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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:34 PM
grasswire (50,130 posts)
How do all these people afford to shop Black Friday?
From what I see in the news, many of the most frantic Black Friday shoppers are not well off.
I'd like to know how they are shopping those sales, at the near end of November. A good portion of the 47 percent don't have much money left toward the end of the month.
Please tell me they aren't using credit cards to try to get a bargain, and then making minimum monthly payments to get out of the hole?
I think the whole Black Friday scheme is a real POX on America. Just the latest ruse run by retailers and the media (and the media makes a wad on the advertising!) The ads portray aggressive people who are all hepped up with frenzy. It's ugly stuff.
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Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:48 PM
Laurian (2,113 posts)
1. I wonder about that, too. I tend to wait and get the sales closer to
Christmas. Of course, this is easier for me than it might be for younger folks. My family is grown and none of them (even the grandchildren) are ever explicit about the gifts they wish to receive so I have lots of latitude in making "late" purchases.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:55 PM
NRaleighLiberal (42,905 posts)
2. We learned about some of this with respect to my wife's mom....
She was essentially addicted to shopping - took advantage of all of those credit card deals that appeared in the mail. when my wife went back to visit her once, her house/closets were full of merchandise she ordered that was never even opened. Ended up declaring bankruptcy. Then started running up the cards again - she is not at all well right now, it was all very sad to observe - we are quite distant from her and did what we could to help, but to no avail.
So this is just one of many factors - being seduced by all of the ads, the thrill of the hunt, the 'expectations' to buy and give, addiction to shopping - and in some cases, lots of money/wealth with which to do it.
Thankfully (to me, anyway), we don't watch much TV, shun ads, really don't need much, so no shopping - in fact, my wife and I both pretty much hate going shopping or spending money needlessly.....but to each their own.
Response to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #2)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:02 PM
4_TN_TITANS (2,975 posts)
5. Sounds just like my mother in law
who lives with us now, thanks to spending herself into bankruptcy. She has storage buildings and my basement packed full of stuff but has no clue where anything specific is. We'll toss most of it when she's dead, if my health holds up long enough to go thru it all.
Response to 4_TN_TITANS (Reply #5)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:21 PM
Worried senior (1,238 posts)
12. Maybe
you could have a giant rummage sale and make some money off of the situation.
Response to NRaleighLiberal (Reply #2)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 10:15 PM
Raine (21,589 posts)
23. My mother was a shopaholic, she used credit cards and would
hide the bills from my father. We were always in debt, fighting between my parents when he eventually found out, promises to never do it again but still did. I loved my mother but she had problems because of childhood abuse from her mother. I guess the shopping and all the stuff she bought made her feel like she was worth something.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:58 PM
sammytko (2,480 posts)
3. not everyone is buying stuff they don't need
I went to one store on thursday night. Overheard a young girl counting out her money to make sure she had enough for a new pair of shoes for herself and a pair of jeans for her little brother.
It was a great sale. She only had twenty dollars.
Response to sammytko (Reply #3)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:03 PM
NRaleighLiberal (42,905 posts)
6. exactly - there is no single answer to the question. far more complex. n/t
Response to sammytko (Reply #3)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:16 PM
knitter4democracy (14,350 posts)
10. That's what I did, too.
I got my kids some things they need, and I did get a couple of Christmas presents, too. I'd saved up.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 03:58 PM
dipsydoodle (42,239 posts)
4. Maybe some
use the event to buy Christmas presents for their kids at prices they may otherwise be unable to afford.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:04 PM
SheilaT (23,156 posts)
7. I often wonder the same thing.
And it often seems to me that people who I am pretty certain have less money than I have, spend a lot more at Christmas time than I ever do.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:05 PM
onenote (28,698 posts)
8. "Black Friday" sales represent only around 10 percent of all holiday sales
So a lot of people are buying a lot of stuff without the "frenzy" of Black Friday driving those sales.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:14 PM
vankuria (891 posts)
9. I can't answer for everyone
but i do know alot of people, myself included who have Christmas club or credit union accounts. They put away money out of every paycheck and save up for Christmas. Not everyone is out loading up their credit cards with junk buying.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:21 PM
marions ghost (19,841 posts)
11. I see it literally as
scrambling for a piece of the pie...
A lot of people ARE TRYING to save money--that is the goal. So they feel they have to grab fast when the corporates allow some of the more desirable stuff to be discounted. People want things they see others have, especially for their kids. If you can buy some thing or other that confers status, you can believe things will get better. It takes a lot of discipline, inner strength, and self-esteem to be extremely frugal.
