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The Tacoma News Tribune 04/03/1995
By Bart Ripp / The News Tribune
He was the village idiot of Marion, Kan.
Charles Victor Faust was called feeble-minded. The diagnosis was hebephrenia, a schizophrenic reaction expressed by silliness, delusions andhallucinations.
In 1911, a fortuneteller in Wichita told Faust that he would win the pennant for the New York Giants. In a weird way, he did.
Faust found a demented fame when his unlikely dream came true. After enduring life on his family's wheat farm, hearing whispers and craving splendor, Faust had a fantastic year in 1911.
Four years later, a footnote to baseball history and a spectacle in vaudeville, Faust died, alone and insane, at Western State Hospital in Steilacoom. He was 35.
Faust had fled America's geographical center to find a fluky luster in the nation's biggest city. He died, hidden from the world, in the Northwest woods. He transcended myth in a life that would make a book and surely a movie.
That is Gabe Schechter's wish. A poker tournament dealer in Las Vegas, a free-lance writer, Schechter, 43, has written a screenplay of Faust's astonishing celebrity. Rejected by Amblyn, Steven Spielberg's studio, Schechter's screenplay is being considered by Walt Disney Studios.
"It's 'Forrest Gump' with substance," Schechter said on a recent visit to Tacoma. "There is no enlightenment in 'Forrest Gump.' Faust's story has meaning because he got to pitch."
That's the gist of Faust's sad life. He got to pitch. How many of us can say that?
At age 30, without work beyond the family farm, without baseball experience except a few pitiful stabs at pitching for the Marion hometownteam, Faust left Kansas to win the pennant for the Giants. Fortified with the fortuneteller's reply and a naive bravado, Faust reported to manager John McGraw in St. Louis, said that he had come to win the pennant for the Giants and won himself an odd job as a mascot. He entertained fans and ballplayers with a spasmodic pregame show of pitching, fielding, running the bases and leading brass bands that played at baseball games.
Magically, mysteriously, the Giants, mired in third place, began winning. And winning. And winning. Faust didn't get to pitch in games, but his goofy presence relaxed the Giants, who considered him a talisman.
"He was simple-minded and extremely gullible," Schechter said. "And good-natured. That's why the Giants let him hang around. He was a counter to McGraw's ferocity. And he was infallible as a good-luck charm."
He was incredible. When the Giants fell behind in a game, Faust was dispatched from the dugout - or the cornets in the band - to warm up in the bullpen. The sight of Faust, tall and angular with a bizarre windup like a whirling windmill, galvanized the Giants. From July 29 until they clinched the National League pennant in late September, their record with Faust on the bench was 37 victories and 2 defeats.
He missed three days while appearing in vaudeville theaters, staging his windup and reciting windy stories. He told audiences that his middle name was not Victor but Victory. Damon Runyon called him "the celebrated Kansas squirrel fodder." The New York World Telegraph called Faust "the worst act in vaudeville history."
He missed another two days in Brooklyn, attempting to land a contract with the Superbas - wondrous nickname of the team that became the Dodgers. And he spent a day looking to sample apple pie all around the town. Faust adored apple pie.
Glory arrived Oct. 7, 1911. With the pennant secured, Faust went to the bullpen to warm up, then was summoned to face the Boston Braves. Fewer than 1,000 at the Polo Grounds saw Faust pitch the ninth inning, allowing one run. To see Faust in the game, on the mound at last, surely was a treat.
On the season's last day, Faust was allowed to pitch one inning against Brooklyn. He batted once, was hit by a pitch from the aptly named Eddie Dent, was allowed to circle the bases and scored a run.
"All of us have this daydream," Schechter said. "He was a guy with less talent and brains than most of us. But he had the nerve and deluded persistence.
"He got himself into the record books, and we didn't. He reached the only goal he ever sought."
With Faust in uniform, but not on the field, the Giants lost the World Series to the Philadelphia Athletics in six games. Faust received a World Series share of about $1,000.
In 1912, he appeared at spring training at Hot Springs, Ark., gave a command performance of his act for Andrew Carnegie and was allowed to accompany the Giants into June. The team zoomed to a historic start (54-11), but McGraw tired of being pestered by Faust for a contract and fired the squirrel fodder. Faust insisted that he had signed a two-year contract on a
shirt collar, but it was never found.
In 1914, Faust surfaced in Portland. He said he was walking from Seattle to New York, to help the Giants win the pennant. Faust's brothers, John and George, lived in Seattle.
Arrested in Portland, committed to the State Insane Asylum in Salem, Faust listed his occupation as professional ballplayer. After a week, he was released. The admissions log lists his mental state as "not improved."
He went to Seattle. Faust lived in a down-town hotel called The Ellis. From the hotel, he sent telegrams to August A. Herrmann, baseball's de facto commissioner, begging for a contract with the Giants. Herrmann ignored Faust.
It was too much. In December of 1914, Faust was admitted to Western State Hospital. He died June 18, 1915. Cause of death was listed as pulmonary tuberculosis. The Giants lost to Pittsburgh, 7-5 that day.
The Faust tale was resurrected in Lawrence Ritter's oral history, "The Glory of Their Times," told by Giants outfielder Fred Snodgrass. Schechter said Snodgrass's story is largely embellished.
E.L. Doctorow devotes a chapter to Faust in "Ragtime." A Doctorow phrase hooked Gabe Schechter. Doctorow called Faust "a pathetic pantomime of his own solitude."
Schechter knows solitude. He spent all of 1991 in Cooperstown, N.Y., chasing Faust in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library. Schechter claims the Cooperstown record for longest continual research.
Schechter spent three weeks at the Library of Congress in 1992, reading microfilm of New York newspapers. He found 159 items on Faust. When Faust was committed in Oregon, the New York Herald headline read: Charlie Faust Sent to Bughouse League
Schechter finally found Charlie Faust on Puget Sound's shores. Schechter visited the cemetery where 3,000 Western State patients were buried in numbered but otherwise unmarked graves.
