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With the wound still fresh after a quick, painful exit from the postseason, the Wild's internal evaluation commenced Friday.
The organization began the process of trying to ascertain how things went so south once the calendar turned to April. And it began looking ahead to pertinent offseason questions.
The biggest seems to have been affirmed.
Indications from inside the organization even less than an hour after the Chicago Blackhawks eliminated the Wild on Thursday night were that both General Manager Chuck Fletcher and coach Mike Yeo were safe.
Wild officials met Friday, and following that sitdown, the team sent word to the local media that Fletcher and Yeo would together be available for end-of-the-season interviews Saturday.
That's a sign both will be back.
Fifteen minutes after the Wild was tossed from the playoffs, captain Mikko Koivu, who had no points for a team that scored seven goals in five games, said he didn't believe Yeo should take the brunt of the blame for the team's playoff exit.
"This series is about us not scoring goals," Koivu said. "That's the difference. That's not coaching. It's the players on the ice."
Fletcher's offseason to-do list is extensive.
The questions include: Who's next season's No. 1 goalie? Can the Wild add proven finishers, bigger bodies and more speed to a lineup with limited salary-cap flexibility? Is there a way to improve the blue line? And which players end up moving on this summer?
"There's always changes," Zach Parise said as he stared dejectedly into the floor of the United Center visitors' locker room Thursday night. "You don't know. That's the way this thing works."
With the salary cap decreasing almost $7 million, the Wild has only $9 million to play with. As much as this season proved yet again that the Wild still lacks natural scorers, Priority No. 1 will be to determine next year's No. 1 goalie.
Injuries hit Backstrom
Niklas Backstrom's contract expires June 30. Josh Harding's unpredictable health situation — he was diagnosed this season with multiple sclerosis — makes it impossible to enter next season assuming he will be No. 1. Similarly, the Wild's not about to appoint young Darcy Kuemper No. 1.
Backstrom is the Wild's all-time leader in victories (184), shutouts (28) and games (369) and ranks second with a 2.43 goals-against average and .917 save percentage.
The problem is he is 35 and injuries the past few years have hit his groin, hips and one of his ankles. He was unable to play this postseason because of a sports hernia.
Backstrom, who tied for the league lead with 24 victories, struggled down the stretch, although he might have been playing hurt. Sports hernias typically occur over time, not because of one harmless-looking reach in warmups.
With the goalie market foggy, Fletcher plans to talk to Backstrom to see what type of term and money the veteran wants.
Phoenix's Mike Smith is the lone legit No. 1 goalie set to become a free agent, but he expects a large payday. Roberto Luongo might be bought out by Vancouver, but it's hard to imagine the Wild would be interested in a goalie who has struggled so mightily at Xcel Energy Center (3.56 GAA, .873 save percentage) that he hasn't played there since October 2010.
In the trade market, Buffalo's Ryan Miller has one year left on a deal that pays him $6.25 million. That could be too expensive. St. Louis might look to move either Jaroslav Halak or Brian Elliott, while Anaheim might look to trade Jonas Hiller or Viktor Fasth. There's also Jonathan Bernier, the Los Angeles Kings backup who has eternally been considered another team's future No. 1.
One of the best moves by the old Doug Risebrough-Tom Lynn-Tommy Thompson regime was landing Backstrom. In 2006, he was the first European free-agent signee.
Perhaps the Wild would consider that route again. There's a 23-year-old named Antti Raanta who had a season for the ages in Finland. He backstopped his team, Assat Port, to the SM-liiga title with a 1.45 goals against average and .955 save percentage, which was good for the Jari Kurri Trophy — Finland's equivalent to the Conn Smythe.
Maybe Raanta is the next Backstrom … or maybe he's the next Dennis Endras.
Needed: goal scorers
From there, the Wild has to decide whether to re-sign veterans Matt Cullen or Pierre-Marc Bouchard. Bouchard, a 2002 first-round pick, likely played his last game with Minnesota, finishing with the second-most games in franchise history (565) and third-most points (347).
Cullen, 36, would love to come back, but at his age, it will depend solely on money and years.
"For sure, I know that could have been my last game as a Wild player," Cullen said.
The Wild needs to get bigger and faster. It needs to improve offensively. The question is whether Fletcher will have the cap space to accomplish it.
Teams get two compliance buyouts over the next two offseasons. The Wild might try to use one on Dany Heatley. That would free $7.5 million in cap space. But he had season-ending shoulder surgery and teams can't buy out injured players.
So that could be an issue. Fletcher might also dive into the trade market. That could include shopping players such as Devin Setoguchi, Cal Clutterbuck, Tom Gilbert, Zenon Konopka and seldom-used Nate Prosser.
