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- "The Dark Arts are many, varied, ever-changing, and eternal. Fighting them is like fighting a many-headed monster, which, each time a neck is severed, sprouts a head even fiercer and cleverer than before. You are fighting that which is unfixed, mutating, indestructible."
- —Professor Severus Snape to a Defence Against the Dark Arts class[src]
The Dark Arts, also known as Dark Magic, refers to any type of magic that is mainly used to cause harm. The Dark Arts encompass many spells and actions ranging from using the Unforgivable Curses to brewing harmful or poisonous potions to breeding Dark creatures such as Basilisks, and its practise is generally illegal. Practitioners are referred to as Dark wizards or witches, the most prominent and powerful of whom was Lord Voldemort. His followers, known as Death Eaters, also practised the Dark Arts.
Nature of the Dark ArtsEdit
- Dumbledore: "You call it 'greatness,' what you have been doing, do you?"
- Riddle: "Certainly. I have experimented; I have pushed the boundaries of magic further, perhaps, than they have ever been pushed -"
- Dumbledore: "Of some kinds of magic. Of some. Of others, you remain...forgive me...woefully ignorant."
- Riddle: "The old argument. But nothing I have seen in the world has supported your famous pronouncements that love is more powerful than my kind of magic, Dumbledore."
- — Albus Dumbledore and Tom Marvolo Riddle[src]
The Dark Arts are generally regarded as corrupting to those who use them (which is part of the reason they are considered "dark"). After engaging in them extensively for many years, even Tom Marvolo Riddle's appearance demonstrated his corruption — he lost his former handsomeness, eventually taking on serpentine physical qualities and red eyes[1]. Albus Dumbledore, in particular, suggested that engaging in any of the Dark Arts that involve murder was damaging to the soul; for instance, he told Severus Snape that Draco Malfoy's soul was "not yet so damaged" that he is probably capable of murder, but that if he did go through with murder, his soul would be "ripped apart"[1]. This suggests that using very Dark magic, such as the Killing Curse, damages an individual's soul. The Dark Art of creating a Horcrux involves literally splitting the soul for the unnatural purpose of achieving immortality.
According to Snape, Dark Arts are inconsistent, where everytime a branch is defeated, it only comes back "fiercer and cleverer" than before. It is therefore imperative that one's defences must be as versatile as these foul arts themselves.
Powerful Dark spells also require malicious intent in order to be successful. To cast the Cruciatus Curse, for instance, one must truly desire to cause pain in and of itself, according to Bellatrix Lestrange[2]. The Dark Arts can also be difficult to control; for example, Vincent Crabbe lost control of the cursed fire he created in 1998 and was killed by it[3]. Injuries caused by Dark magic sometimes never fully heal, such as George Weasley's ear after it was cut off by a Sectumsempra he was struck with during the Battle of the Seven Potters[4]
- Dumbledore: "...you have never been seduced by the Dark Arts, never, even for a second, shown the slightest desire to become one of Voldemort's followers!"
- Harry: "Of course I haven't! He killed my mum and dad!"
- Dumbledore: "You are protected, in short, by your ability to love! The only protection that can possibly work against the lure of power like Voldemort's! In spite of all the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart..."
- — Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter in 1996[src]
According to Albus Dumbledore, the only power strong enough to enable a person to resist the temptation of the Dark Arts, and to defeat them, is love. He is perhaps referring to the Sacrificial Protection shield which Lily Potter used to protect Harry Potter and Harry himself later used to protect the people on his side by taking a killing curse from the Dark Lord. However he was not killed by this killing curse, since the curse only destroyed the part of Voldemort inside him.
Ethical considerationsEdit
It should be noted that whilst the Dark Arts have a bad reputation, overall Dark Magic is not - by definition - "evil" magic. Indeed, dark magic can be used for good as well as evil. Even the Killing Curse can be used for good, as Albus Dumbledore said that it would not harm Severus Snape to kill him (Dumbledore) as Dumbledore had asked him to since he was going to die anyway (and it would ultimately serve to fool Voldemort to lead to his destruction).
The only exception to this rule is the Horcrux, the creation of which is an entirely selfish act - taking a life in order to prolong one's own. However, this act can be reversed by remorse for the murder, or repentance.
The Dark Arts and the lawEdit
- "When a wizard goes over ter the Dark Side, there's nothin' and no one that matters to 'em any more..."
- —Rubeus Hagrid[src]
Although many members of the wizarding world appear to frown upon the Dark Arts, they are not prohibited (with the exception of the Unforgivables) and may even - under certain conditions - be encouraged. For example, while Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry teaches only Defence Against the Dark Arts, Durmstrang Institute teaches the Dark Arts itself. Moreover, shops like Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley openly trade in Dark artefacts, and are patronized by "hundreds of people",[5] which suggests that at least some aspects of the Dark Arts are somewhat socially acceptable among parts of the wizarding population.
Also, in times of war, the Ministry of Magic has been known to permit Aurors to use strong Dark magic against its enemies. When Lord Voldemort was in control of wizarding Britain in late 1997 to mid-1998, every aspect of the Dark Arts was legalised and taught at Hogwarts by Death Eater professor Amycus Carrow[3]
In addition, there is a matter of degree. The three Unforgivable Curses are punishable by an automatic life sentence in Azkaban Prison[6] when used on humans, except when permitted in wartime, whereas some types of magic can have more benign uses as well as Dark uses and, thus, are presumably not always illegal.
Some wand woods and cores prefer or dislike Dark Magic.
Dragon heartstring has a reputation of being suitable for it, while it's hard to perform dark Magic with Unicorn hair wands. Phoenix feather wands, like Voldemorts', are suitable for this magic.
Known Dark MagicEdit
Dark spellsEdit
- "Magic, especially Dark magic ... leaves traces."
- —Albus Dumbledore to Harry Potter on Dark spells[src]
A Dark Spell is primarily defined as any spell that consistently affects the object in a negative manner, usually associated with varying levels of discomfort. They can be classified into three groups: jinxes, hexes & curses. These groups form a hierarchy, with jinxes at the base, curses at the top and hexes in-between. The further one ascends up this hierarchy, the more wicked, the stronger, the longer-lasting and the less reversible the Dark spell's effects appear to be. The Unforgivable Curses are the strongest known Dark Spells in existence.
