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Congress Forces Obama to Decide on Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Within 60 Days
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Canadian Government Goes Bananas Over Chiquita's Pledge To Avoid Tar Sands Oil
Another demonstration of how the Canadian government doesn't regulate the oil industry, it sleeps with it.
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Senate Approves Fast-Tracking Keystone XL Decision - Will It Actually Doom The Project?
In forcing the White House's and State Department's hand, GOP backers of Keystone XL may actually push Obama into having to reject the controversial tar sands pipeline for good.
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Insiders fear that President Obama is on the verge of making a brutal compromise with the GOP that would allow the 1,700 mile tar sands pipeline to be built across the heart of the nation.
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Family Treasure Hunt
A treasure hunt adventure for all the family!
42 locations
Valid until: 01/05/2018
This experience is not suitable for spectators, but an unlimited number of people can take part.
Product code: XBTH
£34Buy Now
Enjoy a fun-filled day while spending quality time with the whole family with this Family Treasure Hunt experience.
Whether you just want a gentle treasure hunt or something a bit more competitive, this activity is a unique and fun day out for groups of families and friends of all sizes.
The treasure hunt is held on public land in either a city, rural or London location. There are two different sets of clues which are based on things you will see as you follow the route. The easy clues are straightforward - they will ask you for a fact that you should be able to observe on the route, for example information on a plaque or statue. In the cryptic version, the clues are generally a bit more challenging. They may be harder to spot, require some interpretation or general knowledge, and a few will be slightly cryptic - a bit like a crossword clue.
You will also be provided with three bonus rounds that you can use alongside the main clues. These include:
- A picture round - pictures of things you can see on the route. Just write down where you saw the item pictured or find the name of the building or shop.
- Pub name clues - these are cryptic clues referring to the names of the pubs or bars that you can see on or from the route. (A few routes do not include this round because there are not enough pubs - see company website for details)
- Items to collect - a list of everyday, or not so every day, items for you to try to find or make as you go round the hunt route, for example 'a picture of the Prime Minister' (perhaps you could find or buy a newspaper).
The main clues are integrated with instructions for the route that you will need to follow. The instructions tell you where the hunt starts and which streets to go down. The main clues appear in the order you can expect to see them (but the picture and pub clues are jumbled up so you need to keep a look-out at all times).
Once you have redeemed your voucher and selected your location, you will receive a pdf file pack via email. You can then decide which sets of clues you want to use, print them off, and make as many copies as you need for the number of family members and friends taking part. As many people can take part as you would like, and they can enjoy the hunt at any time.
Please note, the London and city treasure hunts are all on foot, while the rural hunts will require a form of transport. All the rural hunts and many of the others are not a circular route so have different start and finish locations.
Please note: This is not an organised event, you will receive your treasure hunt pack to use in your own time.
Happy hunting!
Key Information
When can you go?
You can choose the date and time you wish to do the treasure hunt, throughout the year.
How long does this activity last?
The treasure hunt will take approximately 2 to 3 hours.
You need to know
There is no minimum age for this experience, however it is recommended for eight year olds and over.
You need to have the ability to walk for 3 hours.
You do not need any qualifications to take part in this activity, although you will need to be able to drive for rural treasure hunts.
This is for a voucher entitling the holder to any of the activities supplied by Activity Superstore up to the value stated.
You and how many others?
There is no maximum group size for this activity, although larger parties may want to split into smaller groups.
Family and friends
This experience is not suitable for spectators, but an unlimited number of people can take part.
- London - London - Chelsea
- London - London - Covent Garden
- London - London - Fitzrovia
- London - London - Hampstead
- London - London - Old East End
- London - London - Richmond
- London - London - Soho
- London - London - Southwark
- London - London - Spitalfields
- London - London - St Pauls and City
- London - London - Thames Riverside
- London - London - Tower Hill
- London - London - West End
- London - London - Westminster
- Midlands - Staffordshire - Lichfield
- Midlands - West Midlands - Birmingham
- North - Cheshire - Chester
- North - Cheshire - Daresbury
- North - Gloucestershire - Burton on the Water
- North - Greater Manchester - Manchester
- North - Lancashire - Lancaster
- North - Merseyside - Liverpool
- North - Yorkshire - York
- Scotland - Midlothian - Edinburgh
- South East - Buckinghamshire - Watlington
- South East - Cambridgeshire - Cambridge
- South East - East Sussex - Brighton
- South East - East Sussex - Rye
- South East - Essex - Thaxted
- South East - Hertfordshire - Chess Valley
- South East - Kent - Rochester
- South East - Kent - Whitstable
- South East - Norfolk - Burnham Overy Staithe
- South East - Norfolk - Norwich
- South East - Oxfordshire - Henley on Thames
- South East - Oxfordshire - Oxford
- South East - Suffolk - Aldeburgh
- South East - Suffolk - Southwold
- South East - Surrey - Old Woking
- South East - West Sussex - Chichester
- South West - Dorset - Wareham
- South West - Somerset - Bath
Average Customer Ratings
1 - 9 of 9 Reviews
5 9753 - 15/04/2017
Verified Purchaser
Fabulous fun day out
Decided to do this for Mother's Day, only decided the day before but staff were brilliant and efficient - did the Surrey villages - it gets you out of your car and looking at things you would normally drive past. Looking forward to doing another.
