of French wine or forty-eight tankards of ale (or, a generation later, twenty-four standing spaces to watch a play at the Globe), paid for the defacing of images in the chapel next door to the school on the corner of Church Street and Dead Lane.
The Gild of the Holy Cross had been at the heart of Stratford life for three hundred years. Its members, both men and women, pledged to keep fraternal relations, to attend one another's funerals in Augustinian hoods, and to make payments for the souls of the dead, whose masses were sung by priests in the chapel. The guild had maintained the free school and almshouses for the poor.
Following the Protestant revolution, purgatory was abolished and prayers for the dead became redundant. The dead were either blessed and safe in heaven or damned and burning in hell, and that was that. And did not the Bible condemn graven images as idolatrous? The walls of the Gild Chapel had been covered in frescoes—there you could see St. George and the dragon; the murder of Thomas Becket; local saints and English heroes; and, above the arch of the nave, a great cross, the risen Christ, and the Last Judgment, showing the souls of the saved on their way to heaven, the devil and the Seven Deadly Sins taking the damned to the other place, marching them via the primrose path of dalliance to the everlasting bonfire.
With a bucket of whitewash, and a two-shilling bill to follow, workmen covered over all these images, obliterating the signs of a shared faith and folk memory. A few months later, Chamberlain Shakespeare's first son would be born into a new world, a new dispensation. But the wash of lime blanking out the old world was a thin layer. Scratch away at the surface and the old ways are still visible. Always between two worlds he would be, this poet of double vision.
William Shakespeare grew up to become the father of twins and a dramatist who mingled comedy and tragedy, low life and high, prose and verse. He was a countryman who worked in the city, a teller of English folktales who was equally versed in the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome. His mind and world were poised between Catholicism and Protestantism, old feudal ways and new bourgeois ambitions, rational thinking and visceral instinct, faith and scepticism.
After the plague, the Reformation is the second great shadow cast across the moment of Shakespeare's infancy. He lived between the two great cataclysms in English history: the break from the universal Roman Catholic Church and the execution of King Charles I. His plays were made possible by the first and helped to create the conditions that brought about the second.
For centuries, the staple of English drama had been the cycles known as miracle or mystery plays, dramatizations of biblical stories organized by the guilds of tradesmen in the major towns and cities around the country. They were destroyed by the Protestant Reformation. In 1532, within months of King Henry VIII's defiance of the Vatican over his divorce from Catherine of Aragon, references to loyalty to the pope were removed from the proclamation of the Chester cycle. In the 1540s, during the reign of the boy king Edward VI, when hard-line Protestantism was established in England for the first time, the Mary plays were omitted from the York cycle, and the Feast of Corpus Christi, traditional occasion for the performances of the cycles, was suppressed. Protestant theology not only abhorred Catholic veneration of the Virgin Mary and the saints, but regarded the very act of representing God as a form of idolatry. As the frescoes were whitewashed in the Stratford Gild Chapel and the heads knocked off statues in churches across the land, so the Chester plays were performed for the last time in 1575. The following year the Diocesan Court of York banned the "counterfeit or representation" of any part of the Trinity or the sacraments of baptism or the Lord's Supper or anything tending to "maintenance of superstition or idolatry." Young Shakespeare might have caught a glimpse of ranting Herod in one of the last performances of the Coventry plays, which annually until 1579 brought thousands of spectators from across the region into Coventry on the feast of Corpus Christi. But by the time he began writing plays himself, the old religious drama was dead and buried.
From the Hardcover edition.
Meet the Author
Jonathan Bate is a professor of Shakespeare and Renaissance literature at the University of Warwick. Widely known as a critic, award-winning biographer, and broadcaster, Bate is the author of several books on Shakespeare and principal editor of the Modern Library's and Royal Shakespeare Company's highly acclaimed William Shakespeare: Complete Works.
From the Hardcover edition.
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Brice Bernard
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Brice Joseph Bernard, 76, a native and resident of Houma, died at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, 2007.
Visitation will be from 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday and from 8 a.m. to funeral time Thursday at Chauvin Funeral Home. Liturgy of the Word will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home chapel, with burial in Magnolia Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Rita Hebert Bernard of Houma; four sons, Michael Anthony Bernard, Barry Paul Bernard, Timothy James Bernard and Randal John Bernard; one daughter, Nadine Ann Bernard; 10 grandchildren, Lindsey Bernard, Joseph Bernard, Jamie Bernard, Erin Bernard, Bethany Bernard, Lauren Bernard, Sarah Bernard, Spencer Bernard, Brett Bernard and Matthew Bernard; and his special friends, Walter and Sylvia Lemoine.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonce J. Bernard and Clarabelle Hotard Bernard.