Dark potionsEdit
The following potions are identified as Dark:
- Rudimentary Body Potion: A potion used to or used in combination with other magic to create a rudimentary body that can be inhabited by a non-corporeal wizard.
- Voldemort's rebirth potion: This potion is said by Voldemort to be "an old piece of Dark Magic"[6]. Its ingredients include a bone from the father unknowingly given, flesh from the servant willingly given, and blood from an enemy of the one for whom it is intended. It creates a new body for a Dark witch or wizard who has used Horcruxes and lost their original body, as Voldemort did. This new body is replica of the old one and has its former powers too. It apparently requires that the Dark wizard exist within a rudimentary body that can be placed within the cauldron after all the ingredients are added. If the blood of the enemy contains infections or protections, like a love sacrifice or lycanthrophy, it will also poison or protect the wizard or witch reborn with it.
- Drink of Despair: a Potion used in a basin in which the locket Horcrux was hidden. Its consumption caused the drinker to see "terrible things", dehydrate, and experience excruciating burning in one's insides. Because of the 'terrible things', it has an effect similar to the presence of a Dementor.[1]
Dark itemsEdit
- "Of the Horcrux, wickedest of magical inventions, we shall not speak nor give direction–"
- —the introduction of Magick Moste Evile[src]
Some items can be bewitched by Dark Magic for various purposes. They then become known as Dark Magic Artefacts (or simply Dark items). The following items are associated with Dark Magic:[7]
- Cursed books: Books can be bewitched to cause harm to anyone who attempts to read them. Examples include Sonnets of a Sorcerer, which causes the reader to speak in rhymes, and an unnamed book that a person can never stop reading. Tom Riddle's Diary is both a cursed book and a Horcrux.
- Hand of Glory: A severed human hand with a candle placed within it. It provides light only to the holder, and commonly attributed to thieves and plunderers. It is able to penetrate Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder.
- Horcrux: Thought to be the Darkest of all objects, a Horcrux is an object (or living being) that contains a fragment of a Dark wizard's divided soul. It is used to provide protection against death.[1]
- Opal necklace: This item turned up in Borgin and Burkes, was apparently purchased by Draco Malfoy, and almost killed Katie Bell. It is cursed very heavily, to the extent that merely touching it causes nearly instant death. It has killed at least nineteen Muggles.
- Objects in the Black house: Some of the objects in 12 Grimmauld Place, are probably Dark, such as a music box, purple robes, and a locket Horcrux.[2]
- Blood quill: A quill that does not require ink, as it writes with the blood of the person using it. What the user writes will be carved onto the back of his or her hand, and the blood from the words sliced into the hand will be magically siphoned and used as ink on the parchment. It is used as a torture device.
Dark creatures / beingsEdit
Many magical creatures and beings alike may be considered Dark. For example: the dementor, lethifold, basilisk, grindylow, acromantula, vampire and werewolf, all of which are deeply feared and-or despised by numerous different wizards and witches.
Dark practisesEdit
Some other practises that would be considered Dark include:
- Breaking the Ban on Experimental Breeding by hatching a basilisk, for example.
- Consuming the blood of a unicorn[8]
- Necromancy, the Dark Art of raising the dead.
Known practitionersEdit
The following wizards and witches are known to have used Dark Magic. Note that as above, the Dark Arts encompass many different types of spells, including many that seem to be in everyday use by most wizards—this section is limited to those who have used strong dark magic at least once.
Dark WizardsEdit
- Dolores Umbridge
- Gellert Grindelwald
- Grindelwald's followers
- Gregory Goyle
- Herpo the Foul
- Morgan le Fay
- Narcissa Malfoy
- Salazar Slytherin
- Vincent Crabbe
- Various other wizards and witches
Death EatersEdit
- Antonin Dolohov
- Amycus Carrow
- Alecto Carrow
- Augustus Rookwood
- Bellatrix Lestrange
- Bartemius ("Barty") Crouch Jr.
- Crabbe Sr.
- Draco Malfoy (later defected)
- Goyle Sr.
- Igor Karkaroff (later defected)
- Lucius Malfoy (later defected)
- Tom Riddle (alias Lord Voldemort)
- Walden Macnair
- Mulciber (Riddle-era)
- Mulciber (Marauder-era)
- Peter Pettigrew (later defected)
- Rabastan Lestrange
- Regulus Arcturus Black (later defected and fought against them)
- Rodolphus Lestrange
- Severus Snape (later defected and fought against them)
- Travers
- Yaxley
- Death Eaters
Non-Dark WizardsEdit
- Albus Dumbledore
- Bartemius ("Barty") Crouch Sr.
- Ginevra Weasley
- Harry Potter
- Hermione Granger
- Minerva McGonagall
- Pius Thicknesse (under the Imperius Curse)
- Viktor Krum (under the Imperius Curse)
- Durmstrang students
- Hogwarts students during the 1997–1998 school year (under threat of the Cruciatus Curse)
Known textsEdit
The following texts are known to discuss the Dark Arts:
- Magick Moste Evile
- Secrets of the Darkest Art
- Sonnets of a Sorcerer
- The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts
- Confronting the Faceless
Behind the scenesEdit
- Some spells may not be considered Dark magic in and of themselves, but may be used for Dark purposes. For example, the Taboo curse allows the caster to track anyone who says a certain word or name. This gives the caster a great deal of power over people's speech, and spreads fear. It may thus be considered to have Dark applications, such as when it was used by Death Eaters to track their enemies during the Second Wizarding War[3].
- The Dark Arts are similar to magic known as maleficium, which is used in a similar manner.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
- Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book
- LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
- Pottermore (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter LEGO Sets
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↑ Deathly Hallows, Ch. 5. Also, in Ch. 17, Harry mentions "the injuries from Dark Magic...you can't repair the damage."