When did your experience take place? March 2017
What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Surrey villages
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
5 midgetgem - 19/12/2016
Verified Purchaser
Fun treasure hunt around York
This was a birthday gift that was a good idea to do something different, we had a lovely day around York although it was very cold and started getting dark early as we did it in December! I'd recommend you leave enough time to get around it before dusk as some things need daylight, but a great day out apart from that! We kept forgetting to watch out for pubs and find the images as well as the clued answers but there were 3 of us, 1 in charge of each aspect so good teamwork helped! There were one or two clues we couldn't find the answers to, it would help if there were pictures/descriptions with the answers to help us find it!
When did your experience take place? December 2016
What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? York City Centre
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
5 Minty - 04/11/2016
Verified Purchaser
Great family day out
This treasure hunt was bought for me as a Christmas gift but I have saved it until now as I knew the family were all travelling to York for a holiday. There were 6 of us doing the hunt and the day we chose was dry and bright; which I think is important as its no fun tramping around anywhere if its wet. Although we were all adults we decided to do the easier clues so once we had found the starting point we agreed to meet up after two hours for lunch and to discuss our progress. At lunch it was clearly obvious that everyone was having a great deal of fun. Although we have been to York many times the hunt made us look at things differently, we looked up a lot trying to spot the picture clues and this gave us a different perspective of York and is historical architecture so not only did we have a treasure hunt we also had a history lesson. In short this was a brilliant day out and one that I would definitely recommend and will look to do again in a different location.
When did your experience take place? Early November 2016
What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? York
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
4 Seniors - 17/10/2016
Verified Purchaser
Treasure Hunt
We did a Treasure Hunt but as an adventure not as a competition because there were only two of us. It made a great day out and we were surprised at what we had missed on previous visits to one of our favourite towns. With two sets of main clues we can follow up with the other set later.
When did your experience take place? 3/10/16
What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? not applicable
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
Verified Purchaser
treasure hunt
enjoyable and fun. A great way to spend some time in London.
When did your experience take place? may 2016
What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? london trasure hunt
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
4 WendyNoo - 13/06/2016
Verified Purchaser
Good way to see some of Chichester
We enjoyed the hunt, but it didn't take as long as we thought it would (only took an hour and a half, we thought it would take about 3 hours). All but one clue spotted. Not sure it was worth the £35 it cost though.
When did your experience take place? 7th June 2016
What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Chichester City Centre
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
4 tattyboggle - 23/05/2016
Verified Purchaser
Fun Family Day
The treasure hunt was a gift. There were lots of different locations to choose and different levels of difficulty. We loved the picture quiz part of the hunt.
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
4 aylesbury cross - 10/05/2016
Verified Purchaser
Fun but could have been better
Bought a treasure hunt for Rotherhithe & Wapping. It was really good & we came across parts of London we have never seen & learnt a lot. But doing this as a family meant it didn;t work quite as well as it could. The treasure hunt would be great if you had teams up against each other.
✔ Yes. I recommend this product.
Verified Purchaser
Treasure Hunt
It was bought from Argos as a gift and we had a lot of problems authorising the voucher and a lot of to and fro between Argos and treasure days before it was resolved, took so long the voucher expired! We continued to pursue and eventually got a pack by email to do the treasure hunt. You have to print it off yourself. The treasure hunt itself was a great experience and makes you look at cities from a different angle. It was expensive for the problems we had and the fact you have to do your own printing.
When did your experience take place? February
What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Chester
✘ No. I do not recommend this product.
Response from Activity Superstore
Thank you for leaving your comments about your Treasure Hunt. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed your overall experience and had a good time with your family. However, I will take note of your comments regarding the booking process and will use these for developing this in the future.

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BeschreibungThomas Boyd is best known for "Through the Wheat," considered the greatest American novel of WW I. Boyd was a Marine, saw much fighting action, and was deeply influenced by his wartime experience. Later he wrote for newspapers, and while running a bookstore and writing the literary page of the St. Paul daily newspaper, was befriended by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who recommended him to Maxwell Perkins. Boyd published several books with Perkins, including "The Dark Cloud," originally published in 1924. It is the first of Boyd's several historical novels, telling the story of a British scout in Indian territory during the American Revolution. The "western" frontier of America was then Ohio. Boyd was fascinated by the moral issues facing everyday people in times of strife, and takes the reader directly into the daily lives of individuals trying to find their way. His strong feeling for the average person facing great challenges gives strength to the story and the characters who live it.