There are no easy answers, especially until cap space is freed. The reality is goals still don't come easy to the Wild, and the Wild is going nowhere until that changes.
"We'll never stop trying to improve our team from a personnel standpoint," Yeo said after Thursday's loss. "You always try to address your weaknesses. But we did improve [offensively]. We have to get better, there's no question."


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'Witnesses report that two motorcycles were traveling in excess of 100 miles an hour and driving in and out of traffic and doing wheelies on the freeway,' Shaw said. 'The driver of a pickup truck was travelling in the exit lane for I-75 when he felt a thump into the side of the truck and then saw a motorcycle hit the wall.'
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L3301/L3901/L4701 Standard L Series Features
More power, cleaner emissions and a bold new look position the new Standard L Series tractors at the top of their class.The Standard L-Series has not only improved performance but also feature a revamped design with smooth, rounded contours from front to rear that improve visibility so you can get the job done faster and with ease in the comfort of the New Standard L-Series Tractors.
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Economic Club of Chicago Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Paul Ryan
May 16, 2011
Thank you so much, Anne, for the kind introduction.
I want to thank you all for inviting me to speak. It was especially gracious of you to host me, even though I'm a Packers fan and I assume most of you are Bears fans.
But that doesn't mean we can't work together. As chairman of the House Budget Committee, I stand ready to do whatever it takes to help you re-sign Jay Cutler.
I'm here to talk about the economy today – about the need to get four quarters of strong, consistent performance.
That wasn't another Jay Cutler joke, I swear. It could be, but it's not.
I'll come to the point. Despite talk of a recovery, the economy is badly underperforming. Growth last quarter came in at just 1.8 percent. We're not even creating enough jobs to employ new workers entering the job market, let alone the six million workers who lost their jobs during the recession.
The rising cost of living is becoming a serious problem for many Americans. The Fed's aggressive expansion of the money supply is clearly contributing to major increases in the cost of food and energy.
An even bigger threat comes from the rapidly growing cost of health care, a problem made worse by the health care law enacted last year.
Most troubling of all, the unsustainable trajectory of government spending is accelerating the nation toward a ruinous debt crisis.
This crisis has been decades in the making. Republican administrations, including the last one, have failed to control spending. Democratic administrations, including the present one, have not been honest about the cost of the tax burden required to fund their expansive vision of government. And Congresses controlled by both parties have failed to confront our growing entitlement crisis. There is plenty of blame to go around.
Years of ignoring the drivers of our debt have left our nation's finances in dismal shape. In the coming years, our debt is projected to grow to more than three times the size of our entire economy.
This trajectory is catastrophic. By the end of the decade, we will be spending 20 percent of our tax revenue simply paying interest on the debt – and that's according to optimistic projections. If ratings agencies such as S&P move from downgrading our outlook to downgrading our credit, then interest rates will rise even higher, and debt service will cost trillions more.
This course is not sustainable. That isn't an opinion; it's a mathematical certainty. If we continue down our current path, we are walking right into the most preventable crisis in our nation's history.
So the question is, how do we avoid it?
The answer is simple. We have to make responsible choices today, so that our children don't have to make painful choices tomorrow.
If you look at what's driving our debt, the explosive growth in spending is the result of health care costs spiraling out of control.
By the time my children are raising families of their own, literally every dollar we raise in revenue will be paying for three major entitlement programs.
Some of this is demographic – every day, ten thousand baby boomers retire and start collecting Medicare and Social Security.
But a lot of it is simply due to the fact that health care costs are rising faster than the economy is growing. Revenues simply cannot keep up.
It's basic math – we cannot solve our fiscal or economic challenges unless we get health care costs under control.
The budget passed by the House last month takes credible steps to controlling health care costs. It aims to do two things: to put our budget on a path to balance, and to put our economy on a path to prosperity.
I am here today to stress the point that these goals go hand in hand. Stable government finances are essential to a growing economy, and economic growth is essential to balancing the budget.
The name of our budget is The Path to Prosperity.
See, right now, we're finally having a debate in Washington about how to address our fiscal problems. But we're still not having the debate we need to have.
To an alarming degree, the budget debate has degenerated into a game of green-eyeshade arithmetic, with many in Washington – including the President – demanding that we trade ephemeral spending restraints for large, permanent tax increases.
This sets up a debate in which we are really just arguing over who to hurt and how best to manage the decline of our nation. It is a framework that accepts ever-higher taxes and bureaucratically rationed health care as givens.
I call it the "shared scarcity" mentality. The missing ingredient is economic growth.