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- ↑ Harry Potter Lexicon: Dark Magic Items
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone


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Still, there are upgrades and even optional hurricane straps that can help out, and over 17 million Americans are choosing to live inside manufactured homes. What is they know that others don't? There are a number of advantages to mobile and manufactured homes.
Affordability is certainly a big one for any option for a family looking to buy their own home. Manufactured and mobile homes run an average of $62,600, which is far cheaper than the average of $272,200 for a site-built home for a single family. Mobile homes cost anywhere from 10 percent to 35 percent less to build per square foot. Despite the popular conception of working class people living in them, the middle class loves them too. The median annual income for a family in a mobile home is actually $34,700. The average household measures at 2.7 people, and a quarter of all mobile home households brings home over $50,000 a year, much of which they save given the cheaper costs of living.
Many also love the convenience of the building process. Site-built homes can have delayed construction, surly contractors, and cost overruns. Mobile homes are built in factories and show up 90 percent complete, usually just needing a good foundation and utility connections. The whole process is typically three times faster when an order is placed, and much faster if you order something already made.
Current mobile homes also have far more design flexibility than they did two generations ago. The designs can be quite elaborate, and there can even be perks like porches, decks, garages, and vaulted ceilings. Depending on the specific lot, a homeowner can even add landscaping. Hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, and granite countertops.
Energy efficiency is a huge advantage for manufactured homes. Many of them are now outfitted with Energy Star appliances. They're also energy-efficient on their own given their more compact size, as they don't cost as much to heat or cool.
You can also have quite a few amenities installed, be they walk-in closets, soaker bathtubs, jetted tubs, bay windows, gabled roofs, and fireplaces. Low-flow faucets and high-efficiency roofs and heat pumps can gather and recycle rainwater to fuel or power such amenities when need be.
A number of mobile home communities are actually securely gated, and some even mimic tiny resorts. Homeowners can actually own a home but rent the land they sit their home, which happens in a quarter of all mobile home placements. The rest get put on private property.
Some think that manufactured homes don't go up in value, but if they're built and maintained properly, they can appreciate in value, especially when considering factors like the local housing market and community, inflation, how much the home initially cost, the location of the home, and its age and condition.
Another great thing is that many manufactured homes come with warranties, and why not? Most are made in a factory. This would cover things like construction, windows, siding, doors, faucets, appliances, and more. Warranties will vary, but extended ones are available. Always make sure you know what is covered and for how long, and keep the paperwork to back yourself up.


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What reminds me of Jim Carrey in my life is that I'm always willing to try and make someone laugh even though they may have had the worse day in his/her life. With a smile, it only takes that one moment to make everything else go away.


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Divine Mercy Sunday will witness the canonization of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II. This is an amazing event in the life of the Church. Both these men had a significant impact on the life of the Church and on vocations.
The witness of joy in serving God and his Church is one of the best witnesses for the priesthood. Both Popes John XXIII and John Paul II served with joy and dedication.
My own call to the priesthood was strengthened by the witness of Pope John Paul II. I had the honor of seeing him in St. Louis in 1999. His health was not good, but he radiated hope and a deep love of Jesus Christ.
I went to St. Louis wrestling with the idea of becoming a priest. I was certain that I was interested in the idea, but was not certain of Christ's call.
Mass with the pope was wonderful, and on the way home I read his speech to a group of youth, given on the previous day. I'll never forget his words: "To those of you who think that Christ may be inviting you to follow him in the priesthood or the consecrated life, I make this personal appeal: I ask you to open your hearts generously to Him; do not delay your response. The Lord will help you to know his will; He will help you to follow your vocation courageously."
I felt that the pope was speaking directly to me. I felt I needed to move forward, and through many twists and turns in the road, I entered the seminary and am now a priest.
I tell as many people as I can about the words of John Paul II. The invitation is as true today as it was when I first read it. Jesus Christ is faithful — He will help you to know his will and He will give you the strength to follow Him.
Pope John Paul II ended his talk, stating: "Christ is calling you; the Church needs you; the pope believes in you and he expects great things of you!"
It will not be long before we can ask Pope Saint John Paul II to intercede for us. I ask that he will intercede for us before God to inspire many young men to follow the call of Jesus Christ into the priesthood and many young men and women to follow Him into the consecrated life. May we all be witnesses of the hope and joy of Jesus Christ in the world.
Divine Mercy Sunday will witness the canonization of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II. This is an amazing event in the life of the Church. Both these men had a significant impact on the life of the Church and on vocations.


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(Hollywood, Fla.) The Morningstar Ibbotson Conference 2013 had an informative and ground-breaking start to its Feb. 21-22 agenda with Roger Ibbotson's talk about market theories that fall apart under close scrutiny. Ibbotson, who is the founder of Ibbotson Associates (now part of Morningstar), a Yale professor and the chairman of Zebra Capital Management, revealed findings from an unpublished study that he and Daniel Kim, research director of Zebra Capital, recently completed.
Ibbotson said, "While in theory, high-beta and high-volatility stocks outperform their low-beta and low-volatility counterparts, in practice it's the low-volatility and low-beta stocks that outperform."
The difference? From 1972-2012, the mean performance of low-beta stocks was 14.03%. The result for high-beta stocks was 8.25%. "Low beta beats high beta," said the investment expert, "and the same is true when you look at low daily and monthly volatility."
In other words, "The relationship is the opposite of what we are used to thinking about less risk," Ibbotson pointed out. "This turns 60 years of theory on its head." This finding, he adds, is both "a gold mine" for experts and a "troubling" development. "Do we smile or get upset? … I'm in both camps."
Another surprise revealed by Ibbotson and Kim was that large companies outperform smaller ones when using Fama-French analysis. "Surprisingly, large beats small," he said. "This is a big surprise."
In the Fama-French analysis, which looks at beta factors/coefficients, large companies had returns of 12.44% over the 1972-2012 time period on average vs. 9.89% for small. Plus, the larger firms had lower volatility (as measured by standard deviation).
Small companies did outperform when capitalization was examined as the key variable: 13.49% vs. 11.22% for large firms. But large companies do better when their total assets, revenue and net income are taken into consideration.