The cemetery lies in Fort Steilacoom Park, on county land acquired by a swap with the state. There was a pig farm in the meadow north of Waughop Lake. Baseball is played on two diamonds.
The military highway from Fort Steilacoom to Fort Walla Walla started where Western State patients built a landmark rock wall on Steilacoom Boulevard in 1916. Charlie Faust's long road ended here in 1915.
From the cemetery, Mount Rainier beckons on pleasant days. Nothing like it in Kansas, where Charlie Faust heard the call of fame. Nothing like it in New York, where Charlie Faust knew the talk of the town.
For 80 years, Charlie Faust has rested. No windmill windups, no contract hassles, no more apple pie. Grave No. 1395 is an etched brick embedded in a lawn and shaded by a Douglas fir. The big tree could have been a sapling when Charlie Faust was in the World Series.
Some graves have sunk, creating small knolls gently rising around Charlie Faust's grave. Walking to the cemetery from the ballfields, looking for the legend of the windmill windup, these hills look like pitcher's mounds.


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THE rules on how individuals can distribute their personal Isa allowance were relaxed at the start of this month, meaning you can put as much as £15,000 each year in stocks and shares, ring-fenced from any tax liabilities, for the first time.
This puts the spotlight firmly on the middle men who will be helping thousands of Scots to manage their own investment portfolios - the fast-growing world of the DIY platform.
The platform is the catch-all term for a range of online businesses that provide a shop window and hosting service for your investment choices. They allow you to pick whatever investments take your fancy - from funds and investments trusts to shares in individual companies - and place them in a virtual account or tax-efficient wrapper.
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Why are these platforms on the rise? The industry stresses that returns on equities are better in the long run than the paltry interest on cash accounts. Tethered to a record-low base rate set by the Bank of England, rates for cash Isas rarely surpass three per cent these days.
Meanwhile, financial advisers, traditionally the gatekeepers to the investment world in the pre-internet era, have also been compelled by the Retail Distribution Review to levy fees or charge a percentage on new clients' portfolios. This replaces the old system where advisers provided a seemingly free service and were paid in commission by product providers.
The explicit cost of this advice can be off-putting for less wealthy investors, who wonder whether they can make the whole process cheaper and easier by taking the DIY option.
Platforms offer control and convenience, but they will also be taking a cut from your portfolio, and the regulator's attempts to improve cost transparency in this blossoming industry are not working out as planned.
Mark Polson, principal of the lang cat, the Edinburgh-based platform consultancy, said: "Direct-to-consumer platforms are, at their very basic level, quite easy to understand. They let you buy investments.
"They allow you to hold those investments over a period of time. And they let you sell investments, or convert them to income producing financial products. That is it. However, the way in which different providers allow you to do all that stuff varies dramatically, and the various charging structures can be mind-bogglingly difficult to get your head around."
The same regulatory regime that banned advisers from taking commission on new business has also banned platforms from taking a slice from the annual management charge - typically 1.5 per cent - charged by an investment house once a platform user goes into one of its funds.
Surely that means investors will see a separate, flat charge for using the platform that's easy to compare? Mr Polson says it will not be this simple.
Firstly, it depends on how much money you hold with the platform. Some charge a flat percentage on assets while many have a variety of price brackets depending on how much is invested. Furthermore, those who want to chop and change their portfolio, as opposed to buying and holding their investments, have high trading costs to consider.
Whether a platform offers good value overall is difficult to judge, Mr Polson said. "There are areas where providers are trying to differentiate themselves. Things like front-end web user experience, investment choice, customer service, tools and calculators to help customers understand their investment risk profiles and exit charges are all important factors to consider alongside price."
Major platforms such as Hargreaves Lansdown are also clouding the issue by claiming to offer investors the best deal on household name funds, such as the one recently launched by famed star manager Neil Woodford. The fund supermarket claims it has the clout to negotiate a lower charge than its rivals - effectively 0.6 per cent - to host Mr Woodford's latest investment vehicle, the CF Woodford Equity Income fund.
Mr Polson warned: "Hargreaves built its business and enviable reputation before industry legislation forced providers to become more transparent on charges.
"Now that charges have been laid bare for everyone to see, it has become clear that Hargreaves Lansdown are by no means the cheapest direct platform on offer."
That is mainly because Hargreaves has a relatively high administration fee at 0.45 per cent, which could wipe out any savings made by its so-called "super-clean" pricing for certain funds. So choosing platforms with low or no administration fees can also make a difference to your returns in the long-run.
New platform users will need to tread carefully if they wish to switch some of their tax-free funds back into cash when interest rates start to climb.
The lang cat's latest research has revealed that 14 out of 22 platforms will levy a charge to transfer money from stocks and shares into cash, with Alliance Trust Savings charging as much as £100 plus VAT and £20 per stock. Investors can escape such charges by using AXA Self Investor, Cavendish, Fidelity or Bestinvest, among others.
Finally, platforms are not technically qualified to give you any advice about which options might be the most promising, even though many are packed with investment information.
That means you have to take responsibility for any losses incurred by your decisions, as the Financial Ombudsman will only compensate those who have received unsuitable advice from an IFA.

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LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturing contracted slightly in April after deeper falls in the previous two months, the first major set of data on the second quarter of the year showed on Wednesday.
"I don't think the UK can buck the global trend for long. Manufacturing will struggle to grow for a while yet. It's obviously good news it (the PMI) has gone up, but the sector continues to flirt with contraction. The UK's main trading partner, the euro zone, remains in recession and, whilst exports to other countries are rising, the euro zone does after all still account for 50 percent of UK trade.
"The manufacturing sector will probably weigh on UK growth for a couple of quarters and we think there will be some difficult times to come before Britain returns to sustainable growth, but the relief is that the rate of contraction has at least eased."
On chances of more quantitative easing before the new Bank of England governor arrives in July:
"The GDP release last week hammered the final nail into that coffin."
"It's a relatively decent result. The manufacturing sector is still weak - the PMI remains below the 50 breakeven level - but there is some semblance of stabilisation, which could imply a gentle building of recovery momentum across the economy."