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A year ago, investors loved Great Wall?s cheap SUVs.
The stock surged to records, margins fattened beyond those of any automaker and the chairman even talked about outselling Jeep.
Then it tried to go upscale.
Today, its ambitions to be China?s first challenger to major foreign car brands have hit a snag.
Sales of the new Haval H8, Great Wall?s first sport utility vehicle priced in the 200,000 yuan ($US32,100, or $34,000) plus segment dominated by the likes of Volkswagen?s Tiguan and Ford?s Kuga, were suspended indefinitely last week because of quality concerns, the vehicle?s second delay this year.
The announcement sent the stock tumbling 17 per cent, its biggest single-day drop since 2008, as the setback undermined the credibility of Chinese automakers and their ability to move beyond making cheap cars.
At least seven analysts cut their ratings on Great Wall and the company said the experience exposed its weaknesses in developing quality vehicles.
??We believe the event indicates domestic automakers haven?t met requirements to upgrade to be a high-end vehicle maker,?? wrote Vivien Chen, a Hong Kong-based analyst at Oriental Patron Financial Group, who cut her rating on the stock to hold.
??The event definitely hurt customers? perception of H8, and hurt company image.??
Global Ambition
In its May 9 statement, Great Wall said it decided to halt sales of the H8 after after customers reported hearing ??knocking noises?? in the transmission system when driving at high speeds. While the company didn?t say when sales of the SUV will resume, UBS is estimating the launch to be pushed back until the end of the year or beyond.
The incident ??reflected the company?s deficiencies in research and development in as well as technical management of high-end products,?? Great Wall said in the statement.
??As such, the company decided to further rectify Haval H8 which will not be launched unless it is of premium standard.??
Max Warburton, an auto analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein in Singapore, wrote that the H8 may be facing a calibration problem between its engine and six-speed automatic transmission, which would be difficult and costly to fix.
Xu Chengzhi, a Great Wall spokesman, declined to comment beyond what the company said in its statement.
In January, Great Wall delayed the debut of the SUV after China?s automotive press panned it in test drives, causing the shares to tank 12 per cent the next day.
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Great Wall?s latest stumble, following a recall in Australia in 2012 for banned asbestos parts, illustrates the reversal of fortune for a company that had seen its stock jump 40-fold over five years.
Its success had led Ford?s Asia chief David Schoch to say it had the most traction among Chinese automakers with global ambitions.
??The one that?s probably one to watch is Great Wall,?? Schoch told reporters in October. ??They seem to be coming up with good designs, quality. They?ve started to export.??
Chairman Wei Jianjun, whose wealth is estimated at $US5 billion by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, set a target in May last year for Baoding, China-based Great Wall?s Haval marque to surpass Chrysler?s Jeep and make it the world?s top SUV-dedicated brand in three to four years.
As part of that plan, Great Wall began constructing a new research centre the size of 35 soccer fields in the city of Baoding, about 160 kilometres from Beijing and the company plans to increase the number of engineers by at least 40 per cent to more than 10,000.
Declining Exports
Great Wall?s ambition to surpass Jeep is coming under increasing pressure as sales decline both abroad and at home.
Overseas sales fell 22 per cent to 74,942 units last year amid severe competition and as the Japanese yen and Korean won depreciated, the company said in its annual report.
The automaker?s sales, including exports, fell 11 per cent last month, compared with the 12 per cent gain in industry wide passenger-vehicle deliveries.
The collective market share for Chinese brands slumped for an eighth straight month in April, down 2.5 percentage points from a year earlier to 37.1 per cent.
Despite the slump, Great Wall?s Haval remains the best-selling SUV line in China, with 111,290 deliveries this year, according to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
The company ??bit off too much?? by jumping into a premium product rather than following up with an improved product to the H6, said Janet Lewis, a Hong Kong-based autos analyst with Macquarie Group, who has an outperform rating on the stock.
Learning Experience
??The key will be how it learns from this experience and avoids making a similar problem in the future,?? she said. ??We believe it will learn and move forward.??
The company was ??very responsible?? in delaying sales of the Haval H8 until it gets it right, even though doing so has dented its image as a leader among local automakers, said Dong Yang, CAAM?s secretary general.
This reflects growing maturity, as in the past local automakers probably would have rushed to sell models before they were ready, he said.Great Wall was among a small group of local carmakers that have stated ambitions to enter developed markets, with the U.S. as the biggest prize.
Until now, the biggest buyers of China?s auto exports have been countries such as Algeria, Russia and Chile.
BYD, the electric carmaker partially owned by Warren Buffett?s Berkshire Hathaway, has made some headway with its electric buses in California, and has said it plans to introduce four passenger-vehicle models in the US at the end of 2015. Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. and Chery Automobile Co. have made similar predictions as far back as 2005, though they?ve yet to sell their first car in America.