In other analysis, the latest Ibbotson research found that value beats growth. "In this area, theory and practice are consistent—you get premiums for going into value vs. growth," the speaker said, noting that value portfolios tend to have lower risk.
The researchers also found that less-liquid stocks outperform their more-liquid counterparts as measured by two different analytical methods. One method, for instance, found that less-liquid stocks had returns for 14.74% over the last 40 years vs. 10.77% for more-liquid issues. "But, the risks differ," Ibbotson said. "Less-liquid stocks are higher risk."
The standard deviation (or beta) was 24.6% for the less-liquid stocks vs. 19.35% for the more-liquid issues. Overall, Ibbotson said, "The lower-turnover stocks give you the greater returns at lower risk than value stocks do, and coming in a close second are the low-beta, low-volatility shares."
Investor Intelligence
While mutual fund investors may have problems over the timing of when to buy and sell funds, they aren't really "dumb" in the traditional or theoretical sense, says John Rekenthaler, vice president of research for Morningstar. He and his colleagues looked at why investors were "not making money that one might expect from funds," a conundrum they defined as the "return gap."
Most analysis looks at total returns, which are time-weighted, and compares them to investor returns, which are dollar-weighted. But the Morningstar experts decided to calculate a money-weighted measure of returns to help them assess a fund's internal rate of return and then compare these numbers with time-weighted returns.
The result? A return gap, which could help the analysts better assess investor behavior.
From 2002-2012, the initial research revealed that this gap was 1.01% for domestic-stock funds, 3.11% for international-stock funds, 1.35% for municipal bonds, 0.87% for taxable-bond funds, and 0.84% for allocation funds.
The Morningstar team then dug deeper to look at whether or not investors were buying the "wrong funds," funds with high charges, poor fund managers or the wrong assets. "These are the four ways to get this wrong," he explained.
The researchers then discovered that investors got fund selection right across the five fund categories (mentioned above). They also concluded that investors were overpaying.
"The expenses are larger than the benefits of their fund selection," said Rekenthaler, implying that there should be continued fee pressure on fund companies.
Other conclusions of the research? Fund managers overall are not buying the wrong securities, but investors are allocating their assets in a less-than-stellar fashion. The rigorous analysis also found that the return gap combined with investor selection produces an overall gap in investors' performance versus that of index funds of 1.38% for domestic-stock funds.
This is related to expenses (0.72%), the manager (0.33%) and asset allocation (0.33%). "The biggest negative is expenses," Rekenthaler said. "And investors are hurting themselves by [poor] asset-allocation decisions, like moves they made to get out of emerging-market funds in the '08-'09 timeframe, for example."
That is bad news for investors, but it is a positive situation for advisors, who can help turn this situation around, he and other Morningstar experts point out.
Economic Trends
An economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, who spoke at the conference, said there were several factors that prompted him to "make the case for stronger growth in 2013."
Kevin Kliesen, who shared his own views (not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve System), also cautioned "that economic momentum weakened over the last three months of 2012, though there were pockets of strength in key areas."
Kliesen pointed out that the St. Louis Financial Stress Index, which tracks 17 indicators (including risk spreads), is now lower than its long-run average level. Plus, "Some calm has returned to European sovereign debt markets," he said.
An additional positive factor is that business capital spending is rebounding, after remaining in a lull for most of 2012. "Financial market conditions are supportive of faster growth," he said, "and there is not much worry about inflation in the near future."
The economist shared three other sets of reasons behind his expectation that the economy will have a strong year in 2013: Consumer spending is improving, forecasters expect long-term interest rates to stay low, and household wealth should keep improving; housing fundamentals "look good," inventories are low, prices are moving higher, labor markets are seeing improvement, and affordability is high; plus, housing growth is usually followed by growth in business capital spending.
"It appears that most, if not all, of the excess housing inventory has been worked off," Kliesen said. The economist also outlined several trends that do not bode well for the U.S. economy in the longer term.
One of his main concerns is the impact of the jump in the payroll tax, "which should have a significant impact on the low and middle strata of consumers." Compounding that problem and its impact on growth will be fiscal policy, he noted. These shifts could lead to a 1.2% drop in consumption during the first half of 2013 and a 2.5% decline in the second half, said Kliesen, pointing to Goldman Sachs' estimates.


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With so many options of baby monitors out in the current market, it has become increasingly tough to select one that will suit your needs. Luckily, there are brands and products that stand out from the rest, narrowing down the options. Throughout the years, there has been one consistent player on the field, knocking down the rest and continuing to emerge as the best-selling baby monitor of all time.
Here's a list of reasons why Infant Optics DXR-8 stays on top of the game.
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1. Maximum Security: No Prying Ears and Eyes
In 2018, the world of parents was shaken when a mother reportedly heard a strange man's voice over her baby monitor, saying expletives and threatening to kidnap her child. More cases were revealed afterward up to 2019, when a kid from another household recounted an unfamiliar voice saying, "I love you" through the speaker. All baby monitors involved were connected devices, meaning that they relied upon the Internet to function.
Imagine buying a product that is supposed to give you peace of mind, but ends up making you feel more vulnerable. It's a natural reaction to become more cautious and discerning of the products we buy for our homes and families.
Types of Technology
With regard to baby monitors, this is the number 1 reason why, despite the many, more advanced gadgets now available, people still trust Infant Optics DXR-8 to provide the best security, being a non-connected, local-only apparatus. Not only does it use Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) technology, which makes it extremely hard for hackers to trace the monitor's signal, it also uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), which avoids interference. In addition to that, they also added a built-in encryption, to really deter any possible pesky intruders. Infant Optics DXR-8 maintains a 100% hack-free standing, solidifying its place as the all-time best-selling baby monitor in the marketplace.
2. Quick Setup: No Brainer Instructions
With very minimal assembly necessary for external parts, like batteries, charger cables, or additional lenses, the Infant Optics DXR-8 is pretty much a plug-and-play contraption. The kit provides a user manual, as well as a quick start guide that even has a section devoted to troubleshooting. Once powered on, the camera and monitor units automatically sync together, saving you time and effort from the usual configurations that most modern gadgets need.