"It is welcome to see the sector showing signs of stabilising in April. With forward-looking indicators such as new orders and the demand-to-inventory ratio also ticking higher, the sector should at least be less of a drag on broader GDP growth in the second quarter.
"Manufacturers report that the domestic market is just about holding its head above water, but was still a key cause of disappointingly weak demand, while a solid improvement in new export orders was the real surprise.
"April also saw a further easing in price pressures, as input costs fell and selling prices rose at the weakest pace since last November. This provides headroom for the Bank of England's MPC to extend its accommodative policy stance if GDP growth fails to gain traction in the coming months."
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Around 8:45 a.m. Monday, Coast Guard officials say the Mobile Bay cutter was notified that there was an injured man on the Sikuliaq. The Sikuliaq is a 254-foot research boat. The cutter's crew was escorting the Sikuliaq through the ice at the time.
The cutter broke ice around the Sikuliaq before a boat crew was launched to tend to the man and take him 200 yards to the shore in Marinette.
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We are trying to convert the old SCALD designs to HDL designs
? Will Allegro Design authoring license alone is sufficient for this conversion
? Can SCALD designs be conveted to capture(.dsn) designs.
? how is accuracy of conversion.
Check out the "SCALD to HDL Evolution Guide" in the Help Documentation which explains the process on getting a SCALD Schematic converted to HDL Schematic.
It has been a while since I did the SCALD conversion but I don't remember it requiring any special licenses. NOTE: SCALD wasn't available on Windows so it was required to run the conversion on Cadence 14.2 (UNIX) where SCALD/Translator was available.
As far as it being accurate, I only had a couple issues that I needed to troubleshoot but I was able to successfully convert the SCALD Schematic to HDL. Your conversion may run perfectly without any modification or you may run into other issues that I didn't run into once the conversion is completed so I would allocate some time to troubleshoot any issues that may arise.
Here are the couple of the issues that I ran into:
1.) Text Macro Strings were used to drive the lower level Ref Des. Upper Block Attribute value required \PARAM or \PARAMETER at the end of the value for it to work. If not a null character was used whichcaused duplicate Ref Des during packaging. Somewhat simple update.
2.) Mergebody (Merge Parts): Errors seen when saving HDL Schematic or Packaging:
a.) Multiple levels of Merge parts were used to merge connections into Buses. Sch Update: The wires required assigned Net Name on both sides of Bus Merge Part.
b.) Some schematic symbols were using Vector pins that were connected to Merge Parts which were causing Net Width mismatch on each side of the merge body. Sch Update: Block Symbol was changed to flatten vector pins to individual scalar pins to minimize the schematic impact.
If possible, try to find the Allegro .brd database that has been sync'd to the SCALD Schematic so you can verify the connectivity by loading the packager files generated from the HDL Schematic.
There may be other resources out there to perform the conversion but at that time I used what was available with the Cadence software back then.
Hope this helps and Good Luck.Mike Catrambone
I did a bunch of these a few years ago and it did require Unix and a earlier version (15.2 IIRC). You might have to talk to Cadence if you need them converted since the 15x series is no longer supported.
Elgris Technologies, Inc. (www.elgris.com) can convert SCALD designs to HDL , SCALD designs to OrCAD Capture,Concept HDL to OrCAD Capture
Elgris Technologies, Inc. (www.elgris.com) can convert SCALD designs to HDL , SCALD designs to OrCAD Capture,
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You know that old saying, "It's not what you say; it's how you say it"? I'm a firm believer that this fine phrase is the number one key to positive parenting. Being a parent is probably one of the toughest jobs most of us will have in our lifetimes. Parenting in a positive manner can be even more challenging. Through years of counseling with one of my children, I learned one of the most valuable parenting lessons I've ever been taught: Learn to communicate with your child in a positive manner — even when the situation is negative.
Learning to communicate with your children in a positive way can make all the difference. For instance, if you catch your toddler holding the cat by its tail, you may instinctively say something like, "You're a bad girl!" This message isn't really the message you want to send to your toddler, right?
You don't really think she's a bad child, right? She's really only being a normal toddler, exploring her world, and everything in it (including your cat). So rather than making her think she's a bad person, you could say something like, "What you're doing isn't nice," or "You're behaving badly." This approach comunicates that her behavior isn't acceptable, but doesn't make her think she's a bad person.
If your toddler is not sharing her toys or is treating another child badly, you could tell her she's mean and to stop acting like that. If, however, you told her that what she is doing isn't nice, and that it's unacceptable behavior, you're still getting the point across. With one simply step, you've exchanged the negative word "mean" with a positive word "nice".
When you make these small changes to the way you communicate with your toddler, you are able to teach her right from wrong, while at the same time, keep her self-esteem intact.
Positive parenting at its best!
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Basilisk Games sets a Release Date for Eschalon: Book I.
We are pleased to announce that November 19, 2007 is the official release date for the Windows version of Eschalon: Book I. More information on the Macintosh version will be available after the Windows version ships, and a Linux version is scheduled for 1Q 2008.
About Eschalon: Book I:Eschalon: Book I is the start of an epic trilogy of old-school computer RPGs created in the spirit of the great role-playing games of the past. The game will take players across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who they are.
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Single head filler icing up on CO2 tank. Wow. You must be running at some rate. Or you have a leak somewhere perhaps. Check your pressure gauges as well.
You will need heaters for your liquid CO2 gas before regulators if you don't have them already. This may help.
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NEW YORK — Allure magazine announced the 246 winners of the 2013 Best of Beauty Awards at an awards event held Monday at the Lincoln Center in New York City and hosted by editor-in-chief Linda Wells, along with VP and publisher Agnes B. Chapski.
Thousands of beauty products are launched each year as consumer demand continues to grow, driving the expansion of the beauty and personal care industry in the United States to an estimated $72.6 billion by 2016. Allure's Best of Beauty Awards identifies the most effective and innovative products in the marketplace through testing of tens of thousands of products by Allure editors and consultation with experts, such as dermatologists, makeup artists, hairstylists, and cosmetic chemists.