People always think the poor should be more frugal. Having been there as a child, I know this line of reasoning. My parents would typically at Xmas, buy us something they could ill afford. These became objects of hope, normalcy, even an illusion of Abundance.
I think these tokens did help our self-esteem. I'd even say they were worth it psychologically, as having nothing would have been even more damaging. Too bad it has to be this way, but what do you do in a competitive, consumer society? You try to fit in.
Not to criticize you too heavily grasswire, & I agree with you that the consumerism is bad in this country--there is obvious excess--but whenever I see this idea expressed this way, I know the writer has never been really, truly, poor.
Response to marions ghost (Reply #11)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:36 PM
grasswire (50,130 posts)
14. then I must tell you that you are wrong in your "knowing"
I live very very modestly on a small fixed income and support and care for a handicapped family member. And I have been poor, and my childhood was bare-bones.
I'm certainly not judging poor here. Just hoping that those who are most fragile economically are not bamboozled by the Black Friday hype, and are not using credit in a way that jeopardizes them the rest of the year. Most of the people I see every day on the city bus do not have the wherewithal to participate and I wish that America could stop battering them with aspirational messages about class/materialism.
Response to grasswire (Reply #14)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 05:15 PM
marions ghost (19,841 posts)
16. Of course many who are fragile economically are bamboozled
and probably will be using credit that puts them in the hole. And unfortunately they will continue to be battered with class/materialist messages because that is sure to get them into stores. Which is for some their only recreation outside of work.
You sum up the vicious cycle very well.
So you know what it's like to be on a tight budget, but see others around you who are not so frugal. You are more disciplined and perhaps more creative in getting by. Others are weaker and more susceptible to the pitches. I don't know how to make weak people stronger-- in the face of the materialist consumer society we live in.
When inequality is so great like it is now, there tends to be a sense of "lack" that feeds spending. And this just lines the pockets of the corporates. The greed is at the top. In a society where everyone has enough, the urge to consume recedes.
Response to grasswire (Reply #14)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:36 PM
AlexSatan (535 posts)
18. I'm uncomfortable with your use
of the word "bamboozled". To bamboozle implies deceit. Unfortunately, many of the people who buy more than they can afford do so with no deceit involved.
Response to AlexSatan (Reply #18)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 09:12 PM
grasswire (50,130 posts)
22. no deceit involved in deceptive marketing? no deceit in credit card lending?
Heck, the retail industry and media have been bamboozling whole generations of people.
Response to grasswire (Reply #22)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 11:08 PM
AlexSatan (535 posts)
24. If you consider photoshopping models wearing clothes being advertised
or kids looking like they are having a great time with a game (I fell for that with Hungry Hungry Hippos as a kid) then I guess you have an argument.
But anyone who doesn't think products are going to be advertised in the best light possible probably shouldn't be on their own to spend money.
As for deceit in credit lending, I have never run across it. They have to state the terms of the contract. If not, you go after them for fraud.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:23 PM
hollysmom (5,946 posts)
13. Some stores have layaways that encourage people to go into debt.
I have heard about some secret santas who have gone into the stores and paid off some layaways for strangers.
I did not go out this year (bad cold) but when I shop, I don't dress up, I have no interest in being mugged in a mall, so I drive a conservative inexpensive car and don't wear my best clothes. i know when I used to shop after work, I had someone try and rob my purse and another guy jumped out of a van and came towards me, but luckily the police came down the parking lot at that time and they got back in the van and drove away. Years ago a co-worker said taught me that, she wore a ratty coat and started yelling to herself when she felt someone was following her down the street, so no one bothered her. She said better to be thought poor and crazy than to be dead.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 04:57 PM
liberal_at_heart (12,081 posts)
15. I put off school shopping
My kids get half their wardrobe in September, but I can't afford to get them all of their clothes all at once anyway. Since I can't afford to get all of their clothes all at once anyway and I know Black Friday is only a couple months away from the beginning of the school year I wait. Then I buy the rest of their school clothes on Black Friday and save a ton of money.
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Mon Nov 26, 2012, 06:56 PM
JI7 (61,945 posts)
19. They Save up money, put off buying things they need until black friday etc
i'm sure some are using credit cards also.
but a lot of people actually plan this out. i saw one lady who went thanksgiving day at night and her cart was full of stuff and she said how that was all planned for 2 months.