He was retired owner of Bernards Bar and a U.S. Air Force veteran 2nd lieutenant.
He was a member of East Park Volunteer Fire Department, founder of Ducks Unlimited of Terrebonne Parish and graduated from Terrebonne High School and Southeastern University. He loved to hunt and fish.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Tulane University Medical Center or St. Jude Hospital.
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In the "Update in cardiology" article (1), Rapaport draws conclusions from the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Blood Pressure Lowering Arm (ASCOT-BPLA) (2) and recommends to "consider using amlodipine as first -line antihypertensive in patients with ³ 3 other cardiovascular risk factors". This should be interpreted carefully. ASCOT-BPLA found no difference in its primary outcome and the reported benefits were observed in secondary endpoints. In addition, several issues were raised about the design of the trial. First is the choice of a β-blocker as a comparator for first-line therapy versus amlodipine. Ever since the medical research council trial (3) showed that atenolol was not better than placebo in preventing cardiovascular disease, there have been reservations about the use of β-blockers as first-line antihypertensive therapy. Second, the dose of bendroflumethiazide (1.25 to 2.5 mg/day) was lower than the 10 mg/day used in previous trials that showed a benefit. This, in part, may account for the difference in blood pressure between the groups favoring the amlodipine group. Third, the diuretic was added to only 56.6 % of patients during the first year and about two-third of them during the following years. Lastly, the choice of an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor as an add-on therapy for the amlodipine group could have positively influenced the results since ACE inhibitors were shown to lower cardiovascular mortality and morbidity among high-risk patients (4).
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1. Rapaport E. Update in cardiology. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:618- 625.
2. Dahlöf B, Sever PS, Poulter NR, et al. Prevention of cardiovascular events with an antihypertensive regimen of amlodipine adding perindopril as required versus atenolol adding bendroflumethiazide as required, in the Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial-Blood Pressure Lowering Arm (ASCOT-BPLA): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2005;366:895-806.
3. Medical Research Council trial of treatment of hypertension in older adults: principal results. MRC Working Party. BMJ. 1992;304:405-12.
4. Danchin N, Cucherat M, Thuillez C, et al. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in patients with coronary artery disease and absence of heart failure or left ventricular systolic dysfunction: an overview of long-term randomized controlled trials. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:787-796.
5. ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group. The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial. Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or calcium channel blocker vs diuretic. JAMA. 2002;288:2981-2997.
6. Wright JT Jr, Dunn JK, Cutler JA, et al. ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group. Outcomes in hypertensive black and nonblack patients treated with chlorthalidone, amlodipine, and lisinopril. JAMA. 2005;293:1595-1608.
7. Chobanian AV, Bakris GL, Black HR, et al. Seventh report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 2003;42:1206-1252.
8. Psaty BM, Lumley T, Furberg CD, et al. Health outcomes associated with various antihypertensive therapies used as first-line agents: a network meta-analysis. JAMA 2003;289:2534-2544.
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Skip to comments.Cowboys QB Tony Romo is off the market, gets engaged to Candice Crawford ( Nice choice)
Posted on 12/17/2010 1:35:28 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Tony Romo may not be making many headlines on the field this season, but that isn't stopping him from making news off of it. The Cowboys QB got engaged to his girlfriend Candice Crawford earlier tonight, according to KDAF-TV in Dallas. The couple was reportedly celebrating Crawford's 24th birthday with her family at Five Sixty at the time of the proposal.
Crawford, 2008's Miss Missouri, is an anchor for KDAF-TV.
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Nice choice? Sure, but only if you're into the stunningly beautiful blonde bombshell type. :)
Useless thread.
That's better.
I wonder if her ankles would fit into those ear rings?
Picture of the ring at the website...you get one look before they give you the signup panel.
While she's still wearing them?
If you mean while she's wearing them, you're kinky.
You see, I took nine extra seconds poofreading and correcting tpyos.
Or on...
If I was wearing them, they could.
I know, I know
What's Vegas say the odds are they won't make it a year?
She looks very similar to ex-girlfriend Carrie Underwood, at least in that group pic posted here.
This thread is useless without pictures. (Am I first?)
Another two-year celeb marriage
Who's Tony Romo?
Ya' know...Jessica must smell something awful.
It took me awhile but i got a picture on the thread.
Some nice ones at the website with her doing her sportscasting job .
The place for ribs?
Those aren't earrings, they're left over Christmas tree ornaments.........
He's the QB the G-men beat into submission every time they play.
Contortionism (is that a word?) is her talent.
When I posted, there were no comments. It hung in la-la land for a looooooong time and then timed out.