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3. Variety of Interchangeable Lenses: Find the Best Angle for You
The package contains an aluminum lens that's ideal for your basic needs. Providing colored images in the daylight, and clear night vision in the dark, most parents are satisfied with this lens for seeing their baby in the crib. Infant Optics Thermometer Accuracy
For parents who are looking to have the ability to take a better look at smaller details, A telephoto lens can be purchased separately. Is that a rash forming on my child's leg? What's that in my baby's mouth? Those are a few of the things you can inspect with this lens which can go up to 2x closer with its optical zoom.
For children that can move around the room more the wide-angle lens provides a wider view of a room. Keep tabs with what they are doing at any moment without interrupting their imaginative, solitary play. Even when your children are older, this lens can be utilised as a general safety camera for rooms around the house.
4. Expandable up to 4 Cameras: Grows with the Needs of Your Family
Removing the need to buy a new baby monitor for each and every addition to the family, the Infant Optics DXR-8 is expandable up to 4 cameras. You can switch views with the touch of a button.
5. Dependable Battery Life and Capacity — up to 15.5 Hours
Though Infant Optics has promised up to 12 hours of battery life, on a combination viewing and power-saving mode, the monitor unit has been proven to last up to 15.5 hours on a single charge. Additionally, being a Li-ion battery means its life span is much longer than those of NiMH cells, used in a number of other baby monitor brands. Infant Optics also allows easy replacements of the batteries which is a feature unavailable in other brands – necessitating a replacement of the entire device when the battery eventually gives out
6. Quality Audio and Video: Everything You Need at a Glance
When it can't be denied that some baby monitors now have HD resolutions which deliver much sharper pictures, Infant Optics DXR-8's audio and video are still excellent for what it promises. You can see all your child's expressions and activity during the day, and observe movements at night.
It relays sounds clearly, even at the lowest volume setting. Additionally, it includes a sound detector for when the baby starts to cry loudly, and it flashes lights on the monitor to alert the parent (especially those people who are hard of hearing). Infant Optics Thermometer Accuracy
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a. Well-designed Display Monitor
The monitor's display unit is light, at 5.38 ounces, and the display size at 3.5 inches is comparable to smaller smart phones — more than enough space to see what your baby is up to. It gives a sense of sturdiness, though it fits easily in your hand, and has been proven to withstand several tumbles with no adverse effects.
The viewing screen is also easy to navigate, offering tons of choices with just a few buttons to pick from: On, Menu, Shortcut, Talk, and 4 directional arrows. Uncluttered and easy, just as any parent would prefer.
b. Tilt and Pan
The Infant Optics DXR-8 monitor also boasts one of the best features of any baby monitor which is the capability to remote control tilt and pan the camera unit. If you find that your baby has moved slightly off your perspective, you can try to correct the angle from where you are without needing to scamper into the other room by choosing to pan left, right, up, or down.
c. Amazing Night Vision with Automatic Low-light Detection
Many other baby monitors need to be manually switched to night mode, but not with Infant Optics DXR-8's low-light detection. Once in this mode, its low light sensor activates the infrared lights from 8 invisible IR LED lights. Simply put: dark stays dark, and the baby's sleep is in no danger of being disturbed; but your baby will be displayed as clear as day from your viewing screen. So long as the camera is set up within 15 feet of your baby, the camera can display color. images throughout the evening. For many years, the DXR-8's night vision camera has been crowned one of the best.
d. Temperature Indication
With dangers correlated to temperature changes, like sudden infant death (SID), it's particularly valuable to have a temperature sensor in a baby monitor. Infant Optics DXR-8's reading can be in Celsius of Fahrenheit, and are displayed on the top right corner of the viewing screen. Should it sense an extreme rise or drop in temperature, it is going to signal too low (LL) or too high (HH) on the display as well.
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7. Uninterrupted Feed: Stable Local Connection
Given that the camera and viewing displays are connected via radio frequencies and not through the world wide web, drops and reconnections are less likely occurrences. Wondering whether you're still getting an updated feed or not is another thing to be concerned about, but the stable and secure linking of the Infant Optics DXR-8's end to end linking alleviates that concern.
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Below are some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Infant Optics DXR-8
Can it record videos?
Unfortunately it can only provide real-time pictures and it can not save videos Some related questions are also answered below:
Does it have a slot for a memory card?
Since it can't record videos, there's no slot for an external memory card.
Can it be connected to a cloud services?
Linking to a cloud service means having to hook up to a WiFi network, which the Infant Optics DXR-8 doesn't do, being a local-only device.
Is there an external program that it connects to?
No, there isn't any need to download an app to see from. The device links automatically from the camera end to the viewing unit for a hassle free installation.
Can I see my baby even when I'm away from home?
If you mean you're somewhere outdoors, provided that you're within the reach of the camera unit which is (tested at roughly 75 feet indoors with up to 6 walls), then yes. However, if you mean having access to the feed via a third-party program, then no, because Infant Optics DXR-8 does not connect to the Web as part of its safety feature.
Is the night vision grainy?
No, although the additional lenses (zoom and wide-angle) don't perform as well as the default aluminum lens in low-light problems. For the best possible night vision image please use the default lens.
Do they have customer service?
Yes, and people have praised it for being excellent!
Can they honor warranties?
Yes, you can get in touch with customer support to see if you qualify for a replacement. Some have gotten replacements even outside their warranty period, depending on the reported issue.


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About The Brand
The Dublin label first began nearly 40 years ago when a small range of jodhpurs was developed in Australia. The range was a success and since then, the brand has developed into a stylish, popular and comfortable range of rider wear available in Australia, New Zealand, USA and Europe. The range now includes jodhpurs, breeches, footwear, safety items, and competition and casual clothing.
The colours and styles for each season are reflective of leading fashion trends, and designed to suit a great range of riders from competition riders to casual riders. Dublin products are also evolving with new technology trends to make sure our products are top of mind for consumers.