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 07:02 PM
SoCalDem (102,670 posts)
20. Credit cards for many of them
with balances they keep paying on, but will never pay off..
Response to grasswire (Original post)
Mon Nov 26, 2012, 08:57 PM
smirkymonkey (24,012 posts)
21. I think these excesses are unecessary.
Everyone in my family is quite well off. I am the poor one, but I do ok. We each pick one family for Christmas and set a limit of $100 per family. There are no excesses. The entire family, no matter their size, gets a gift totalling $100. None of us care. We don't really need much or want that much.
The children have more toys than they need and the adults are not at all acquisitive. We get creative and thoughtful and nobody goes into debt for the holiday. I like it that way.
The best part of our holiday is just getting together with each other, having some great food and relaxing. Nobody really cares about "stuff". I am so glad that we are all on the same page.
The holiday should be about so much more than consuming and shopping. I could really care less if I got anything. I actually enjoy giving than I do receiving. If I want something, and I rarely do, I can buy it for myself.


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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 06:30 PM
cthulu2016 (10,960 posts)
This does not feel like an election to me
This feels more like a time travel story... like Ray Bradbury's A Sound of Thunder in reverse.
Some aberration caused this impossible deviation into a parallel world where Herman Cain can be the momentary front-runner, and a candidate can tell reporters to their face that he plans to lie to them and a candidate can rave like a cocaine fiend about the second coming. (And as as alternate universe bonus, the second coming in Missouri.)
It isn't like Mitt Romney was defeated. He was more negatedwritten out of history, somehow.
It was all so outlandish, but the national narrative has to make sense. The zeitgeist shares that thing we all have in our minds that narratives our experience to allow us to cope with it.
The zeitgeist-makers must bear the burden of cognitive dissonance. If Aquaman runs for president the media will have to make sense of it. Their function does not allow them to say, "I'm out. World makes no sense anymore," and drop the mike.
By even they find normalizing this last year too difficult. We, as a nation, are probably are going to pretend it never happened.
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Response to cthulu2016 (Original post)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 06:34 PM
Blue4Texas (437 posts)
1. Surreal comes to mind :)
Response to Blue4Texas (Reply #1)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:03 PM
surrealAmerican (10,775 posts)
2. Who me?
I kind of agree with the op here. The whole last two years have been absurd to a point where it's hard to believe.
Response to surrealAmerican (Reply #2)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:21 PM
Blue4Texas (437 posts)
3. Lol sorry I did note your site name
You spot on!
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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:27 PM
Smickey (242 posts)
4. I very much hope you are right.
That this all fades into memory like a barely remembered nightmare but I suspect that what we just experienced is going to become the norm. Unfortunately this won't allow us all to pretend it never happened. IMO We are entering an age where a megaphone is just not enough to be heard. It now appears that what is said has to be gut wrenchingly explosive in order to get the all important headlines. What about the truth you ask? The truth is just an innocent bystander slaughtered by political greed.
Response to cthulu2016 (Original post)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:46 PM
rock (12,306 posts)
5. Hey, RepubliCON applicants for President have been steadily declining for decades now
I know everybody thought, "Well, bush* will end the decline for the obvious reason that NOBODY can be worse than that!" And then they found Rmoney.
Response to cthulu2016 (Original post)
Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:48 PM
spanone (95,578 posts)
6. nope, that sounds just like the election we just had here in the 'real' world
we're living the alt reality
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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:53 PM
BumRushDaShow (26,419 posts)
7. Generational, institutionalized racism always caused dysfuntional behavior in the U.S. n/t
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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 08:15 PM
IL Lib (190 posts)
8. +1 n/t
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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 08:18 PM
tarheelsunc (1,834 posts)
9. I actually had a similar thought
Mitt not writing a concession speech, Karl Rove so sure of victory in Ohio, Jon Husted and Rick Scott willingly committing voter fraud... it almost seems like Romney became President and was so awful that someone went back in time and caused a few changes that flipped state elections.


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From: Jared Olar <>
Subject: Ketil Krok and Ketel, Baron Kendal
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 17:22:12 -0600
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On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, R. Leutner wrote:
> I haven't made time to pursue the question since I'm not sure yet I can
> claim the descent anyway, but Weis 34:23 says Gunnilda, daughter of
> Gospatric I & the famous "sister of Edmund", married "Orm, son of Ketel,
> Baron Kendal." Is this Ketel of Kendal kin to Ketel Krok (as it were)?