"Bad Girl! Go to my room!"
"Big Hair" still rules in Texas..
That would be frustrating!
Very nice.
See #33.
Romo looks like a complete doofus in that picture.
"Another two-year celeb marriage"
I was just thinking three years, But your probably right.
judgin from this pic.......Tony is all steak and no taters cause she ain't got none
Why get married if bimbos are dime a dozen? Derek Jeter is wise to stay single LOL.
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Review of Members' Show - 30th October - 1st November 2015
This year, for the first time, Hertford Art Society members held their annual show at their regular meeting place - Cowbridge Hall, Cowbrige, Hertford, SG12 1PG. In its new premises the Members' Show took on a whole new look – lots of light flooding in, room for double the number of pictures of previous shows, and a layout that beckoned you around each set of panels like a garden full of nooks and crannies. This larger venue meant that were able to exhibit more and larger artwork and 68 artists contributed 230 framed and 3D pieces as well as browsers full of unframed work and an exciting selection of greetings cards.
Strewards offered coffee, tea and cakes and the result was a totally relaxed and friendly show enjoyed by a good stream of visitors each day. If they didn't feel like buying a picture there was always a good selection of colourful cards to browse through.
Among the other exhibits, the following really stood out:
35 pictures were sold - 27 framed and 8 unframed together with many greetings cards - all of which were respresentations of Members' artwork or original images. This compares with last year's figures of 22 sold (8 framed and 13 unframed). So we did a lot better in the new premises. This successful Show was made possible by the efforts of many Members and thanks go to all who helped put up and take down the show, baked cakes, dispensed refreshments or acted as stewards.
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Review of the 17th Members' Exhibition - October 31st – November 2nd 2014
The 17th exhibition of members' work took place at The Millbridge Rooms, Hertford. Once again, the work was of an excellent standard, a fact commented on by a number of visitors, and we can be proud to showcase our work in this way.
This year we sold 8 paintings, 1 wall plaque and 1 3D figure plus 13 unframed works. This total of 21 works compares favourably with sales last year. Well done to those who gave their time to steward the exhibition. Card sales were good and my thanks go to all who managed the cards so well and to all those in the handing-in team, the hanging team and the handing-back team. The success of this exhibition is entirely due to willing volunteers who recognise that this is their own exhibition, showcasing, as it does, the work of the Hertford Art Society.
Congratulations to our prizewinners:
There were many more artworks worthy of special note, but let me pick out a very few: Janet Benge's witty pencil drawing of a bus queue: Geoff Bennett's 'Autumn', a very successful print in which a farmer ploughs a lonely furrow in a field: Nigel Earle's ceramic wall plaque of Aldeburgh Fishing Hut, quite rightly snapped up at the beginning of the exhibition so we hope he makes more: and a delightfully humorous portrait of a cow, 'Cathy the Cow', by a new member, Georgia Smith.'
The Friday evening party was, as always, a most enjoyable occasion in which the members could meet socially and enjoy the exhibition and the food so kindly donated.
Congratulations to all who took part in the exhibition this year, whether you exhibited or volunteered or both. This exhibition is all about offering a platform to the Hertford Art Society members in which they can exhibit their work. For some it is the only exhibition they enter, for others it is only the first exhibition they enter, with many more to come. It is clear that the visitors love this show and we must make sure we attract even more visitors next year!
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Each year the following prizes are awarded:
Members' Show This annual exhibition is exclusively for works by Members of the Hertford Art Society. The 2015 Members' Show took place on 30th and 31st October and 1st November at Cowbridge Halls, Cowbridge, Hertford SG14 1PG.
Background The Members' Show is an annual exhibition, exclusively for the work by Members of the Hertford Art Society. It has been running successfully for a number of years now and has maintained a consistently high standard of work.


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Weekend Going Out Look: Black Orchid Noah Skinny Jeans
For my going out look this week, I wanted to do something inspired by Olivia Palermo and some preppy, yet fashionable looks that I have seen lately. I chose the Black Orchid Noah Jeans in Groovy Baby as I adore these jeans so much with the fun patchwork detailing and then paired them with this Topshop metallic cami to add some fun and layered a Topshop white blazer over the top to smarten it up. To give it some edge, I went with these Oscar de la Renta brogues as I think they are so smart and chic, then finished it off with a Balenciaga Papier tote and some subtle statement making blue pearl earrings. I definitely love this look and would wear it myself if I had the pieces!