Growing Pains
Those ambitions were dealt a blow in 2012 when Great Wall and Chery Auto recalled 23,000 of their vehicles sold in Australia, which has safety standards comparable to Europe?s, after authorities found banned asbestos in some models.
Chery later widened the call-back to five more countries including Brazil and Singapore.
Great Wall?s latest delay with the H8 is a reminder that Chinese automakers still grapple with the move into making more sophisticated and profitable vehicles.
??The company faces monumental challenges in trying to move up a league in the automotive world, and the problems faced by the H8 confirm Great Wall is struggling with technology,?? Bernstein?s Warburton said.
??Serious questions will now be asked about Great Wall?s growth potential.??
A spokesman for Australian Great Wall importers Ateco Automotive says the company does not currently plan to bring the H8 to Australia, though it plans to introduce the smaller H6 locally in the second half of 2014.
He says that ?Great Wall Australia goes to great lengths to make sure that anything we add to the model range is well and truly sorted?.
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LONG POND, Pa. -- Denny can do this. Just wait and see.
Make that his mantra for the summer. Denny Hamlin is NASCAR's new favorite underdog. He didn't start the season that way. He was just a plain old favorite, as in one of the drivers favored to win the Sprint Cup championship.
A bad wreck, a broken back and four missed races changed all that for Hamlin. Now he's the guy trying to chip in a couple of shots from the bunker, hit a grand slam to tie the score or make that 30-foot jumper to force overtime.
Denny can do this. He can fight his way into a Chase spot with a historic summer comeback run. Either way, you want to watch and find out.
Heck, everyone loves a long shot. It's one of the best things about sports. The chance to see someone do something that defies logic and overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
That's Hamlin's quest, and it's daunting. Consider the difficulty of the task:
• He's 26th in the standings, six spots outside where he needs to be to even have a chance at making the playoff.
• He's 74 points outside of that 20th-place spot, about a race and a half of points that he needs to make up in 13 events.
• He's winless, so even if he gets to the top 20, he has to win (probably more than once) to have a shot of one of the two wild-card spots for the Chase.
• Toyota, his team's manufacturer, is admittedly dialing back the power now to increase engine reliability. Great for helping teams finish the race, not so great for helping Hamlin win.
• Tony Stewart, one of the drivers Hamlin probably needs to beat for a Chase spot, took a big leap ahead of him last weekend with his victory at Dover.
• Hamlin is still playing hurt. Hamlin says his back fracture has healed, but he had back problems before the crash.
Obviously, this is no yellow brick road. But Denny can do this.
And it starts Sunday at Pocono, one of his best tracks. Hamlin has four victories on the 2.5-mile triangle and five other finishes in the top six. But Hamlin said last year's repave at Pocono took away some of his advantage.
"What you need to do to go fast around here is the exact same, but it's a completely different racetrack," he said. "Anytime they put new pavement down, everything changes. It's a whole new ballgame. The setups are no longer the same. You pretty much learn all over again."
He needs to learn quickly. Friday's rainout that canceled one practice and qualifying didn't help him. Hamlin will start 17th, which doesn't sound so bad, but the past seven winners here in the June race started on the front row.
"We still feel we can run really well here," Hamlin said. "I'm optimistic. With how we've been running, we can win pretty much any given week."
But he won't have as much horsepower as he had a week ago. Toyota has produced the fastest cars all season, but continuing engine failures forced Toyota engineers to make some changes and ease up a little.
"Obviously, it's disappointing from the driver's standpoint," Hamlin said. "We feel like things were really going well for 10 weeks or so, and then we had a couple episodes. I think TRD [Toyota Racing Development] has identified the issues.
"They brought us all together and talked about our short- and long-term plan to fix it. They took a great step forward in power this year, but now have to dial it back some and see what the payoff is to reliability. In this points system, you have to finish these races."
After missing 4½ races [Hamlin started at Talladega, then got out and let Brian Vickers finish the race], Hamlin has raced well since his return. He finished second at Darlington and fourth at Charlotte.
He was running near the front at Dover before a tire went down and he slammed the wall late in the race, finishing 34th. Now he's back to where he started when he returned from the back injury.
"We should be coming in here with three consecutive top-5s," Hamlin said. "But circumstances took us out last week. Now we have to work that much harder if we want to achieve that Chase spot."
It starts with making up points. Only drivers ranked in the top 20 are eligible for a Chase wild-card spot. Hamlin has to pass five drivers. The top 10 in the standings make the Chase on points, but the two wild cards get in based on wins and on having a spot between 11th and 20th in the standings.
"This points system is tough," Hamlin said. "We're in a hole. Now I have to average two spots better in each race just because I had one bad finish. That's a crusher. There isn't enough of a bonus for running in the top 5. But it gives us a chance, based on wild cards."
Hamlin has done the math, but forget all the arithmetic. It's going to come down to winning.