Dublin's style is developed by riders for riders who know what riders need - whether it's on a horse, in the stable or in the yard. It's the little things that make a big difference when it comes to riding. That's why Dublin products are tested to ensure they not only do what they're designed for, but also make sure you look good
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Orders place before 12pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, will be dispatched same day after payment has been accepted and is subject to stock availability. Delivery takes 5 business days in Metro Areas, 8 business days in Regional Areas and up to 10 days in Rural Areas.
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It's recommended that you consider where you will be during business hours, to ensure you put down a relevant delivery address. For example, if you are working we recommend you have your order delivered to work where you can sign receipt of delivery.
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IBM is expanding its Platform-as-a-Service investment in its own BlueMix software by adding more than 30 cloud services designed to help developers build apps in the cloud. The new services include a portfolio of DevOps, application integration, big data, and analytics-as-a-service tools.
In addition, IBM is launching BlueMix Garages, collaborative locations where developers can create new apps on BlueMix, learn new development skills, and access IBM's developer ecosystem.
Built on open standards and Cloud Foundry, BlueMix has added cloud integration services for secure connections between public applications and private data. IBM is using BlueMix's foundation on SoftLayer for this expansion, so this combines IBM's middleware software with third-party and open technologies to create an integrated development offering for cloud-focused programmers.
GM of IBM Cloud Platform Services Steve Robinson says that using an open cloud environment, BlueMix helps both what he calls "born-on-the-web" as well as "enterprise developers" build applications with their choice of tools.
"With the ability to easily combine a variety of services and APIs from across the industry to compose, test, and scale custom applications, developers will be able to cut deployment time from months to minutes. Rapidly growing numbers of beta participants are embracing our model of extending their existing assets and services into a cloud-based, open-source development platform, allowing our clients to bridge between the tools they are planning for the future and the workloads and services they use today to get them to market faster."
Internet of Things services here are hoped to allow developers to register and connect networked devices such as microprocessors and embedded machine-to-machine sensors to the cloud, aggregating and reacting to data and events in real time. Programmers can build applications that manage, analyze, visualize, and interact with the massive quantities of "temporal and spatial" data generated by vehicles, wearables, mobile phones, cameras, computers, sensors, and other intelligent devices.


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I f-cking love it when Beyonce makes "I am Sasha Fierce serious no smiles face" and drops the mic. And I really, really f-cking love it when Beyonce dances in group formation. Especially the Crazy In Love group dance formation. Next year, for my birthday, I am totally making my friends learn it with me. How can they say no?
And I know I keep repeating it but it needs to be repeated because clearly girls like the slumloving JLo haven't figured it out yet…
Beyonce didn't give it up for a back-up dancer. Beyonce knows her value. Beyonce chose to become an Empire.
And the Empire performed together the other night at Jay-Z's final show to commemorate the opening of the Barclays Centre (of which he is part-owner) in Brooklyn. B opened with her new track Diva, then was joined by her husband on Crazy In Love. Forever Young was in there too at some point. And Jay came in late on his turn because he was too distracted by his wife. Let me ask you again: have you seen Beyonce live? Because … if you've seen her live, you know what this is. There is no one else right now who can deliver like that on all those levels.
After the show, Beyonce updated her Tumblr. There they are, walking down the halls of the arena arm in arm and gold bottle in hand. Perhaps to meet their friends backstage?
And who would be waiting there?
Start at the 2:45 of the video below if you don't feel like watching the entire thing (which would be a mistake because the entire thing is awesome): a happy birthday wish to "Gwyn, I love you".
Who just turned 40?
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Metatarsalgia is a condition that causes pain and inflammation in the ball of your foot. You may also feel pain in the big toe or the 3 toes closest to the big toe.
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Metatarsalgia can be caused by a number of conditions:
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- Morton neuroma
- Freiberg disease
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Risk Factors
Metatarsalgia is more common in older adults due to the aging process. Factors that increase your chance of developing metatarsalgia include:
- Feet with high arches
- Feet with abnormally long bones
- Claw/ hammer toes
- High-impact sports
- Being overweight
- Wearing shoes that don't fit well or high heels
- Problems with circulation
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Symptoms of metatarsalgia include:
- Pain in the ball of the foot
- Numbness or tingling in toes or foot
- Pain when walking
- Toe pain
- Pain with movement
- Sharp pain
- Feeling like you are walking on pebbles
- Associated back or leg pain
- Weakness in the limb
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. You may be referred to a specialist.
Images may need to be taken of your foot. This can be done with x-rays .
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
Supportive Care
The foot will need time to heal. Supportive care includes:
- Rest—Activities may need to be restricted at first.
- Ice—Ice therapy may help relieve swelling.
- Elevation—Keeping the foot elevated can help fluids drain or prevent fluids from building up.
Shoe inserts called orthotics may be advised to help lessen pain and provide support. Insoles may also be advised. They may be shock absorbers, arch supporters, or special pads that protect your foot.
A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) may be advised to reduce pain and inflammation. A corticosteroid shot is sometimes injected into the foot to lessen pain.
If there are foot problems that are causing the metatarsalgia, surgery may be advised. The type of surgery depends upon what is causing the problem.
Diet and Exercise
If excessive weight is contributing to the foot pain, you may be asked to lose weight through diet and exercise.
To help reduce your chance of getting metatarsalgia, take the following steps:
- Maintain a healthy weight.
- Wear properly fitting shoes.
American College of Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics & Medicine http://www.acfaom.org
American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society http://www.aofas.org
The Canadian Orthopaedic Association http://www.coa-aco.org
Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation http://www.canorth.org
Metatarsalgia. American College of Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics & Medicine website. Available at: http://www.acfaom.org/information-for-patients/common-conditions/metatarsalgia. Accessed February 22, 2018.
Pain in the ball of the foot (metatarsalgia). Merck Manual Professional Version website. Available at: http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/musculoskeletal-and-connective-tissue-disorders/foot-and-ankle-disorders/metatarsalgia. Updated September 2016. Accessed February 18, 2016.
Revision Information
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Do you remember Wilma? Mitch? Dean? When the storm approaching your holiday spot has a name, it's never a good sign.