Denim INTERVIEW: Julien Jarmoune of Black Orchid
Black Orchid is one of the leading brands in the market with fans from megastars like Kate Moss and Beyonce to fashion bloggers Chiara Ferragni. With their innovative and fashion forward styles and great fits there is no surprise to see them at the top. We got in touch with designer Julien Jarmoune to see what is going on with the brand from how he came up with the name, his favorites to see in his jeans, what we can expect from the brand in the future and more. Check out what he had to say below.
DenimBlog: How did you come up with the name Black Orchid?
Black Orchid: Black Orchid is an exotic and intriguing flower that is a universal symbol of love and luxury. Specifically, it represents perfection and beauty – something that I pursue and expect in my designs. It's my end goal to provide our girls a flawless luxury product that I love and believe in, hence the meaning behind our brand name.
DB: Who is the Black Orchid girl?
BO: She's the modern girl that has the ability to take one of our designs and integrate it into her own sense of style with confidence. We have an edgy approach to your classic silhouette so she can't be afraid to embrace it and just rock it.
DB: What is the concept behind Black Orchid?
BO: I've been in the denim industry since I was 18 years old, so with my knowledge and vision, I wanted to create a premium denim brand with not only the perfect fit, but with designs that represent myself as an individual and a designer.
DB: What was the inspiration for the new Fall '15 season?
BO: Fall 2015 was all about taking risks and pushing the boundaries. This season, we launched the smartest denim on the market – Liquify. Its revolutionary Italian denim stretch technology instantly sculpts and contours to your body like no other. Using this state of the art fabric, we created a series of innovative and dynamic denim washes. Additionally, we offered a wide range of vegan leather pieces – from jackets to trousers to biker skinnies. I believe there are not many brands out there that offer fashion forward vegan leather styles so I wanted to provide that for the consumer that's more "cruelty-free".
DB: Black Orchid pushes the boundaries quite a bit each season. What were some of your favorite styles to have designed?
BO: One of my favorite styles I've designed is our skinny overall. Everyone generally associates a pair of overalls as this frumpy, oversized, 90's style, but I wanted to modernize it by adding a sexier appeal to it. I made it skinnier and fitted to add a feminine look, and I minimized the size of the bib to show off the girl's curves. Now when a girl slips on a pair of our skinny overalls, she feels sexy, chic, and effortlessly stylish. It's a design I'm proud of and it continues to do so well for Black Orchid.
DB: Which style do you think every girl should have in their closet?
BO: Clean, medium-blue skinny, with a light fade and whisker details.
DB: Which is your personal favorite?
BO: A pair of classic blue skinnies with a soft, worn-in feel and a vintage, authentic wash. Or you can never go wrong with a jet black skinny.
DB: Who was your favorite celeb to see in Black Orchid?
BO: Favorite celebrities to see in Black Orchid were probably Beyonce, Olivia Palermo, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Taylor Swift, and blogger Chiara Ferragni!
DB: And who would you love to see wear your jeans?
BO: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley!
DB: What was your favorite moment since starting the brand?
BO: As many high's as I've had since starting my brand and as surprising as this sounds, my favorite moment was during my "low" period. It's a constant reminder to me that hard work pays off and that I'm blessed and grateful for everything that has happened since the beginning. It's not easy and nothing is spoon fed to you, but with persistence and determination, you can make anything happen. In the end, all of it was and is worth it. Other favorite moments include receiving emails and phone calls from our customers all around the world to just let me know how happy they are with the product, how good it makes them feel, and how great they look in them.
DB: What can we expect in the future from Black Orchid?
BO: Innovative and intricate denim washes while constantly pursuing the best fabric possible. We currently have denim tops but we want to include additional tops and outerwear into our line, eventually turning Black Orchid into a lifestyle brand.
DB: I think I covered everything. Is there anything you'd like to add?
BO: Nope, it seems like we covered everything.
DB: Thank you for the interview
BO: Thank you for having me!
Black Orchid Fall 2015 Campaign
The Black Orchid campaigns are something that I have to look forward to seeing. The brand has been opting for a more edgier aesthetic in not only styling, but in the styles that they release each season.
For Fall 2015, they went monochrome with distressed and paneled pieces styled in a western edgy feel. A look that I have come to associate for Black Orchid. From stone washes with raw hems and zip styles to the classic distressed, you can check out the new styles that Black Orchid will be releasing below.
Gisele Bundchen in Black Orchid Harper Boyfriend Jeans
Photographed leaving her hotel with husband, Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen looked to be in good spirits. While out, Gisele wore a pair of Black Orchid Harper skinny boyfriend jeans with a slouchy black tank top and black heels.
I love both the fit and the wash on these jeans. I think they have the perfect amount of slouch which is great for a casual look. I also really like the medium indigo tone of the wash and that it isn't too dark or light. Buy Black Orchid online from Revolve Clothing.