"I'm going to need two wins," Hamlin said. "If I get one, it will put me in the mix, but then I'd have to leapfrog those guys [other one-win drivers] on points."
One victory and consistent finishes might get Hamlin back to the top 20, but other drivers with one win, such as Stewart now, likely will rank ahead of him and earn the wild-card spots unless Hamlin wins twice.
"Last week was a double blow with Tony winning," Hamlin said. "I'm happy for him, but either way, him or Juan Pablo [Montoya, who finished second]; it was not looking good for me. And the 78 [Kurt Busch] is going to win at some point.
"So it's going to be pretty hard to do. I'm going to need two wins to barely get in the top 20 at the end."
Nevertheless, Denny can do this. Jeff Gordon believes it. Gordon is inside the Chase for now with the final spot, ranking 11th without a victory when the only other driver with a win behind him in the top 20 is Stewart. But he knows Hamlin could be a threat to his playoff hopes.
"With Denny, you can't count them out," Gordon said. "Denny's running good. He can strike and win at any time. Pocono comes to mind as a strong track for him.
"If he gets inside the top 20, chances are he's probably going to be a wild card because, to get in the top 20, he's going to have to win. You never stop working in this sport because anything can happen."
Last year, Hamlin won back to back at Bristol and Atlanta before the Chase started. The Sprint Cup Series races at 12 different tracks over the next 13 weeks before the Chase starts. Hamlin has won at six of them, accounting for 12 of his 22 career victories.
Hamlin believes he needs at least one victory in the next six races to have a realistic shot at making the playoffs. He has a total of eight wins at three of those tracks, two at Michigan, two at New Hampshire plus the four at Pocono.
"We've got some really good ones down the stretch," Hamlin said. "But I don't want to wait and have three races to go and need to win two. That's pressure, for sure. We don't want to wait that long."
One thing Hamlin and his Joe Gibbs Racing teammates have waited to do is use test sessions. All four still are available. Hamlin will use one at Atlanta.
"We need to use them wisely," Hamlin said. "We're trying to talk our teammates into going where they've already tire tested [which doesn't count as a team test], because we know we need to get wins at those racetracks. But they have bigger goals because they already have their wins."
Matt Kenseth has three victories and Kyle Busch has two, so the other two JGR drivers have no worries on making the Chase. The fact that JGR has five victories this season also shows Hamlin isn't out of it.
"We've got a huge task," Hamlin said. "But you just can't miss races and expect to be where you want to be in points. You reassess your goals to get where you need to be."
This is a Mount Everest of assignments for Hamlin. Logic says it can't be done, but some of the great comebacks in sports history defied logic. This might be one of those times.
Yes, Denny can do this. Just wait and see.


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Moore, who is also an accomplished hurdler in track, played stopper in the Falcons defensive alignment last fall.
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Relive West Ham's mammoth penalty shoot-out victory over Everton that booked their spot in the FA Cup fourth round.
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Ron and Hermione's wedding
The sound of laughter and cries of happiness reached Harry's ears as soon as he left the burrow and started up the dusty path towards the wedding tent.
After a few minutes passed Ginny ran up to him and ran her arm through his, hugging it tightly, she smiled and asked,
"So have you thought what to say yet?"
"What?" Harry asked grinning knowing exsactly what she ment.
"The speech" she paused, " You are the best man after all "
"I know" Harry said simply.
After they reached the wedding tent still holding each others arms in the other, they saw Ron in his black and white tux, the velvet shiney slightly in the spring sunlight.
He was standing next to a wooded chair with a golden blanket over it, while the others only showed wood.
He seemed restless.
"I wonder what his problem is?" Ginny wondered, looking in the direction of Ron's back.
"Well, he is going to just get married in a few minutes insent he" Harry stated, looking into Ginny's beautiful eyes, with tenderness.
"Yeah, I sopose" she sighed and they sat down near the front of the alter.
"Harry dear!" a familiar voice cried over the shouts of the other guests.
Harry turned to see Mrs Weasly shuffle over to them, budging people out of the way.
"Harry dear" she gasped her sides heaving when she finally reached them, "You've got to sit my Ron, you're the best man"
"What?, what?" Harry glanced at Ginny then at Mrs Weasly confused.
"You got to go next to Ron, now go, the wedding seremony will start only in a few minutes now go" she waved her hand huredly towards Ron, who now was almost bitting his nails.
So Harry walked nervously towards Ron.
The sound of the organ which had been brought specially for the wedding, played it's usual merry tune of notes for weddings, and the guests rose.
Harry gulped,
Ron looked at Harry,
" I've never been a best man before"
Ron looked at Harry then back at the alter. "What are you saying, I've never been a groom before"
Ron looked back and saw a beautiful lady, in a flowing white dress, that reached the floor and was carried by two tiny brides maids. The lady had a fail over her head, and walked slowly down towards the alter where the vikar stood, with a small smile on his face.
When she reached the alter, Ron stood up and stood next to her.