This is a follow-up on my post earlier today. I was curious to find out
whether or not Ketel, Baron Kendal, was any sort of near contemporary of
Ketel Krok. Here is a chart lining things up, based primarily upon
ANCESTRAL ROOTS, charts 34 and 38:
1 2
Aelfflaed===AETHELRED II===Emma Godwine
| d.1016 | _______|_________
| | | | |
Uchtred===Aelfgifu EADWARD=(Sister) HAROLD II Tostig
d.1016 | ________________________| |?
| ???| | | |
Maldred===Ealdgyth | Eadmund Gytha KETIL KROK
d.1045 | |
| |
Gospatric I===('Sister of KETEL
d.1075 | Eadmund') Baron Kendal
| (Son of Eldred, Baron Kendal)
________|________ ______________|____
| | | |
Sigrid===Waltheof Gunnhild===Orm Gilbert(Kilvert)
living | | of Seaton 4th. Baron Kendal
1126 | | |
| | |
Gunnhild===Uchtred Gospatric William I de Lancaster
| de Galloway d.1179 5th. Baron Kendal
| d.1174 d.1170
| |
| Avicia de Lancaster
| md.Richard de Morville,
| d.1189
|____________ ____________|
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Roland de Galloway===Elena de Morville
d.19 Dec. 1200 d.11 June 1217
Note that Ketil Krok, reputed son of Earl Tostig, is more or less
contemporaneous with Ketel, son of Eldred, Baron Kendal. Snorri
Sturluson omitted the Icelandic tradition that Ketil Krok and his brother
Skuli were sons of Tostig, saying rather that these two were of noble
English extraction. Is it possible that Skuli was a brother of Ketel,
Baron Kendal, son of Eldred?
I doubt there is any reason, beyond the name and the
chronological correlation, to identify Ketil Krok as Ketel, Baron
Kendal. The Icelandic tradition making them sons of Tostig could be true
after all.
(A final note about Gospatric's wife, 'sister of Eadmund.' There
is no proof that this Eadmund was King Harold II's son Eadmund, but it is
chronologically plausible, even if utterly unprovable--that's why I used
three question marks.)
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"I wish I had gotten there sooner. I can only tell you that from my vantage point, in the midst of everything going on -- 10 people running a challenge, four others on the sit out bench and a challenge to oversee -- he was only one of the things I was keeping an eye on," he said.
"As a result, I had no idea that he actually had already passed out for the first time while he was standing at the maze, but that is exactly what our doctors think happened. They think he had already passed out once before I even got to him."
Probst said the first rule when a castaway "appears to be in trouble" is to "give them the chance to save themselves or see if one of their tribemates can help them before we make any decision about sending in medical, safety, or our water rescue team."
"We do this because it is their game, their adventure and whenever possible we want them to make the decisions about their fate," he said.
"Let me be clear, we are watching them the entire time, they are never out of our sight, and our medical, safety and rescue teams are always on alert - but we would rather give the contestants every chance to handle it themselves before we move in to take over."
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"They knew dehydration could be a factor and so when Russell went down they had a plan in place and were helping Russell within seconds of me calling them in. As you saw, Russell said he was okay. and then immediately passed out again."
Probst said after he was informed by the medics that "Russell was going to require some major time-consuming attention," he made the decision to call off the challenge.
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"For me it was the only call to make as Russell was the priority and that's that," he wrote bluntly.
Over the next 45 minutes, Probst said Swan's vital signs were monitored, and he also received water and oxygen.
"We propped him up and gave him time to try to relax and get calm," said Probst.
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Similar to the way he's sure most fans disagreed with his decision to stop the challenge, Probst said he understands viewers were also probably upset that the double elimination was canceled.
"I'm pretty sure many of you reading this right now are saying, 'Hell yes I disagree. You should have voted people out. That's what
does!' Well, not this time. Sorry," wrote Probst.
"One thing was very clear, the canceling of the vote did seem to lift their spirits. You could see them begin to re-energize once they heard the news. You saw the rivalry between the two tribes reignite."
Probst said this was "important" because if the castaways "lose their motivation to continue" the "show is in serious trouble."
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"Remember, we are not giving them food, we are not giving them water. We don't offer them dry clothes or help them start their fire. We were worried about their welfare and did not want anybody else to be evacuated and certainly didn't want anyone to decide to quit."
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Egypt's government is struggling to contain a political crisis sparked by rising world food prices. Violent clashes have broken out at long lines for subsidized bread, and the president, worried about unrest, has ordered the army to step in to provide more.