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As if Southern charm and loads of soul food weren't enough, Atlanta brings culture, sports, and nightlife to the table of tourism in Georgia. Things to do in Atlanta range from shopping in local boutiques to swimming with sharks at the Georgia Aquarium . Just when you think you've seen it all, new Atlanta activities present themselves. People may come here for the food and thriving downtown district, but they fall in love with the gardens, architecture, and smooth way of life.…
Top 23 Things to do in Atlanta, Georgia
- All Activities (23)
- Adventures (4)
- Air, Balloon & Helicopter Tours (1)
- Airport Shuttles & Limos (1)
- Amusement Parks (2)
- Attractions (8)
- Culinary Experiences (4)
- Day Cruises & Water Activities (1)
- Land Adventures (8)
- Overnight Tours (1)
- Restaurants & Nightlife (4)
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Your 2-day stunt-driving school begins with a welcome introduction and in-depth orientation session, during which you meet your professional instructor. Learn about the physics behind car dynamics and precision driving—the science behind the exciting stunt moves you see in action movies is surprising and fascinating.
Let the real fun begin by breaking into groups for some hands-on driving behind on an exciting slalom course, in the company of an instructor. Try your hand at forward and backward driving, with plenty of in-car coaching along the way. Put your new skills to the test by tackling stunt-driving moves like Sliding 90s, Forward 180s, and reverse 180s.
Finish your experience with a pulse-pounding timed run on an obstacle course that really lets you try out your new moves. Leave with a new appreciation for the world of stunt driving, and memories of high-octane times on the track you won't soon forget. Read More close
Categories: Adventures, Overnight Tours, Tours & Sightseeing
2 days
per adult
Make your way to 5 Seasons Westside Restaurant and Brewery, where you can meet up with your beer-loving guide and kick off your day with a refreshing pour. Depending on the season, you might try a citrusy hefeweizen, hop-heavy IPA, or a strong Belgian ale before you hop in your shuttle and cruise on to your next stop.
You might tip back tastes of blueberry-infused pale ales at SweetWater, sip on session IPAs at Red Brick, or check out the seasonal offerings at Red Hare. Between tastes, go behind the scenes to chat with brew masters about the process of creating craft beers, and then head back to your starting point, remembering to get tips on other tap houses to try around town before you part ways with your guide. Read More close
Categories: Adventures, Attractions, Culinary Experiences, Restaurants & Nightlife
4 hours
Free cancellation
per adult
Your Atlanta CityPass includes admission to the following programs:
Georgia Aquarium
With dolphins, whale sharks, beluga whales, penguins, and living coral reefs in over 10 million gallons (37,854 cubic m) of water, get a tour of underwater ecosystems from around the globe.
World of Coca-Cola®
Explore the history of the Coca-Cola® company, its world-famous advertisements, and the mystique of its secret formula. Then, sample 64 different products in the Taste It! exhibit.
Inside CNN Studio Tour
Go behind the scenes at CNN's global headquarters to see broadcasting in action and sit at the news desk yourself to give reading the morning headlines a shot.
A choice between Zoo Atlanta or Center for Civil and Human Rights
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Categories: Tickets & Passes
9 days
Free cancellation
per adult
Your tour begins at the department store where where Merle cuts off his own hand on the roof. Next, jump ahead to season 5 of the series and visit the infamous Terminus compound. Return to the first season and see if the CDC survived the massive explosion that concluded the first chapter of The Walking Dead.
Your walking tour also takes you to the Jackson Street Bridge for a chance to snap your own cover shot and take a selfie at the site of the iconic cover of The Walking Dead's first season. Wrap up your tour of undead filming spots as you visit the site of the meter maid scene featured in Zombieland and don't forget to "double-tap. " Read More close
First take a trip to Alexandria (don't worry, the set is actually in Georgia, not Virginia) and then head over to the old Feed Building where Deputy Rick and the governor attempted to work out a peace treaty in exchange for Michonne. Next, visit the Zombie Arena of Woodbury where the town's citizens participated in macabre and disturbing battles for their entertainment.
Conclude your tour by exploring the streets of the show's Woodbury—filmed in Senoia, Georgia—where the governor built a safe haven and became one of the The Walking Dead's most hated and lethal villains. As you explore the sets, get a behind-the-scenes look at this trendsetting show and relive some of the most jaw-dropping and terrifying scenes.
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Located in central Atlanta at the Premier Exhibition Center, this large venue is transformed into an insightful discovery for all things related to human anatomy. See up close how our organs function with real specimens of brains, lungs, and hearts so you can truly understand how the organs work and how important they are.