He looked at her and whispered " You look beautiful"
"Thank you"
The Vikar talked his talk and then said " Do you Hermione Granger, take Ron Weasly to be your husband to have and to hold and from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do you part?"
"I Hermione Granger take Ron Weasly to be my husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness, and in health, to love and to cherish until death do us part."
"And do you Ron Weasly take Hermionie Granger to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do you part?"
"I Ron Weasly take you Hermione Granger to be my wife, to have and to hold from this day forward for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do us part"
"You may kiss the bride"
And they did.
At the party after wards Harry found Ron and Hermione drinking a glass of shampaine and talking in whispers.
"So how's the two love birds?" he asked. Grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh fine" chidded Hermione, laughing.
"MORE THAN FINE!" Ron cried, flinging his arms up in the air, "We're FANTASTIC!"
And Hermione laughed more.
After a couple more minutes Ginny came up to them.
"I thought I'd give you a wedding gift my self, after all I am your sister, Ron" and she handed her pink wrapped gift to Ron.
Ron looked at it as if it were a snake that had flung it's self at him.
"Yes, pink"
"We love it" Hermione thanked, looking a Ron, with a stirn gaze, but to no provaile.
When Hermiones favourite song came on, she dragged Ron off with her, them lauging all the way. Leaving Harry and Ginny on their own.
"So, having a nice time?" Harry asked Ginny, Ginny grinned, her white teeth glinting in the sunlight. "Yes" and gave Harry a hug.
Then after a rather short pause, Ginny then dragged Harry off to the dance floor, flinging her self on to him, and Harry spun her around with a flurish of her dress.
Laughing well into the night.


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Consecration of Images and Stupas in Indo-Tibetan Tantric Buddhism
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Juli 1996
BeschreibungThe present work is an investigation of the Indo-Tibetan ritual for consecrating images, "st{pas, books and temples. It is based on a thorough examination of the relevant Tibetan textual material contained in Tantras, commentaries, ritual manuals and explanatory works on consecration. As rituals are meant to be performed, this textual study is combined with observations of performances and interviews with performers.The book opens with a general discussion of certain principles of tantric rituals and the foundations of Indo-Tibetan consecration. The main part focuses on a specific performance of the ritual in a Tibetan monastery located in the Kathmandu Valley.This volume contributes to the often neglected field of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist rituals. It is concerned with the sacred nature of objects for worship as well as with the main Buddhist tantric transformation into a chosen tantric Buddha.
PortraitYael Bentor, Ph.D. (1991) in Tibetan Studies, Indiana University, is a Lecturer in Tibetan Buddhism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her major research field is Indo-Tibetan rituals. She is author of several articles on this subject published in scholarly journals.
Pressestimmen'"It is an exemplary monograph on a complex traditional ritual for consecrating reliquaries (stupa) and temples, expounded and interpreted with the help of senior monks of the Ganden Chopeling Monastery near Kathmandu, Nepal...a valuable glimpse into the Tantric worldview and Tibetan Buddhist ritualism."' Georg Feuerstein, "Traditional Yoga Studies Interactive", 2006. '"This excellent study is highly recommendable to all who are interested in the role that rituals play in the life of (any) community."' H.G., "Journal of the American Oriental Society", 2002. '"This well-produced volume can be suggested to every serious student of Tibetan ritual, a field that has been attracting great interest in recent years."' Franz-Karl Ehrhard, "The Tibet Journal", 1998.
Untertitel: 'Brill's Indological Library'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
Erscheinungsdatum: Juli 1996
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Ichiro Suzuki, Hideki Matsui and BABIP Aging
Two players I have always rather enjoyed — Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui — are in the twilights of their careers. And not only that, they are both having relatively miserable seasons at the plate.
At present, Suzuki is at a career-low 77 wRC+ and .281 wOBA. Matsui — playing in a reserve/pinch-hitting role for the first time in his career — has a disastrous 18 wRC+ and .195 wOBA. But both of these players have unusually low BABIPs and it is hard to know for certain if there has been a change in true talent levels or if this is random variation coupled with only mild aging.
In his reaction piece to the Ichiro trade, Eric Seidman rightly observed that Ichiro's numbers should improve as he transitions from what has become an offensive deadzone in Safeco Park to the lefty-friendly grounds of Yankee Stadium, but how much can we expect his BABIP to improve? And what can the Rays expect from a 38-year-old Matsui, who may be needed more than ever with Luke Scott back on the DL?
Recent history suggests that both players are having abnormally bad BABIP, and they should improve if given consistent playing time through the rest of the season. But whether teams want to — or should — take that risk is another matter.
Biases Confessed
It is important to that readers understand my bias: I am a fan of both Ichiro and Matsui. I have a soft spot for aging veterans as well. It is important these biases are made plain because I hope to convince the reader of the legitimacy of my findings without the suspicion of self-serving motives.