Despite forecasts of a busier than average hurricane season, the idea of a cheap family vacation on a tropical beach was just too appealing for us -- especially when we found a last-minute airfare deal to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for $199 plus tax per person.
With off-season rates for hotels and tours, we saved a bundle on the total cost of our vacation. Add to this the fact we didn't have to fight off other tourists for a coveted beach-front lounge chair and our late summer vacation seemed almost perfect.
At least, until we heard the hurricane reports. Nothing short of a perfect storm could ruin our perfect holiday.
Fortunately for us, the hurricane in question was headed towards the other side of the country.
While hundreds of vacationers were frantically trying to exit Cancun before hurricane Dean hit the Yucatan Peninsula in late August, our family was relaxing on a beach. By the time Dean travelled inland to reach Puerto Vallarta, the Category 5 hurricane had been downgraded to little more than a remnant low.
In its weakened state, it could no longer be described as a perfect storm and yet Dean's heavy rains wreaked havoc on the city of Puerto Vallarta. Businesses shut down and traffic flow was hindered for the better part of a day in the downtown areas of the city.
Although it made our vacation less than ideal, we only spent one day hiding out from the rain and enjoyed six days of sun, sand and surf. Sometimes a last-minute deal during hurricane season can work out well.
Hurricane-proof your vacation
You take a chance when you are travelling to tropical locales during hurricane season, but there are a few things you can do to reduce your risk and protect your vacation investment.
Here are a few tips if you plan to take advantage of low rates on flights and hotels to a tropical destination this fall.
Know the season
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30 and the eastern Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15 to Nov. 30, but the peak season is from mid-August to late October. The Atlantic basin includes the
Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico. The eastern Pacific basin extends to 140 degrees W.
Playing the odds; different places, different risks
Some destinations have a higher incidence of hurricanes and named storms than others.
Puerto Vallarta has a lower risk of named storms than Cancun, for example. Bermuda and Miami have approximately a one-in-four annual risk of being affected by a hurricane. The odds for Nassau, Bahamas, are about one-in-five.
The islands of the western Caribbean are less likely to be affected by hurricanes than those of the eastern Caribbean. The southernmost Caribbean islands (Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Grenada, Trinidad, Tobago) are rarely hit by hurricanes.
A recent Dow Jones Island Index assessing hurricane risk rated Curacao as the Caribbean island least likely to be hit by a hurricane, followed by Bonaire, Grand Cayman, Barbados and Aruba.
For a look at the return frequency of hurricanes in the United States, visit nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/basics/return.shtml.
Trip insurance
In most cases, when a severe hurricane is expected, airlines begin booking passengers on whatever flight they have to get them out.
The problem comes when the prediction is not precise.
Airlines will generally not change your flights without significant fees unless they are fairly certain there is an imminent risk.
Some passengers who tried to leave Cancun ahead of hurricane Wilma in 2005 were charged hundreds of dollars in additional fees.
Trip cancellation and interruption insurance costs about five per cent of the cost of your entire trip, but it can refund your money if your trip is delayed due to severe weather or for other reasons.
It also provides protection from other unforeseen problems.
Some tour companies and resorts offer their own hurricane insurance programs.
It's a good idea to inquire about hurricane insurance policies before you book your vacation.
What's in a name?
Have you ever wondered why some storms have names and how those names are chosen? For information on the history of naming storms or to view a list of storm names for the next six years worldwide, visit the National Hurricane Center website: nhc.noaa.gov/aboutnames.shtml.
Debbie Olsen is an Alberta-based freelance travel writer and mother of four.


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mac5155 wrote:guess they think this is the guy running away
I dont think that pic is gruesome. its a screen grab gif from the news as the guy is running away.
This isn't directed at you mac, but this theory is odd. So you set up timed bombs, and then sit in the midst of the upcoming carnage until they explode and then book it? Why would you do that?
Also, running away from the scene of an explosion isn't exactly surprising or suspicious.


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A reminder to anyone interested, the AFL Rising Stars Game is tonight. It's on MLB Network at 8pm EST for those properly-cabled amongst you. I tried to figure if it was going to be streaming but I can't tell, (might be), and it looks like it's not on MLB.TV or MiLB.TV, at least according to their website schedules for today.
Not much to write home about on the stat front – Jay Johnson had a couple nice outings, and Tommy Joseph's been on base in 4 of his 5 games since coming back from the flu.
As usual, here's a link to all the stat lines for all of the Phils minor leaguers in off-season leagues. Cesar Hernandez is running wild in Venezuela. 7/8 on steal attempts.


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Seth Curry scored 26 points to lead Duke to a 73-61 victory over Albany in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday at the Wells Fargo Center.
Curry and senior forward Mason Plumlee combined for 49 points on an efficient 25 shots from the field, part of a 27-of-46 shooting performance (58.7 percent) by the Blue Devils, who are seeded second in the Midwest Regional.
Albany, the 15th seed, made a late first-half run to cut a 13-point Duke lead to five with 1:54 remaining before halftime. The Blue Devils' advantage was back up to nine at the half and reached 14 in the first five minutes of the second half, a margin they would sustain for the next 10 minutes.
Duke's lead was whittled to eight with 4:40 remaining on two free throws by Albany's Jacob Iati, but the Great Danes would get no closer the rest of the way.
Iati led Albany with 15 points, hitting 3 of 4 3-point shots. Peter Hooley (13 points), Mike Black (10) and Sam Rowley (10) also scored in double figures.
Curry, younger brother of Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry and half of the highest-scoring pair of brothers in NCAA history, hit 10 of 14 shots from the field, including both of his 3-pointers, and added six rebounds.
Plumlee, who finished with a game-high eight rebounds, helped the taller and more athletic Blue Devils to a 36-20 points advantage in the paint.
In beating Albany, Duke avoided falling to a No. 15 seed in the first round of the tournament for the second consecutive year. Lehigh shocked the nation with a 75-70 victory over the perennial powerhouse Blue Devils in 2012.