Get a look at how our complex digestive and reproductive systems work in real-life detail and see life-sized examples of complete skeletons so you can marvel at the intricacies of our bone structure. Any question you may have had before visiting is sure to be answered at this comprehensive and graphic, yet respectful, exhibition. Read More close
Categories: Attractions
1 hour 30 minutes
per adult
Since founding the tour in 2013, Justin Hall and Johnathan Oliver have been hard at work to bring the best of Atlanta's craft beer world to locals and visitors. With a passion and dedication to craft beer excellence, this guided tour is the best way to get a taste of the craft breweries in the city.
Leave the driving to your guide as you sit back and relax on your way to visit several breweries. Without the hassle of waiting in line, this is the simplest way to go straight to the source of Atlanta's lively craft beer movement and taste several cold ones along the way.
Head to SweetWater Brewing where you are treated with a private tasting and tour followed by 2 more stops. At each place, enjoy 3 or 4 half-pint tasting of the best suds the brewery offers. End with a souvenir glass from each venue to remember your day of craft beer exploration and enjoy a new appreciation for your favorite brews. Read More close
Categories: Culinary Experiences, Land Adventures, Restaurants & Nightlife, Tours & Sightseeing
5 hours
per adult
Don't wait for a seat—with priority access, you can zip past the crowds and cozy up to your table in no time. As you wait for your cheeseburger, pasta, grilled chicken sandwich, or salad, listen to the music playing over the speakers and peruse the wide variety of rock 'n' roll memorabilia.
After dessert, take another look around. View classic items on display, like a dress worn by Tina Turner, an evening gown of Ella Fitzgerald, and matador-style pants of James Brown.
Sample menu includes:
- Hard Rock Cheeseburger or Bacon cheeseburger with seasoned fries
- Honey mustard grilled chicken sandwich with seasoned fries
- Fire-roasted tomato pasta with fresh herbs, parmesan cheese, and garlic toast
- Barbecue pulled pork sandwich with marinated slaw and seasoned fries
- Chicken Caesar salad tossed with grilled chicken and parmesan cheese
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Categories: Culinary Experiences, Restaurants & Nightlife
2 hours
Free cancellation
per adult
In the River Scout gallery, check out voracious piranha, Asian small-clawed otters, and even albino alligators. At the Ocean Voyager exhibit, admire magnificent and gentle whale sharks—the only 4 in North America. From the 100-foot (30-m) underwater tunnel, gaze up at elegant and rare manta rays among the 50 other fish species in the waters above you.
Make your way to Cold Water Quest for an up-close look at the aquarium's 4 beluga whales. These amazing mammals have the ability to swim backward to maneuver through Arctic ice. Sharing these chilly depths are endangered African penguins and sprawling Japanese spider crabs.
Head to warmer waters at the Tropical Diver gallery, where you can see jellyfish, eels, and a spectacularly colorful living reef display teeming with tropical sea life. In the Georgia Explorer gallery, get a hands-on experience by leaning over tide pools filled with horseshoe crabs and sea stars. Don't miss the 4-D theater, where you can take an animated undersea journey with singing sea turtles and friendly sharks.
End your day at the Dolphin Theater for a chance to see these friendly, chattering marine creatures swimming playfully in their tank. Read More close
Categories: Attractions
5 hours
Free cancellation
per adult
In 1980, Ted Turner launched CNN as the first 24-hour news network. It evolved to become one of the most respected and trusted news sources in the world today. This is your chance to go behind the anchor desk and see how a CNN newscast is put together and aired.
Learn about CNN's fascinating history, and explore the impressive complex that is home to the network. Check out CNN's next-generation HD studio, and interact with the technology used by anchors including green screens and teleprompters. Ride up the world's longest free-standing escalator on this tour of the amazing space where news is produced and shared. Read More close
Categories: Land Adventures, Tours & Sightseeing
55 minutes
Free cancellation
per adult
Make your way to the airport, grab a comfortable seat by the window, and put on your headset to listen to informative commentary by your knowledgeable pilot. Built in phases between 1984 and 1991, the Concourse at Landmark Center came to be known as the King and Queen Towers because the white lattice crowns that top the buildings resemble the heads of chess pieces.
When night falls, the towers sparkle to life and illuminate the city skyline. On the return flight, keep an eye out for Buckhead, where you coast over upscale hangouts, beautiful homes, and the Governor's Mansion. Read More close
Categories: Air, Balloon & Helicopter Tours, Attractions
10 minutes
Free cancellation
per adult
Dive into hands-on activities for visitors of all ages, including a DUPLO® play area for the youngest builders in your family. Check out a miniature replica of Atlanta, with city landmarks built from more than a million bricks, and follow Professor Brick-a-Brack on the LEGO® Factory Tour to watch real bricks being made.