When I began this study, I did so under the honest desire to find truth, not to trick myself, not to trick readers, and not to manipulate data in any way. My findings have flaws, my buckets have holes, and my data has problems, but none of these are extraordinary, none of these problems — in my understanding (which is apt to change) — is beyond what any other normal study has. Moreover, I think the findings are simple and loose and intuitive, so I hope few people will bristle at my suggestions.
Data Selection and Survivor/Confirmation Bias
First of all, let's look at aging. From 2000 through 2011, there were 59 players aged 36 or older who put together a full season at the plate (a "qualified" amount of PA, which in this case has a minimum of 507 PA). This will be our Old Guys Bucket.
One of the great difficulties of any aging study is picking the right group. Especially in the MLB, there is the rampant problem of survivor bias and confirmation bias. The survivor bias comes via the players available — only good players make it to old age, and only players who are good in their old age get to keep playing. Very few players get to Chipper Jones their way to retirement — most of them Vladimir Guerrero their way into oblivion. And so my buckets will invariably include players who have done well — but hopefully it will also include a share of bad last seasons. For instance, Edgar Martinez had a -0.2 WAR season in 2004, and at age 41, he's thankfully in the bucket. This helps balance things out because we don't want to look at just the tails of the data, the extraordinary players that no one could have predicted — but for the purposes of this research, survivor should hopefully not be an issue. We are looking within careers, not really comparing across careers.
Confirmation bias makes an appearance in the playing time issue. Let's say Ichiro has just been crazy unlucky and his skills haven't eroded at all. Well, too bad. The Yankees have enough depth to play Ichiro according to his strengths, which likely means reduced playing time. And because we know all players eventually decline in their ability, we fully expect at least part of Ichiro's drop off to be aging related — if not all of it. So, when he struggles, it confirms our expectations.
When Giambi struggled in 2009, and his BABIP dropped to .228, it was easy to believe that the veteran slugger has simply lost his hitting skill. He was 38 and had a 97 wRC+. Since then, however, he has not posted a BABIP below .284 (he has a career .297 BABIP) and he has been a useful hitter from the bench for the Rockies. Similar glowing things could have said about 34-year-old Jim Thome in 2005, who's BABIP dropped to .256 with a, 89 wRC+. (Thome has not had a BABIP, by the way, under .300 for the last four seasons. Wow.)
So both of these issues — survivor bias and confirmation bias — are swirling around and playing with the available data. In the ideal aging study, every single MLB player gets 1500 PA per year until their 50th birthday, but alas, we do not have such luxuries.
What we do have are these 59 players — guys who have played with modern medical science, who have played in roughly the same run environments (these players are 2000 to 2008 heavy) and who did not suffer the penalties due pinch-hitters and bench players.
Of theses 59 hitters, they had a combined 112 split seasons aged 36 or older. We have 45 seasons of 36-year-olds, 31 seasons of 37-year-olds and the final four ages have groups of 15, 12, 6 and 3, respectively.
This, as if it needs emphasis, is not a big group. Remember that fact (I say this to myself as much as to the reader) when looking at the findings.
In the Old Guys Bucket, the average and median drop in BABIP (season BABIP minus career BABIP) was only 11 points. At the same time, it appears that most players, when looking at the distribution of those bad BABIP seasons, had their BABIP fall at least a little:
NOTE: Not all 112 season names can fit on the horizontal axis, but rest assured, they are all there. Click to enlarge the image.
We can see the majority of 36-or-older players cannot replicate their youthful BABIPs. It is worth noting here that the end of the aughties and beginning of the 2010s was the beginning of a reduced-BABIP era, and all these players are moving towards that world. Still, as I said before, this group is pre-2009 heavy. I think most of what we are seeing here is a decrease in true talent levels — guys making weaker contact and legging out fewer infield singles.
But if we break these differences down by age, we see the heaviest BABIP drops coming in the latter ages:
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From age 36 through 39, the group averaged BABIPs 8 to 16 points worse than their career numbers, with 8 and 9 points making the most appearances. This surprised me the most, considering we have 2003 Rafael Palmeiro, 2001 Cal Ripken, 2008 Kevin Millar and 2006 Frank Thomas included in this set.
These are old dudes — at the ends of their careers — with BABIPs barely shifted from their normal career numbers. Here we must interject the final confirmation bias warning. These hitters would not reach 500 PA if they looked lost in Spring Training, if scouts were seeing red flags in batting practice, if they were truly and undeniably kaput. I think few hitters really reach that level outside of catastrophic injury, but if and when they do reach it, they are unlikely to cobble together 250 PA, much less 500.
So these are hitters who, presumably, passed a modicum of the eye-test (at least among team officials) and who had success (to a degree) the preceding year. But nonetheless, we are seeing hitters aged 36 to 39 with BABIPs quite close to their career numbers, and that is worth remembering.