Allure's Best of Beauty Awards are distinctive from other such editorial endorsements in that editors test products from the entire market and not just those from brands that advertise.
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NAME: Jason Leffler.
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NAME: Jason Leffler.
BORN: Sept. 16, 1975. DIED: June 12, 2013.
DEATH: Died after an accident in a heat race at a dirt car event at Bridgeport Speedway in Swedesboro, N.J.
HOMETOWN: Long Beach, Calif.
NICKNAME: LefTurn, which was written above the driver's side window on his race cars.
NASCAR: Made 423 starts in NASCAR's three national series, winning twice on the Nationwide Series and once on the Truck Series.
OTHER RACING HIGHLIGHTS: Made three IndyCar Series starts, finishing 17th in the 2000 Indianapolis 500. Won three consecutive USAC Midget championships from 1997-99.
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" Author: J. R. Ward / Format: Paperback / Date of publication: 05 August 2010 / Genre: Fantasy / Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group / Title: Lover Awakened / ISBN 13: 9780749954437 / ISBN 10: 0749954437 / Alternative title: Black Dagger Brotherhood: Lover Awakened - J.R. Ward / Alternative ISBN 10: 0749938234 "
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The tortured Zsadist the Vampire with a dark history is the Hero of this story, his heroine the kidnapped Bella a beautiful aristrocrat taken from her home by 'lesser's who are in a war with the vampires.
The book continues to focus on the story of John the reincarnation of Darius, and the tragic end of his adoptive mother Wellsey and Tohrments reaction.
The history of Zsadist's character is revealed as well as his brother Phurys hunt for 100 years to find his warrior twin, the flashbacks are short and complimentary to the action.
Despite being a fairly cruel guy i found i empathised with Zsadist and felt for him as he overcame his demons, tries to forge a bond with Bella, and ultimately becomes a better man. The movement of the story is beleivable especially as Bella goes into her 'needing' a time occuring every 5 years in female vampires. If not for this event you feel Z may not ever of got over his problems yet is forced to by his love for Bella. My favourite of the series.
Bellas brother is the latest new character to join the cast and we learn alot more about him by the end of the book.
This third installment of the Brotherhood series is a bit dark and emotional. I know that Zsadist was introduce at the previous books as scary, but really, I can't help but loved him. If I'm to picture a Prince on its white horse, it would be Zsadist, with all his goth and darkness.
Whenever I thought or be reminded about Zsadist or Z for short, I always remember him picking up Bella's necklace on the floor and wearing it on his neck after he and the brotherhood learned that Bella was abducted by the lessers. Right then, I know that he's a true prince charming. It was like as long as he wears that necklace then he'll definitely look for Bella and bring her back to safety and away from harm.
We first glimpse their unusual love story at Lover Eternal. Zsadist then tried his best to push away Bella. But I know better especially when he picked the necklace, it was like him promising vengeance and retribution to whoever abducted her.
And then they found out about the location of the lessers, thanks to the kid whom Bella helped to let him get away from the lessers place, after the brotherhood figured out and estimated the location of the hide out base on what the kid said, they were off to the rescue - and the first on line was Zsadist.
After they infiltrate the hide out and killed some lessers who was left there, they searched the place for Bella and the other abductees.
The moment they freed Bella, Zsadist left the scene with the others (of course right after they bombed the place) to bring Bella to their secret compound to let her heal and recuperate.
And then the start of Bella of letting Zsadist know of her feelings and Zsadist turning him away and trying to match him to his twin brother - Phury. But Bella is determined to win Zsadist love. But for how long, since Zsadist was hell bent on refusing her for some reason.
Little did she know that the reason why he was refusing her was because of his dark past centuries ago...
Well, after you read this, you'll fall in love with Zsadist too, after your heart was wrenched after you found out about his dark story from his past, that Bella healed because of her love for Z.
This story is full of dark emotion, romance, and action. You'll also feel the camaraderie and the love between the twins Zsadist and Phury.
I think Zsadist and Bella are a good pair. Z with his innermost emotion and dark secrets, a real prince always ready to rescue his princess even though the princess was the one who kissed him so he could open his eyes awake and start a new beginning. And Bella who has an unconditional love and has a positive view on life, she even learned to face her fear - the lesser who abducted her mostly - to protect Zsadist and to end her fear once and for all.
Lover Avenged is the third book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by internationally acclaimed author J R Ward.
The book begins six weeks after the end of the previous book Lover Eternal and continues straight on from where the story left off, so for this reason I would not recommend jumping straight into the series with this book as you will miss out on a lot of the links from the previous two books.
The main characters in the book are Bella and Zsadist.
We met Bella in the previous book, she was the next door neighbour of Mary Luce who is now the mate of Rhage, another member of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. At the end of the previous book Bella was kidnapped by a member of the lessers (a society that exists solely to destroy vampires) and at the start of the book she is still held by them, although the Brotherhood are still looking, most of them believe that by now she will be dead.
Zsadist is far and away the most terrifying member of the brotherhood. His appearance is described as 'like the grim reaper' and his looks seem to match his personality. However, we have seen little glimpses of the softness beneath the exterior and although he and Bella have only met a couple of times there is a connection between them.
As the story develops, we delve into Zsadists past, a past that is truly horrific and shocking, and begin to understand the person he is today.
The story also develops the subplot of John Matthew a little more and leaves lots of questions open about who he really is.
I have to confess that this is my favourite of all the Black Dagger Brotherhood novels so far. Again J R Ward writes a beautiful novel that pulls the reader in until you feel part of the story. Zsadist was always the most intruiging of the Brothers and his story lives up to the expectations I had gained from the previous two novels.
Don't start with this book in the series, but do read it!
Book Three- Lover Awakened is the third book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and is one of the most tension driven of all the books. This story continues 6 weeks after Lover Eternal finishes so jumps straight into the action and cliff hangers left by the second book. This series is very addictive and had to buy this one after winning the first two books in the series on a raffle.