On the Kingdom Quest Laser Ride, test your skills with a laser-zapper as you help to vanquish skeletons and trolls from your dragon chariot. Pick up the latest skills from the LEGO® Master Builder Academy's workshops and test your creations on the speed ramps and earthquake tables at the LEGO® Racers exhibit.
Grab a seat and a pair of 3-D glasses for a wild adventure in the 4-D Cinema. Feel the effects of wind and rain as your favorite LEGO® characters come to life before your very eyes. Clamber on the climbing wall, fly down the slide at the LEGO® Fire Academy, and take a leap into the world's biggest box of LEGO®s before you leave.
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Categories: Attractions
1 day
Free cancellation
per adult
Guided by Margret Mitchell, make your way through the city as she shares the fascinating story of her life. Walk alongside the South's favorite daughter as she traces her footsteps at The Margaret Mitchell House where Gone with the Wind was written and learn how the most famous southern story ever told was shared with the world.
While visiting the home, see the author's original typewriter, the first drafts of the award-winning novel, and her Pulitzer Prize. What led her to write the novel? What scandalous act ousted her from the Junior League? Did Scarlett and Rhett ever reunite? Who called her beloved Scarlett a psychopath? Miss Mitchell answers these and all other queries during your tour around Atlanta. Read More close
The Gate is a classically designed monumental arch in the tradition of Roman triumphal arches. Your tour begins in the 18th Century Georgia Pioneer Gallery where documents and historical artifacts line the walls. Here, find artifacts dating back to the birth of Georgia from the Native American, Spanish, British Colonial, and American Revolutionary periods.
The 19th and 20th Century Galleries tell the story of Atlanta's and Georgia's early history and bold leaders. Leap into the present with interactive exhibits In the 21st Century Interactive Gallery and then see 3 period rooms modeled after an 18th-century Colonial study, the 19th-century office of Coca-Cola magnate Thomas K. Glenn, and the 20th-century drawing room of the Pink House. Read More close
Categories: Attractions
8 hours
Free cancellation
per adult
See where Michael runs into his brother in The Blindside, pass the Piggly Wiggly and Dan Aykroyd's shop from Driving Miss Daisy, and join the Dudes Group from What To Expect When You're Expecting. Also on your cinematic journey, see where Tyler Perry got his start by visiting locations from films such as Good Deeds and Witness Protection Program.
A tour of Atlanta's famous movie locations is not complete without a focus on some of the many sports films made in the city, and you visit spots from films like Trouble with the Curve and Remember the Titans. At the end of the day you have a wealth of behind-the-scenes knowledge and a collection of photos to remember you journey into the movies. Read More close
In the Murder Mystery Quest, try new state-of-the-art technology which allows you to enter a dreamscape of the victim's final memory. You must discover the victim's identity, the date of their demise, and who exactly is behind the murder. Try to beat the clock and unlock the clues—you have only 1 hour to solve the mystery or you'll be stuck in the dreamscape.
In Zombie Apocalypse, it is up to you to break into a top-secret government lab and find a cure for the disease ravaging the world. You must get through all the security, including hand geometry scanners, RFID card readers, and PIN-protected doors, to reach the lab where scientists have been developing a cure. Once inside, find out what happened and finish the research—all within 1 hour. Read More close
Categories: Adventures, Attractions
1 hour
Free cancellation
per adult
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Categories: Airport Shuttles & Limos
30 minutes
Free cancellation
per adult
Looking for thrills? You've found them with some of the fastest, tallest, wildest, and most gut-wrenching rides in the country. With record-breaking rides and speeding roller coasters, screams are guaranteed. For family fun, the park offers plenty of rides ranging from the highest heights to the gentlest adventures. And for smaller thrill-seekers, try rides that spin, fly, and take kids on magical journeys.
Nothing provides more lasting memories than a great show. On top of all the incredible rides, you also find a wide variety of top-shelf entertainment. Head to Hurricane Harbor, the tropically themed water park, for an opportunity to cool off during warm Atlanta days. With admission included, Hurricane Harbor is the perfect complement to world-class rides and entertainment. Read More close
Categories: Amusement Parks
1 day
per adult
Looking for hydro-powered thrills? You've found them with some of the tallest, fastest, and craziest water rides in the country. Get ready to let loose and laugh as you slip, slide, splash, and ride in a variety of attractions ranging from intense drops like Caribbean Plunge to easy-going fun. Race down Dragon's Tail, surf the Tidal Wave, and relax on a lazy river.