The crisis in the world's most populous Arab country and a top U.S. ally in the Mideast is a stark sign of how rising food prices are roiling poorer countries worldwide. The World Food Program on Monday urged countries to help it bridge a funding gap in food assistance caused by higher prices.
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Nickname: Erickson, Christurbia
Year of Graduation: 2012
Major: Undeclared, but probably Political Science
Hometown & School: Concord, MA; Concord Carlisle High School
HS Events & PRs: 300 (39.44), 400 (53.5, 53.0 relay), 600 (1:32.42)
College Events & PRs: 400 (53.11), 500 (1:11.31), 600 (1:30.10), 800 (2:07.82)
Accomplishments: Spencer bet me that I couldn't eat eight hamburgers in a sitting. I succeeded – and, as a result, he had to shave his head. Additionally, despite not having played baseball in five years, I hold the record for fastest pitch in the Lowell Spinner's Speed Pitch Challenge (held in the middle of the second inning) for the summer of '09 (73 mph). A couple of second place 4x4's during high school conference meets. Got into Amherst.
Interests: Sports, sleeping, driving my '96 Ford Windstar, eating, running
Something random: Capybaras are the heaviest rodent, weighing in at more than 100 pounds. Also, the Catholic Church officially classifies the Capybara as a fish. The animal merited this classification because the 16th Century group of missionaries who requested that the semi-aquatic rodent might be a "fish" also insinuated that there might be an issue with starvation if the animal could not be eaten during Lent.
Why you chose Amherst: I really liked the strong academics and the lack of a core curriculum. Plus, the campus is gorgeous. It just seemed to fit


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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Pakistan spot-fixing scandal has once again shone the spotlight on illegal betting in the sub-continent and reopened the debate on the legalisation of gambling in India.
Since the Australian duo of Shane Warne and Mark Waugh admitted in 1998 to passing information to an Indian bookmaker during a 1994 tournament, cricket has seldom had a financial scandal without an Indian connection.
The latest spot-fixing scandal, in which Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are alleged to have bowled three deliberate no-balls by arrangement, continued the trend.
Arrested by British police on suspicion of defrauding bookmakers, Mazhar Majeed claimed he dealt with an Indian party. Two Australian cricketers also said they were approached by an Indian bookie in England last year.
Lawyer Rahul Mehra, who has fought numerous legal battles against cricket and other sports bodies in India seeking transparency in their functions, is not surprised.
"The Indians bet on the weather, crops and even smaller and trivial things. Cricket is a religion here and India is the financial hub. So it's hardly a surprise that an India-Pakistan ODI draws bets worth $20 million," Mehra told Reuters.
"The only thing is that here betting is not legal which is why there is little government control over the industry."
Legal gambling in India is confined to horse-racing while casinos are allowed only in a couple of states.
Illegal syndicates are thriving, however, and Indian media estimates put the amount bet on last year's Indian Premier League (IPL) at $427 million.
A Delhi trial court judge on Tuesday said gambling on cricket should be legalised to prevent the spoils being spent on criminal activity and to generate revenue for the government.
Former India cricket chief Inderjit Bindra has long been a supporter of legalisation for similar reasons and to help the fight against match-fixing.
"If betting is legalised, it will be in the interest of the government as not only will it eliminate match-fixing but also earn states revenue in crores (tens of millions)," Bindra, now an adviser at the International Cricket Council (ICC), said two years ago. "My personal view is that if you want anything to be regulated, it has to be legalised."
The cost to the image of cricket from the involvement of Indian bookmakers in the manipulation of results has been huge.
The game suffered arguably its biggest crisis since the Bodyline series of the 1930s when Delhi Police released the transcript of former South African captain Hansie Cronje's conversation with an Indian bookie in 2000.
Subsequently, three international captains -- Cronje, Salim Malik of Pakistan and India's Mohammad Azharuddin -- received life bans, while a host of players were fined.
In the same year, Sri Lankan cricketers revealed being approached by Indian bookies during their 1992 tour of Australia, suggesting the rot had started much earlier than thought.
In 2004, former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming said he had been approached by an Indian sports promoter, while in 2008 West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels was banned for two years for passing information to an Indian bookie.
Columnist Ashok Malik, who comments on politics and the business of sport, does not subscribe to the view that legalising betting would end the problem.
"People should not confuse illegal betting with spot-fixing. Spot-fixing is as much a possibility even in a legalised betting industry," he said.
"It's not legality, the problem starts when bookies try to get prior knowledge of events and are ready to share their profit with the cricketers to fix incidents."