J R Ward continues her story of the Warrior vampires with the third book focusing on the Brother called Zsadist. I think this book has more action than the first two books as there were a lot of questions that needed answering from Lover Eternal and it gives a brilliant insight to vampires and relationships.
The third book Lover awakened is again based in the city of Caldwell, NYC and is focused on the darkest brother of them all Zsadist. Reading the first two books there is quite abit revealed about Zsadist already. We know the Brothers are wary of him and no one especially the females are allowed to be alone with him. The battle between vampires and lesser's continue and grows more violent and personal with the Warriors. Zsadist being the darkest brother has a lot of people who are afraid of him because of his looks and temper. He has long jet black hair covering his face and bears a scar down his face which unlocks secrets to his past as a blood slave. His past is constantly haunting him and he cannot communicate to people very well and is scared of emotions. He has only known abuse, violence and being used so cannot connect with anyone even his twin brother Phury.
At the end of the second book Lover Eternal Bella is kidnapped by a lesser. Bella before this found an instant attraction with Zsadist when she visited the brother's mansion with Mary but Zsadist having his problems rejected Bella's feelings until she was taken. Thirsty for revenge after realising Bella must be alive Zsadist rescues her from a pit and cares for her. The relationship between them is dramatic one moment closeness and the next anger and denial. Bella has to help her lover overcome his past in able to gain his love.
The story also carries on with the development of John Matthew who now being taken care of brother Tohr. It shows how he starts his training to become a warrior and his struggles with communication and emotions.
ZSADIST- The most dark and violent of the Warrior Vampires. He is a former blood slave and was badly abused in his past which now affects his abilities to connect with anyone. Even though he has a shadowy look about him his singing voice is like an angel. Zsadist although of his troubles finds it hard to communicate is also illiterate. He is not trusted fully by the others and Bella is continuously trying to help him over come his 100 years of torture. He has fallen from sanity and believes everyone wants to hurt him. Zsadist shows a change in this behaviour when meeting Bella, Mary's friend from Lover Eternal. Through out the book he changes his ways and vows to protect Bella from any harm. He shows his caring side but overcoming his past is the real challenge.
BELLA- Bella is a strong minded female. She is also a vampire and befriended Mary in Lover Eternal. She finds an attraction with Zsadist at the end of the second book but knows he has a dark past and is not to be trusted- this danger intrigues her more. She speaks her mind and tries to show Zsadist she is not scared of him as he wants everyone to be. Bella has a brother named Revenhage who is a club owner and unknown drug dealer. Bella, who has a deepening passion for Zsadist when he rescues her, tries to help him over come his past with a rocky connection. Bella is a very determined woman in gaining his trust and even though shaken up by her kidnap experience is a very strong willed person.
JOHN MATTHEW- John's development continues in the third book. He is now living with Brother Tohr and his Shellan Wesllie and begins training for becoming a Warrior. He finds this training difficult as others tend to bully him for his build and the fact he is mute. He is still shy and needs help communicating with others. The bond between him and Tohr grows and is really shown as father and son. He also starts to a friendship with Sarelle a young female vampire friends with Wellsie who is going to help through his transisition.
BUTCH ONEIL- Butch is again focused in this story. His relationship with Marissa is at a dead end and he continues his life helping the brothers and living in the Pit with V. Although he had given up his policeman occupation the brothers still call him cop a lot. Butch and V have a close friendship and as Vishious has visions of Butch's future he makes Butch connect fully to him so he can protect him from danger.
REVENHAGE- Bella's older brother and owner of Zerosum club. He is known by the warrior brothers as a dodgy drug dealer who also supplies Phury with his Red smoke. Not knowing that this is Bella's brother Revenhage also wants to kill the lesser who kidnapped his sister and is not happy about Bella staying with the brothers. Revenhage is also a mind reader. This is rare amongst vampires and this kind of race is nearly extinct. Revenhage also has desires for Marissa who has cut her connection with Butch. He provides Marissa with his blood in need for feeding her.
The book also has minor characters including the other brothers- Wrath, Tohr, Rhage and V and also includes abit more on the Shellan's Mary, Wellsie and Beth which we know from the first two books. Also there is a fair bit on Marissa. She is seen to be struggling to connect with others after her broken relationship with Wrath and discarded connection with Butch. Aware of Revenhage's feelings for her, she denies any emotion toward him and knows she is still in love with Butch.
Lover eternal is the book which includes the most action and story lines. I found this book more interesting than the others as Bella and Zsadist's relationship is very complicated and very up and down. Bella is determined that Zsadist is her man but he denies his feelings to her and tries to persuade her that his brother Phury could give her what she needs. The emotions between them are very passionate. When Bella is rescued from her capturer Zsadist looks after her and refuses to let anyone take her out of his room. This shows how much he does care for Bella but when she is better and tries to connect with him he looses it and pushes her away. The atmosphere in the book is amazing especially when Bella and Zsadist are by them selves. The first time Zsadist realises his feelings for Bella in her needing time is the most sexual scene in all the books so far. The language used makes you really feel the emotions implied by the two characters and I felt so deeply absorbed by the tension.
I like Zsadist's character a lot in this story. As he is the Brother with the most problems and issues his past is very interesting and is revealed through out the book in memories he has. He is very troubled and cannot let anyone touch him and his years of abuse have mentally scared his way with connecting with any females. He has a rumoured way of killing human females to feed on them so he does not have to drink from a vampire as he cannot be touched. He finds it hard to communicate with Bella. When she is there she tries many times just to hug him but he mentally thinks she wants to hurt him this coming from his trauma and low self esteem. I also like the way he cares for her when he rescues her. You start to see his caring side and there is such a sexual connection between them, just like bonded males Wrath and Rhage with their females. There is a scene in the beginning where he bathes her and takes care of her injuries. It is a powerful scene where he finds out he is attracted to her and feels the bond between them. He washes her in the bath and sings softly to ease her pain.