Whether you are an adrenaline junkie or a pint-sized adventure-seeker, Six Flags White Water is sure to deliver a day of sun-soaked fun. Beat the heat, take a leap, and dive into summer excitement as you navigate twists and turns on fast-paced slides, pilot a family-sized raft, or splash around in watery play areas and pools specifically for kids.
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Categories: Amusement Parks, Day Cruises & Water Activities
1 day
per adult
Atlanta is home to many points of interest and boasts an overwhelming sense of down-home southern charm. Start your journey at Centennial Olympic Park, a large public park located in downtown Atlanta that was built as part of the infrastructure improvements for the 1996 Summer Olympics.
With your smartphone, iPad, or other mobile device, use the Quest Software to discover clues and solve questions along the way. Head past the World of Coca-Cola and the CNN Center. This famous location has hosted many memorable broadcasting moments and houses the main newsrooms and studios for CNN's news channels.
With your smartphone leading the way, complete challenges, follow hints, and earn points as you meander through the the city. Follow directions as you make your way around the city, world-famous for its culture and history, and perhaps learn a few things along the way. Read More close
Categories: Adventures, Land Adventures, Tours & Sightseeing
2 hours
Free cancellation
per adult
Your tour takes you to 7 different restaurants where you can enjoy 15 delicious tastings. Sample everything from soul food and barbecue to Lowcountry cuisine and Creole-style candies. Wash these mouthwatering dishes down with Southern classics like sweet tea and lemonade, or try some fresh-made specialty juices.
Along the tour, your guide entertains and educates you with stories about the Civil Rights Movement, Atlanta past and present, and the city's amazing food culture. You may even learn city secrets that some locals don't know. Leave your tour full of delicious food and a wealth of new information. Read More close
Categories: Culinary Experiences, Land Adventures, Restaurants & Nightlife, Tours & Sightseeing
3 hours 30 minutes
per adult
There's nothing quite like a luxurious spa treatment to take you from tired and stressed to radiant and centered. With the Spafinder gift card, you can check in at salons, spas, gyms, or therapeutic centers that cover everything from facials and haircuts to Pilates and chiropractic work. Unwind and get glowing with a beautifying, de-stressing service at an elegant day spa, or find a fitness studio and work it out in a toning Barre class or a calorie-busting boot camp.
Your gift card never expires, and can be used on a wide range of treatments, classes, services, and products, whether you're in the market for a new yoga mat or wanting to touch up your hair color before a big event. Treat yourself to wellness—your body and mind will thank you. Read More close
Categories: Spas & Beauty
per adult
Begin your day in the African Plains. Lions roar, elephants trumpet, and giraffes stride across native vegetation and grasslands alongside a rare and endangered black rhino.
In the Ford African Rain Forest, marvel at the large population of western lowland gorillas—more than 20 call the zoo home—and it has been a leading advocate of gorilla conservation. Make your way to the Asian Forest to see the zoo's most famous residents. Mei Lun and Mei Huan are the only 2 twin giant panda cubs in North America.
Feed the parakeets at Boundless Budgies, and check out carnivores like sun bears and tigers in Trader's Alley, where you can learn about the pressing international issue of the wildlife trade. Observe scaly, creepy, and crawly critters in the World of Reptiles, including a Guatemalan bearded lizard and a king cobra snake.
For smaller members of the family, the Australian petting zoo lets kids have a hands-on experience with Nubian goats and a Kunekune pig. Round out your visit by participating in 1 of the many keeper talks, where zookeepers inform and educate visitors about the animals in their care and the zoo's engagement in international conservation efforts. Read More close
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3 hours
Free cancellation
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Research Reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as peroxides and superoxides are important signalling molecules in an organism's regulation of metabolism and inflammation. Accumulation of ROS have been linked to neurodegeneration and cancer. Researchers at Umeå University and Hospital of Halland in Sweden now reveal an unexpected function of ROS. They dampen a key inflammatory process and weaken the immune system´s ability to combat pathogens such as those that cause pneumonia. The findings are published in the July 2016 issue of the Cell Press Journal Immunity.
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New Vice-Chancellor:
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Hans Adolfsson
On 1 July, Hans Adolfsson took over as Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University. To him, openness and collaboration is just as much a philosophy of life as part of a scientific method.
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Being bilingual reduces the risk of dementia?
Can we practise our memory muscles? And how long does the effect last? Jessica Körning Ljungberg at Umeå University wants to find out if being bilingual or a mentally demanding job can improve memory and protect against dementia.
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Listen to associate professor Sara Edenheim talk about the downsides of norm criticism and the dangers of believing that norm criticism in itself is enough for change.