"Having a legalised betting industry is not the solution. It's like owning a hotel fulfilling all the legal criteria and then running a prostitution racket there."
Malik does, however, believe that gambling on the nation's favourite sport should be legalised.
"When lotteries and gambling on horse racing is legal, it is ridiculous not to legalise cricket betting."
Mehra believes the Indian government should set up a commission to regulate the industry.
"Legalising betting is important, for this is no secret that everyone, including businessmen and corporate houses, wants to bet on cricket," he said.
"Besides, legalising it would give the government some control over the industry. They should think about setting up something like a Betting Commission or Gambling Commission.
"Bookies would have to register themselves and everything should be bound by rules and regulation. Whenever you see anything fishy in the odds, you can track down the culprits.
"It would help not only the players, but also the bookies, spectators, government and the game as well."
Editing by Nick Mulvenney and Ossian Shine


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1. Mr. Tony Banks: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if she will make a statement on the future of locally funded theatres.[28757]
The Minister of State, Department of National Heritage (Mr. Iain Sproat): Government funding in support of local theatres is channelled through the Arts Council and the regional arts boards. The funding of individual theatres is a matter for those bodies, in conjunction with the local authorities and other funding partners.
Mr. Banks: Is there any way in which I may entice the Minister to come along to the Theatre Royal Stratford East in my constituency? He knows that the theatre, which puts on seven new productions a year, has a very ethnically mixed audience, which it is building well, and receives local authority support from the poorest borough in the country. Funding is vital to us, especially since theatres in boroughs around us are closing down. Through which of the four channels could the Theatre Royal apply
Mr. Sproat: Yes, I would be very interested in accepting the hon. Gentleman's kind invitation and to return to the Theatre Royal in Stratford to see what it is putting on. I need to look at exactly what might be being applied for with regard to the four channels. I know that the local authority is supporting a lottery fund, which will help the theatre and the leisure centre nearby. I shall look at the matter and let the hon. Gentleman know.
Mr. Sykes: If we are in the business of offering invitations, may I invite my hon. Friend to Scarborough--
Mr. Mackinlay: To stay in one of the hotels.
Mr. Sykes: There is nothing wrong with the hotels in Scarborough. I am sure that many hon. Members would rather visit Scarborough than go to Thurrock for their holidays. Would my hon. Friend like to visit the theatre in Scarborough? He will know that it has just opened and that it is a tribute to my constituents. We have just received £1 million-worth of lottery funding, which has helped speed up the process. I assure my hon. Friend that everybody in Scarborough is extremely grateful to the Government for channelling funding in that direction.
Mr. Sproat: I thank my hon. Friend for his remarks. The theatre is indeed a tribute to the people of Scarborough, but it is also an indication of how successful the lottery has been in channelling money into theatres. I gladly accept his invitation.
Mr. Fisher: Contrary to the Minister's bland, not to say complacent, first answer, underfunding of regional theatres should concern him, the Secretary of State and the Government. Is he aware that regional theatres have accumulated deficits of more than £6 million as a direct consequence, not of bad management or lack of
Mr. Sproat: I can give the hon. Gentleman two very direct answers. First, in May last year, the Arts Council produced a green paper on ideas of how funding of regional and other theatres might be improved. As a result, a white paper, as it might be called by the Arts Council, is expected to be published in the summer. We shall study that with great interest. Secondly, a stabilisation fund is being worked out with the Arts Council, precisely to address the type of questions, among others, to which the hon. Gentleman referred.
2. Mr. Carrington: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans she has for the refurbishment of Marble Arch; and if she will make a statement.[28758]
The Secretary of State for National Heritage (Mrs. Virginia Bottomley): The repair and conservation of Marble Arch began on 4 March and is planned for completion by the end of June. The enhancement of our built heritage is based on an active partnership involving my Department, its agencies, sponsored bodies, local authorities and the private sector. I shall be publishing a consultation paper on built heritage later this week.
Mr. Carrington: I am particularly grateful to my right hon. Friend for that answer. The appearance of London's historic buildings plays a vital role in making our city beautiful and in attracting tourists. Will she use her powers over the trustees of the Victoria and Albert museum to ensure that, if an extension is built to that museum, it is in accordance with the existing fine and historic character of the buildings?
Mrs. Bottomley: I agree that London's fine buildings are a great attraction to the many tourists who visit the city.
Mr. Tony Banks: What does this have to do with Marble Arch?