There are many storylines as well as just Zsadist and Bella's relationship. There is still an attraction from Zsadist's brother Phury over Bella which creates a love triangle. He continues to care for her but knowing Bella's love for his brother he stands back and watches from a distant. Saying this at the end there is a twist where Phury really shows his feelings for both Bella and Zsadist. The story also shows the relationship between the two twins. It describes what they have been through together in the past and you get to understand why Phury tries to look out for Zsadist all the time. Another main storyline followed is John Matthew's development and his relationship with Tohr and Wellsie. There are a lot of dramatic events involving these three characters and disaster to end. The book ends with the cliff hanger of John and Tohr which is gripping to discover in the next book.
I really liked the ending of Lover Awakened it maybe abit predictable but it is a real twist finding out that a few of the characters have really progressed. It skips on a few months and Zsadist has changed a lot from the beginning of the story and has turned himself around.
I would certainly say this is a book not to miss. The story stands alone with a full dictionary of the terminology in the front but maybe hard to understand if you have not read the first two books in the series. Lover awakened is exciting, gripping and passionate and cannot be missed. I enjoyed this book a lot and have read it about 5 times now and never get bored of it.
Website- http://www.jrward.com/index-books.html
by J. R. Ward
Book Three: Zsadist's Story
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
Paper back- 416 pages
Price- £4.99- Amazon
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VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu and federal health minister Tanya Plibersek have had an unexpected encounter on the streets of Melbourne as the state's hospitals struggle to cope with millions of dollars in funding cuts.
Both politicians continue to blame the other for the financial strain on Victorian hospitals.
Instead of agreeing to meet on Tuesday while they were both in Melbourne, Ms Plibersek and Mr Baillieu chose to speak with the media.
The premier was giving a press conference just as Ms Plibersek walked by and entered the building he had just left.
She waited, watching through the glass windows until Mr Baillieu had finished speaking with reporters, then walked back out and greeted Mr Baillieu as the cameras kept rolling.
"How are you, premier? Are you all done with the press conference?" Ms Plibersek asked.
"Well I'm very keen to hear your views," Mr Baillieu replied.
As Mr Baillieu looked on, Ms Plibersek said the state government was to blame for starving hospitals of funds.
She said Victorian public hospitals would receive $900 million in extra Commonwealth money over four years.
But the premier said it was ridiculous the federal government claimed Victoria's population was dwindling and had used that as the basis to cut $107 million of health funding.
Ms Plibersek told reporters the state government had slashed $616 million from its own health budget.
"Now they're looking around for someone else to blame," Ms Plibersek said.
"I am desperately sorry for Victorian patients having to put up with a health minister (David Davis) and premier that have once again put politics above patient health."
Ms Plibersek said the Baillieu government had made a litany of errors in health.
The Victorian government was also receiving an extra $289 million in GST money, she said.
Mr Baillieu then spoke to reporters again to respond to Ms Plibersek, whom he said was talking nonsense.
"Everybody in the health industry knows that the Commonwealth have withdrawn, reduced funds, cut funds they had previously committed in the budget to hospitals," he said.
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An Aiken County diesel engine manufacturer plans to spend $40 million and add 20 jobs.
Tognum America Inc., which operates MTU Diesel, will expand its Graniteville plant with two new research and development buildings that will house engine test equipment in addition to visitor and employee parking areas, the company announced Wednesday.
Construction has already begun, and Tognum expects to complete the new facilities by year's end.
The company has already surpassed its initial plan of 250 employees, beating the ramp-up by two years. The 20 new jobs will be added during the next two years.
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Airline personnel discovered the tiny snake in the passenger cabin near the door on a Qantas Boeing 747 before passengers began boarding the plane on Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
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The 5-year-old
Tapitsfly, who earned her first graded stakes victory in March, scored at
racing's highest level Saturday at Belmont Park with a front-running,
stakes-record victory in the Grade 1, $500,000 Longines Just a Game for turf
fillies and mares.
Ramon Dominguez prompted
Tapitsfly, a Frank L. Jones, Jr. homebred, to take a clear lead from the rail,
and the gray daughter of Tapit set honest fractions of 23.47, 46.44, and 1:09.48
as Wallis tracked in second. After Wallis capitulated at the top of the stretch,
Tapitsfly extended her advantage, then turned back the stretch run of even-money
favorite Winter Memories to prevail by 2 ¼ lengths. Hungry Island finished an additional 1 ¾ lengths
behind in third.
"Looking on paper, there was no
speed," noted Dominguez. "I was pretty happy when I got to the paddock and Dale
said to me "Try to put her on the lead." It worked out beautifully. She relaxed
for me. Turning for home, she gave a great kick. She was moving right along. I'm
assuming the turf course is a little bit on the firm side, which contributed to
the fractions to not being as slow as you would have thought. She came home very
fast, and I guess the final time was very fast, too. In a race like this, you
cannot underestimate Hungry Island and Winter Memories; you know
they're going to be coming at you."
Off as the 3-1 second choice,
Tapitsfly returned $8.40 for a $2 win wager and completed one mile on turf in
1:32.34. The previous stakes record of 1:32 2/5 was set in 1995 by Caress.
Elusive Quality established the Widener course record of 1:31.63 in 1998.
Tapitsfly's most lucrative win to
date came in the 2009 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, a $1 million race
which was ungraded at the time. She placed in three graded events before her
breakthrough triumph in the Grade 2 Honey Fox in March at Gulfstream and entered
Saturday?s race off a third in the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley on April 14 at Keeneland
and a second to Hungry Island in the Grade 2 Distaff Turf Mile on
May 5 at Churchill Downs. Like the Longines Just a Game, the Juvenile Fillies
Turf and Honey Fox were contested at one mile.
"This year has been good," said
winning trainer Dale Romans, who will saddle Dullahan later today in the Grade
1, $1 million Belmont Stakes. "She's won a Grade 2 and a Grade 1. She really
needed a Grade 1 and deserved a Grade 1. We were thinking about running at
Churchill, but I knew we needed to take on the big girls. Very impressive."