Ichiro and Matsui
This brings us full circle to Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui. Ichiro's BABIP is 69 points below his career BABIP, and Matsui's is 128 points down. Neither player is likely to get full playing time (or even 500 PA, for Matsui) through the end of the season — but, if they hypothetically did, and if their BABIPs remained constant, they would rank No. 2 and No. 1 among the worst BABIP drops in the whole Old Guys Bucket.
Maybe Matsui is really finished? It's hard to say from a statistical standpoint as his 103 PA have come largely as a pinch hitter and in sporadic stints as the DH. Both roles come with considerable offensive penalties. Add in the fact his season started in late May, and we have to wonder if his extended off-season hasn't resulted in a possibly temporary loss of bat speed.
Scouts might be able to offer insight into whether or not he has lost bat speed, but his contact rate (78.1%) is easily at a career low. Let us say he is not finished, that his skills have depreciated, but that he's not an 18 wRC+ true-talent hitter.
Let us then presume he can at least match the worst possible BABIP difference of -57 points. That would mean that Matsui, with a .240 BABIP, would have approximately a .260 wOBA (according to FI wOBA) — which is great for the best defensive shortstop in the history of the universe, but not so great for a DH.
If his BABIP managed to hit the average decline — minus 11 points — then he would still only muster a .289 wOBA. If he matched his career BABIP (not going to happen, in all likelihood), he'd be at .296 wOBA.
The core of this issue becomes clear, then: His plate discipline numbers are askew. Let's say — with some regular playing time, as with before — he sorts out his approach and at least matched his 9.6% walk rate and 14.4% strikeout rate from 2011 (not great numbers, but not terrible either). Suddenly, his wOBA (with just a .286 BABIP) jumps to .316 — which would rank him the fourth-best hitter in an offense-starved Rays lineup.
So is Matsui's usefulness expired? Perhaps — but if he can find his old plate discipline, even with a career-low home run rate, he could realistically provide the Rays with solid production. But there are a lot of if's there.
Ichiro, on the other hand, needs to change little. One of the curiosities of his hitting profile over the last few years has been the rapid decline in infield singles. Though he continues to steal bases at a considerable pace and though his defense and range continue to rate well, he seems to be losing the skill for infield singles. Here is a look at his hit types per plate appearance:
However, from 2002 through 2009, Ichiro averaged only 5.8% infield hits. From 2010 through 2012, that number has decreased to 5.1% — that's a pretty small change overall. Meanwhile, his non-infield hits have gone from 19.1% of his PAs to 17.1%. That's a more troubling decline.
Still, his doubles and homers are in line with his career rates, and his triples have ticked up in recent years. And he has been successful (in 2009 — 113 wRC+) with a lower non-infield singles rate. Moreover, his stolen base rate over the past few years is almost unchanged from his career numbers.
Let us again play with the hypothetical and say Ichiro's rest-of-season BABIP climbs to the -11 point difference we found prevalent in the Old Guys Bucket. Ichiro's wOBA jumps from .281 to .329 as his BABIP goes from .279 to .337 — that's a huge BABIP jump, but it's also a testament to how far it has fallen this season.
One other difficulty with the preceding findings is that all those career BABIPs we were looking at already have incurred the low-BABIP final seasons — so they were downward biased, which means the player's difference between career and seasonal BABIP looks less dramatic.
Since these guys have played into at least their late-30s, most of them have thousands of PA, so it shouldn't make much of a difference, but, hey, let's say the penalty should actually be 25 points of BABIP. That puts Ichiro at a .320 wOBA — and with his defense, which continues to be Gold Glovish — he makes a considerable outfield asset.
The biggest information we can draw from this is that players given ~500 PA from 2000-2011 did not see their BABIP drop more than 60 points (57 points to be precise) from the career numbers and averaged a drop of only 11 points. Whether this applies to any modern player probably depends on the situation, but it should make intuitive sense — players' skills decline with age, but with steady playing time, they should be able to at least best pitchers, who sport BABIPs in the .220s. Give these veterans less than consistent playing time, and they may not best the pitcher BABIP.
For the specific players of Hideki Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki, the results are a little more divergent. Ichiro's decline appears all too sudden, especially given his speed-rich skillset, and if the Yankees choose to give him steady playing time in New York — which would unfortunately come at the expense of some of their other talented outfielder hitters — it could be a worthwhile gamble (especially considering Ichiro's change in home stadiums).
Matsui, meanwhile, has plate discipline numbers that suggest greater problems — including a low contact rate. If he continues to receive only partial playing time and cannot improve his plate discipline numbers while in that capacity (or any capacity, really), then the Rays will have little else to do but release him. If he gets steady playing time, we can expect his BABIP to increase, but it will do his output little good if he cannot also improve his walk rate, strikeout rate and/or home run rate.
For those who want to toy around with the same data I used — presumably for the purposes of mercilessly mocking me — here are the two leaderboards I used to gather the date:
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