Madam Speaker: Order. The Minister extended the question. Perhaps the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) was not listening.
Mrs. Bottomley: Investment in many of the major buildings in London has been clearly evident in recent months and years. I suspect that a number of groups will wish to comment on the extension of the V and A, not least the planning authority at Kensington and Chelsea, English Heritage and the Royal Fine Art Commission.
Mr. Mackinlay: Is not the Minister concerned that so many of our ancient and famous buildings are falling into decay as a result of neglect by the Government and related agencies? How does she justify the inordinately long period during which the Albert monument by the Albert
Mrs. Bottomley: The hon. Gentleman must be wearing blinkers. Throughout London, an unprecedented number of projects are under way--the Albert memorial restoration, with £8 million to be spent in four years, is but one. There are also plans to carry out further improvements to Parliament square and Trafalgar square, and to introduce pedestrianisation outside Buckingham palace. There are endless examples. The national lottery enables us to do even more to refurbish many of our magnificent buildings, not least the major project to restore the Albert hall.
Mr. Tracey: My right hon. Friend's news on Marble Arch is welcome, as is her grasp of so many of the other heritage memorials of London. But what is she doing to hasten the work on Bankside and the refurbishment of the buildings connected with the Royal Festival hall, which are important to London's culture?
Mrs. Bottomley: My hon. Friend will know only too well that lottery awards are enabling the south bank of the Thames to become a veritable cultural centre, as it includes the Globe and Bankside. In addition, parts of Lambeth and Southwark that were in need of investment are now able to take the opportunity to invest in the future and share in a truly great millennium.
3. Mr. Dafis: To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what plans she has to protect the needs of remoter areas after the privatisation of the broadcasting transmission network.[28759]
Mr. Sproat: Under the terms of the Broadcasting Act 1990, and the agreement between my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the BBC, the Independent Television Commission and the BBC respectively are responsible for establishing and maintaining the standards of coverage, quality and reliability of the four main terrestrial channels. This will not change with the privatisation of the BBC's transmission network.
Mr. Dafis: Nevertheless, is not there concern that the availability of digitised services to remote rural regions is very much in question? Will the Department co-operate with the Department of Trade and Industry to develop an integrated transmissions policy, including matters such as education and multi-media as well as television and radio?
Mr. Sproat: With regard to the first part of the hon. Gentleman's question, he knows that analogue television covers 98.3 per cent. of Wales at the moment, and analogue will not be switched off until a roughly equivalent level of service is provided. The second part of his question was interesting. Although we clearly want an integrated policy, we would also need to involve other Departments, such as the Welsh Office.
Mr. Fabricant: Is my hon. Friend aware that the BBC operates more transmitters in Wales than in the rest of the United Kingdom put together because of the topology of
Mr. Sproat: The hon. Member for Ceredigion and Pembroke, North (Mr. Dafis) has not raised those matters in the Committee that is considering the Broadcasting Bill of which he is a distinguished member, but no doubt he will have an opportunity to do so in the coming weeks.
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There's more evidence that the June 20 New York Times poll on health reform cannot be trusted. In addition to missing quite a few McCain voters, the sample also includes quite a few more Democrats and liberals than other recent credible polls.
Liberals comprise over one-quarter (27%) of the respondents in the Times's poll. This is considerably higher than what the Pew Research Center found in its recent exhaustive survey of Americans' political values and core attitudes that only 19% of Americans self-identify as liberal, about the same percentage Pew found in surveys going back to 2000. Similarly, a much-discussed June 15 survey by the Gallup Organization places the liberal share of the population at 21%, which also is in line with the 2008 exit polls.
It is worth noting that the samples in all three of these surveys are of "adults."
Bottom line: The consensus among polling organizations — except for the Times and its partner CBS News, apparently — is that the percentage of Americans who call themselves liberal has remained about where it has been for many years and has not spiked in recent months. America has not veered to the left, except in the parallel universe known as the New York Times.
Not surprisingly, the percentage of conservatives in the Times' poll (29%) also differs considerably from the findings in other recent polls. Pew, for example, gives conservatives a 37% share of the population. Gallup goes even further — conservatives now comprise a plurality (40%) of the population.
Finally, the Times's poll tells us that Democrats outnumber Independents by the comfortable margin of 38% to 31%. This directly contradicts the main finding in the Pew surveys, i.e., that "the proportion of independents now equals its highest level in 70 years." The Pew study also included this relevant context:
The…striking factor in the long term trend in party identification is the record number of political independents in 2009 – 36% of Americans describe themselves this way. The only previous year in which independent identification was this high was in 1992 when Ross Perot ran a widely popular independent party candidacy.