"Hopefully this is just a set up
for things to come later in the day."
Tapitsfly, 6-6-4 in 21 starts,
became a millionaire in the Longines Just a Game, with the $300,000 winner's
share pushing her earnings to $1,253,836.
The win was particularly
gratifying for Romans, who purchased and trained Tapitsfly's dam, Flying Marlin,
for Jones. During her racing career, Flying Marlin won four of 17 starts and
earned $146,051.
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for him when I was born, so it's always good to win for him," said Romans. "Plus
I bought her mother for him as a race filly. It's been good. She's like a member
of the family."
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On Sunday, March 27 at 3:30 p.m., Oro Valley police responded to the Walmart store on Oracle and Tangerine roads after store employees reported an incident of shoplifting. Employees saw a man take a laptop computer charger into the store restroom and later attempt to leave the store with the item concealed in his bag. The man appeared to have wrapped the laptop charger in aluminum foil before stuffing it into his bag. The item was valued at $80. Police arrested the man for shoplifting and an outstanding misdemeanor warrant. He was taken to Pima County Adult Detention Center.
On Saturday, March 26 at 8:30 a.m., Oro Valley police responded to a home on east Tabular Place in reference to a theft. Once there, a resident informed officers that an automatic swimming pool cleaning system was stolen from her backyard. She said she contacted her neighbors who did not notice any suspicious activity on the previous night. She told police that the pool cleaner was valued at roughly $400. No arrests were made.
On Wednesday, March 24 at 5 p.m., Oro Valley police spoke with the owner's of Reflections at the Buttes, a reception and wedding facility on North Oracle Road, in reference to a possible theft. The owner of the facility told police that more than 200 white plastic chairs had been stolen from the property. He told police that the chairs were stacked in a storage room the last time he saw them. He estimated that the value of the chairs was about $30 each or $6,000. No arrests were made.
On Monday, March 22 at 1:30 p.m., Oro Valley police responded to the Kohl's department store on Oracle and Magee roads in response to an incident of shoplifting. Once there, police spoke with a store employee who said a man was seen and recorded on surveillance video taking about 10 T-shirts from a shelving display. The man then left the store without paying for the items. He then got into an awaiting gray Volvo driven by another man and fled the scene. Police reviewed the surveillance video but were unable to get a clear description of the man because a hat obscured his face. No arrests were made.
Note: Many readers have inquired about The Explorer's choice of police reports to publish. The reports are not intended to be a complete representation of all crime reported in Oro Valley. We do not receive every report the police generate because many cases are still under investigation. The reports The Explorer does publish are chosen for numerous reasons, which may include the nature of the incident or the legibility of the report, as many are handwritten.


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June 12, 2012 at 4:26 pm #13210
No matter what plugin I try to use in the sidebar to create a vertical dropdown menu, the abundance theme styling overrides it. Either the dropdown won't funtion properly, part of the menu gets cut off, or I can't tell it what colors or font etc to use. I've tried about 8 different plugins now…jquery, flash, CSS only and nothing is working right with this theme. Disabling all plugins didn't help and when I test them on Twenty Eleven and other themes, they all worked fine.
What code causes Abundance to take over styling of sidebar that makes other plugins not work? Can it be fixed to not override and how? Would greatly appreciate help with this. Been trying different things for a few weeks now.
P.S. Here is the dropdown menu I'm currently trying to use with this theme if you want to test it as a vertical menu in the sidebar.
ThanksJune 13, 2012 at 6:12 am #78265
Can you post a link to your site(that has those plugins in the sidebar)? so we can inspect further.
IsmaelJune 13, 2012 at 7:24 am #78266
Here is the site link, please remove after testing please http://18.104.22.168/~jpsmachi/
Right now I'm using this http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dropdown-menu-widget/ and have it set to a blue gradient theme. Whatever theme style I pick doesn't work and as you can see, the menu is getting cut off in certain places and not displaying correctly.
Another plugin I wanted to use was jQuery Vertical Accordion Menu. That menu styles ok but won't expand or collapse.June 17, 2012 at 4:52 am #78267
Any ideas?June 18, 2012 at 3:01 am #78268
Try to locate the stylesheet/stylesheets/css use on each plugin. Open the file then copy everything on your custom.css. Custom.css will override any stylesheets that theme have.
You need to be careful because this may break the layout of the theme.
IsmaelDecember 16, 2012 at 9:14 am #78269
I did exactly what you recommended but it still does not work. the plugin i am using is jquery accordion menu. please advise.December 16, 2012 at 10:02 am #78270
Hi aliciachong,
I tried to check your site but it keeps on redirecting me to this page: http://www.businessphonezone.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
IsmaelDecember 18, 2012 at 6:22 pm #78271
I checked my websites on 2 different computer with different IP addresses in separate locations – it did not re-direct me to another page. Can you try again?December 19, 2012 at 4:58 am #78272
Hi aliciachong,
I can check it now. Kindly replace the plugin css code that you added in custom.css and replace it with this code:
.dcjq-accordion{font: bold 14px Arial, sans-serif; border-top: 1px solid #ccc; border-right: 1px solid #ccc; border-left: 1px solid #ccc;}
.dcjq-accordion ul, .dcjq-accordion ul li {margin: 0; padding: 0; border: none; list-style: none;}
.dcjq-accordion ul a {padding: 10px 10px 10px 50px; background: #ececec; text-decoration:none; display: block; color: #333; border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; border-top: 1px solid #fff; position: relative; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #fff;}
.dcjq-accordion ul a.dcjq-parent, .dcjq-accordion ul a.dcjq-parent:hover {background: #D7D4D4 url('http://www.businessphonezone.com/wp-content/plugins/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu/skins/images/bg_grey.png') repeat-x 0 -1px;}
.dcjq-accordion ul a .dcjq-icon {position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 14px; width: 34px; margin-top: -17px; height: 34px; background: url('http://www.businessphonezone.com/wp-content/plugins/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu/skins/images/arrow_grey_right.png') no-repeat 0 center;}
.dcjq-accordion ul a.dcjq-parent.active .dcjq-icon {background: url('http://www.businessphonezone.com/wp-content/plugins/jquery-vertical-accordion-menu/skins/images/arrow_grey_down.png') no-repeat 0 center;}
.dcjq-accordion ul a:hover {background: #fff; color: #990000;}
IsmaelDecember 20, 2012 at 7:44 am #78273
Hi Ismael,
I copied and pasted the codes but nothing happen again.December 20, 2012 at 7:01 pm #78274
Hi aliciachong,
It looks like the mega menu code is taking over whatever the plugin attempts to output. I'll tag the topic for the head of support as I'm not sure what the best way (or if possible) to prevent that from happening.