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Islands Announce New Album 'A Sleep & A Forgetting'
Acclaimed modernist pop band Islands will release their new album A Sleep & A Forgetting this February 14th via Anti-Records. While the record continues the band's penchant for crafting adventuresome and infectious state of the art pop music, this time band leader Nick Thorburn has infused the songs with a personal introspection that gives the record a new and powerful emotional resonance.
"This album is far more personal than any I've made before," Thorburn explains. "I left New York after the end of a relationship and came to Los Angeles. There was a piano where I was staying and that's where I wrote these songs. This record deals with loss, with memory and forgetting and with dreaming. I started writing it on Valentine's Day and its coming out on Valentine's Day."
A Sleep & A Forgetting is the anticipated follow up to Islands critically heralded record Vapours, which Black Book described as "infectious and weird....masterful" and Popmatters proclaimed "a damn fine record." The new album was produced by Thorburn and fellow Islands member Evan Gordon in less than two weeks, the 11 songs recorded live with hardly a single overdub. It's a stripped down process and beautifully understated sound which only reinforces the confessional content of the lyrics
The new album offers all the shimmering sonic textures and irresistible melodies that have come to define Islands enduring appeal, but there is a deeply personal cathartic undercurrent to the songs. "The sound is really my interpretation of soul music," Thorburn offers. "I mean, I'm a white kid from Canada so it's gonna be very warped. But that's where my head was at, that particular way of dealing with themes of pain and heartbreak."
While admittedly listening to the classic soul of Smokey Robinson and The Temptations, Thorburn was also influenced by the introspective folk of artists such as Sibylle Baier, Maddy Prior and June Tabor. As a result the sound is less an approximation of classic Northern soul and more akin to the symphonic and cathartic pop of soul baring artists like Harry Nilsson and Roy Orbison. As the late Link Wray once said, "Soul music is pain."
And it comes together to striking effect on songs like the heartfelt ballad "Same Thing" with its echoing modernist beat, lilting refrain and confessional lyrics such as: "I can't wait to see, what becomes of me, the ease with which I sleep, tends to frighten me." As Thorburn explains, "I wrote that song when I was just in the depths. It was just this surreal and intensely cathartic experience." On the darkly dramatic "Oh Maria" Thorburn sings of Buddy Holly's anguished young widow and her reoccurring crash site dreams. "She would have these dreams about being in the field where his plane went down," Thorburn says. "She would be trying desperately to get past all the bystanders to see him one last time. It's such an evocative story it just stuck with me. And it's absolutely consistent with the album's themes of heartbreak, death and dreaming. "
Far from being self pitying, A Sleep & A Forgetting powerfully transforms personal unrest into affecting and soulful pop music. "It's kind of frightening," Thorburn reflects.
"I've always hidden behind devices and humor but this album is just so much starker and open." And it's a risk that absolutely pays off. The new record features some of the most startling and memorable songs from a supremely talented band which has continued to both evolve or surprise.


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The Angels' Opening Day Went to 11! Let's Concentrate on that…
When I get sad, I stop being sad and be AWESOME instead! True story. – Words to live by from the immortal Barney Stinson
So games 2 and 3 of the Angels opening series didn't go exactly the way we had planned…or, you know, anything remotely like we had planned. Opening Night was pretty darned awesome! And more of an indication, I think, of what the season will be like than a pair of extremely early season games where, while this was not the only issue, two ace quality, workhorse pitchers were working through a bit of the old dead arm.
So, the morals of this weekend are:
- Don't be sad, be awesome instead – and this goes triply for the fans.
- Dead arms and early season fielding jitters will pass of their own accord, as will some of the plate issues. And even with those plate issues, the offense already looks better than that of the last two years. But, even so, let's stop swinging a) for the fences and b) at stupid pitches.
- Relax and just play your game.
- Clearly Seth and I need to be at these games. I mean, hello? They won when we were in the stands. (Of course, I am completely joking about that last point. Of course. *whistles innocently* But if say, anyone extra superstitious in a position to just happen to let a pair of season tickets fall off a truck and into my hot little hands felt the need to take me seriously, who would I be to say no? And I would like to state, for the record yet completely apropos of nothing of course, that said theoretical tickets would not have to be Diamond Club, or anything fancy like that. Quite the contrary, we would be perfectly happy continuing to root, root, root for the home team from mere mortals' seats, so long as they're in decent camera range. 😉)
*relieved sigh* Well, that's out of the way. Now let's all concentrate on the sheer Angels awesomeness we are sure to see sooner rather than later this month. And, to get you into that frame of mind, I give you a visual recap of the complete awesomeness that was Opening Day…and if you think I have used variants on the word awesome a few too many times in this post, I ask you, what would Barney Stinson say to you? Uh huh. Thought so. ;):
Opening Days tend to have the same ingredients MLB-wide – the giant flag covering the outfield, the local military color guard, the players from both teams lining the base paths as their names are called, the military flyover and the VIPs throwing out the first pitch. But that certainly is not to say that every Opening Day is the same, or that these details aren't special. In fact, the universality of this format is part of what makes it special, lending the affair a ceremonial, special occasion air like a wedding or a graduation. And, much like the parties involved in those examples, each team manages to make the details their own:
The energy from the crowd was absolutely unreal. I have been to Opening Days before and I have been to well attended games before, but this was something completely different. And while I am sure that many in the stands were brand new Angels fans, brought to the stadium by the hype and excitement of the Angels well publicized off season acquisitions, I'm not going to join in the griping about that. I say, welcome. Come join us. Get to know the team and stick around for the seasons to come. However the rankings fallout by season's end, this is going to be fun!
So, the game itself. Just how good was the game? It was so good that I was hoarse until evening on Saturday. So good that I kept thinking Saturday was Sunday. No joke. That first regular season ballpark experience of the year was so much fun and excitement packed into one game that it seemed to me like it must be an entire Saturday, not just a Friday night. And here are a few of the reasons why:
And, just because this is my blog, here's some silliness too:
And if that isn't enough awesome to get you in the right frame of mind for the next few series, just wait. The Angels will get you there eventually. I'm sure of it.


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