That 36% figure, moreover, is the average for all the surveys conducted thus far in 2009 and actually understates the extent of the surge toward Independent status. It is literally breathtaking — from 30% in December 2008, to 33% in January, 34% in February, 35% in March, and then 39% in April. And what happened to the Democrats' share of the population during this period? According to Pew, it plummeted by more than a full percentage point each month, from 39% in December to 33% in April.
Somehow the Times poll misses this dynamic development. Its polls going back to October 2008 show virtually no change in the percentage of Democrats.


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Fishbowl is proud to announce its 2016 User Conference will be held May 5-6, 2016 in Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
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Malin Akerman: People's Choice Fabulous
Posted Thursday January 6, 2011 11:26 AM GMT
Enjoying a fun-filled evening, Malin Akerman was spotted at the 2011 People's Choice Awards last night (January 5) in Los Angeles.
The "Heartbreak Kid" actress looked stunning in a sleeveless white dress as she posed outside the Nokia Theatre LA Live.
In career news, Malin chatted with the press about her upcoming film "Inferno" in which she replaced Lindsay Lohan in the lead role of Linda Lovelace.
Akerman explained, "I'm very excited. It's a beautiful script. It's a story of a woman's life -- who was really tortured. And it needs to be told."
Enjoy the pictures of Malin Akerman at the 2011 People's Choice Awards (January 5).
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Rugby was first played in Tiverton in 1868 against Blundell's School on the edge of the town. Using the school's own rules there were 20 players in each team, no flags, a referee and two umpires and was known as the "carrying game". In 1870 the "Rugby Rules" were adopted and for a few years the Tiverton team played not only against the school but also against teams from towns within commuting (horse and cart) distance such as Crediton, Exeter and Wellington.
It was in the 1880's that rugby really gained a grip in the town. The club took Devon by storm and was regarded as one of the top clubs in the South West. It was during this period that the Devon RFU started the annual competition for a Cup and it remains a matter of pride that Tiverton will remain forever at the head of the list of teams to have won the Cup since it all started in 1888.
Fortunes found many highs and lows in the decades that followed. At one time rugby seems almost to have been forgotten in the town while at others there were as many as four town clubs competing against each other.
The Devon Cup again came to rest in the club's trophy cabinet in 1998 following victory over Torquay on their own ground. There have been other honours too since then as the club became three times winners of the pre-league Devon Merit Tables in the 1990's, and three times Devon Colts Cup Champions. Here's a list of all the club's other past honours:
Devon Senior Cup
Winners: 1888, 1998
Devon Senior Vase
Winners: 2010
Devon Colts Cup
Winners: 1971, 1972, 1981
Havill Plate
Winners: 1980
Tribute Cornwall/Devon League
Champions: 2005/06
Runners up: 2013/14
Devon Merit Table 1
Champions: 1993/94, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2004/05
Devon Merit Table 2
Champions: 2010/11


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You already know the big names, but there are a few key bands to check out. Tomorrow marks the return of Black Veil Brides to the Warped lineup after frontman Andy Biersack spent the first few dates of Warped still recovering from the broken ribs he suffered at a record release show in LA. If you have never seen this band live, do not miss it. And if you randomly think you will hate them because of the makeup and costumes, give them at least a few songs to prove you wrong. If you don't like it, there will be other bands to move on to.
Go Radio: A band that is impossible to see too many times. Frontman Jason Lancaster is possibly one of the best songwriters on this tour. If you don't know the history, then just know that if you like Mayday Parade you will like them.
Enter Shikari is undoubtedly going to get very crazy and rough, but are great live.
Sharks are another UK band we are quite looking forward to seeing.
Larry & His Flask have come highly recommended and have toured with Dropkick which is a good enough recommendation all on its own.
New Years Day is a great local band who should have been way more famous by now. They played Warped years ago and just killed it, so be sure to check them out.
The Wonder Years: Two excellent records pop punk records back to back....need I say more.
We Came As Romans: Just got fascinating back story from their pr agent. Worth checking out.
There For Tomorrow: Saw them at Bamboozle in Jersey a couple years ago....good band.
So the moral of the story is go see at least a few bands you don't already know. If you don't like them, you can move on to someone else. There are lots of things to do. Many of the biggest names in music have graced the stages of Warped Tour, and many of them did it long before they were famous so it is worth checking out someone new.


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