DevinDecember 21, 2012 at 6:25 pm #78275
Thanks looking forward to it – for the meantime, would disabling the mega menu help?December 22, 2012 at 8:44 am #78276
Afaik you can easily remove the mega menu class from the sidebar menu. Afterwards the mega menu js and css code won't affect the menu widget anymore. Open up abundance/js/avia.js and replace following code (at the very top):
jQuery('.sidebar .widget .dcjq-accordion .avia_mega').removeClass('avia_mega');
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The fine Georgian town house was built by Captain Andrew Haig in 1837-40. Haig was originally a Calcutta-based merchant licenced by the British East India Company to trade with China through Canton (Guangzhou).
Haig purchased the land holding in 1824 when he sailed into Hobart to have his ship repaired ahead of crossing the Pacific to sell the remainder of his China Trade cargo in Valparaiso.
In 1834 Haig built Salamanca Place's first warehouses and set up as a merchant, shipbuilder and whaler. He was forced to sell up after an economic downturn hit Sydney in 1842.
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Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 4:30 pm
Closed Sundays and Mondays
Closed: Good Friday, Hobart Show Day (26 October 2017), Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day
Narryna also closes briefly for lunch on weekdays from 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm
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Adults $10, concession $8, children (non-student) $4
Special booking rates are available for groups, education programs and special events, and a joint ticket with the nearby Markree House Museum and Garden is also available.
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Narryna Art and Antique Fair
20-22 October 2017
Friday 10:00 am - 8:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Entry fee: $10
Features 10 leading Tasmanian art and antique dealers exhibiting in a gorgeous Georgian setting.
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Thursday 19 October 6:00 pm: gala opening
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Narryna celebrates 60 years as a museum on 30 November 2017
A special exhibition from Narryna's nationally significant costume collection. Watch this space! Bookings not required.
Christmas Craft Spirit Market
Saturday 9 December, 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Tasmanian whisky and craft spirits distillers return to Narryna for this popular annual event. This is the opportunity to meet the makers, choose your Christmas tipple and select that gift that is so difficult to give away. Narryna, built Salamanca Place's first merchant, will be open and dressed for Christmas courtesy of the Hobart Embroiderer's Guild. Funds raised will support Narryna, which celebrates 60 years as a museum in 2017. Bookings not required.
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Narryna Site Plan - PDF (100 KB)
Nearby attractions
By foot – Battery Point village, including excellent cafés and St George's Church; Salamanca Place art and craft galleries, restaurants, cafés and pubs; Markree House Museum and Garden; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (20 minutes walk); Maritime Museum of Tasmania; and shopping, dining and services in the Hobart CBD. Narryna is part of the self-guided walking tour of Battery Point In Bobby's Footsteps. Go to: www.batterypointwalk.com.au
By taxi – Cascades Female Factory (South Hobart)
Further information
Read an article by Chris Champion on the Narryna drawing room restoration from Tasmania 40 Degrees South issue 72 - PDF 0.4MB
Download the Narryna Visitor Guide - PDF 3MB
Narryna Visitor Guide (Chinese Traditional) - MS Word (78 KB)
Narryna Visitor Guide (Chinese Simplified) - MS Word (44 KB)
Narryna Visitor Guide (Japanese) - PDF 1MB
Read the latest Narryna newsletter:
Narryna Newsletter - Spring 2017
Past newsletters:
- Narryna Newsletter - Winter 2017 - PDF 2MB
- Narryna Newsletter - Summer 2017 - PDF 285 KB
- Narryna Newsletter - Winter 2016 - PDF 6MB
- Narryna Newsletter - Autumn 2016 - PDF 3MB
- Narryna Newsletter - Spring 2015 - PDF 3.5MB
- Narryna Newsletter - Winter 2015 - PDF 214 KB
- Narryna Newsletter - Autumn 2015 - PDF 3MB
- Narryna Newsletter - Summer 2013 - PDF 0.7MB
- Narryna Newsletter - Spring 2013 - PDF 0.9MB
Find out more about Narryna's heritage significance - MS Word 37 KB
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For those who labor under the delusion that a 'premium bond' means the usual things about pars and coupons, it turns out that in the UK, a Premium Bond is something much more interesting:
A Premium Bond is a lottery bond issued by the United Kingdom government's National Savings and Investments agency. The bonds are entered in a regular prize draw...There are many different prizes ranging from £25 to the top prize of £1,000,000 (between 2005 and 2009, there were two £1m prizes each month and the minimum prize was £50, but prizes were reduced after the large 2009 drop in interest rates). Investors can purchase bonds at any time; bonds need to be held for a full calendar month after the month in which they are bought, e.g. purchase in January, eligible for March. Numbers are entered each month, with an equal chance of winning any prize, until the bond is cashed in....From 1 January 2009 the odds of winning a prize for each bond number held was 36,000 to 1. In October 2009, the odds returned to 24,000 to 1 with the prize fund interest rate increase.[3] Around 23 million people own Premium Bonds,[citation needed] over one third of the UK population.
Probably not, yeah, but what that means is unclear. A refutation of the claim for regular lotteries that they're a good source of hope? Eliezer's justifications for a lottery 2.0 almost exactly like Premium Bonds? Some sort of adaptation? A flaw in Premium Bonds which would be fixed if they moved to a faster setup like draws every hour?