Shared scarcity represents a deeply pessimistic vision for the future of this country – one in which we all pay more and we all get less. I believe it would leave us with a nation that is less prosperous and less free.
To begin with, chasing ever-higher spending with ever-higher tax rates will decrease the number of makers in society and increase the number of takers. Able-bodied Americans will be discouraged from working and lulled into lives of complacency and dependency.
Worse – when it becomes obvious that taxing the rich doesn't generate nearly enough revenue to cover Washington's empty promises – austerity will be the only course left. A debt-fueled economic crisis will force massive tax increases on everyone and indiscriminate cuts on current beneficiaries – without giving them time to prepare or adjust. And, given the expansive growth of government, many of these critical decisions will fall to bureaucrats we didn't elect.
Shared scarcity impedes economic growth, results in harsh austerity, and ends with lost freedom.
In a recent speech he gave in response to our budget, President Obama outlined a deficit-reduction approach that, in my view, defines shared scarcity. The President's plan begins with trillions of dollars in higher taxes, and it relies on a plan to control costs in Medicare that would give a board of 15 unelected bureaucrats in Washington the power to deeply ration care. This would disrupt the lives of those currently in retirement and lead to waiting lists for today's seniors.
Now in criticizing the President's policies, I should make clear that I am not disputing for a moment that he inherited a difficult fiscal situation when he took office. He did.
Millions of American families had just seen their dreams destroyed by misguided policies and irresponsible leadership that caused a financial disaster. The crisis squandered the nation's savings and crippled its economy.
The emergency actions taken by the government in the fall of 2008 did help to arrest the ensuing panic. But subsequent interventions – such as the President's stimulus law and the Fed's unprecedented monetary easing – have done much more harm than good, in my judgment.
In the aftermath of the crisis, we needed government to repair the free-market foundations of the American economy, as it did under Reagan in the early 1980s, by restraining spending… keeping taxes low… enforcing reasonable, predictable regulations… and protecting the value of the dollar.
Instead, leaders in Washington embarked on an unprecedented spending spree… enacted a deeply flawed overhaul of financial rules… passed a new health care law that raised taxes by $800 billion… and encouraged a sharp departure from a rules-based monetary policy, which created even more economic uncertainty.
In the 2010 election, the voters sent a message: This isn't working. Washington needs to try something else.
We know what that something else must be, because we know what has always made growth possible in America. We need to answer that call for new economic leadership by getting back to the four foundations of economic growth:
First, we have to stop spending money we don't have, and ultimately that means getting health care costs under control.
Second, we have to restore common sense to the regulatory environment, so that regulations are fair, transparent, and do not inflict undue uncertainty on America's employers.
Third, we have to keep taxes low and end the year-by-year approach to tax rates, so that job creators have incentives to invest in America; and
Fourth, we have to refocus the Federal Reserve on price stability, instead of using monetary stimulus to bail out Washington's failures, because businesses and families need sound money.
Let me deal with each in order.
The first foundation, real spending discipline: it's pretty simple. You can't get real, sustainable growth by continuing to pile on the debt. More debt means more uncertainty, and more uncertainty means fewer jobs.
The rating agency S&P just downgraded the outlook on U.S. debt from "stable" to "negative." That sends a signal to job creators. If S&P is telling them that America is a bad investment, they're not going to expand and create jobs in America – not at the rate we need them to.
Mounting debt also threatens our poorest and most vulnerable citizens, because those who depend most on government would be hit hardest by a fiscal crisis. We have to repair our safety net programs so that they are there for those who need them most. This starts by building on the successful, bipartisan welfare reforms of the mid-1990s.
Our reforms save the social safety net by giving more power to governors to create strong, flexible programs that better serve the needs of their populations. Most important, they make these programs solvent.
As we strengthen welfare for those who need it, we propose to end it for those who don't. We end wasteful corporate welfare for those such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, big agribusinesses, and others that have gotten a free ride from the taxpayer for too long.
All of these steps are necessary to getting spending under control. But they are not enough. We cannot avert a debt crisis unless we directly address the rising cost of health care.
Getting health care costs under control is critical, both for solving our fiscal mess and for promoting growth. One reason that many people aren't getting raises is that rising health care costs are eating into their paychecks.
The second foundation addresses the growing scourge of crony capitalism, in which Washington bureaucrats abuse the regulatory process to pick winners and losers in the private economy.
Congressional Republicans continue to advance reforms that stop regulatory bureaucrats from strangling job growth and innovation with red tape. We've advanced legislation to stop the EPA from imposing job-destroying energy caps on American businesses.
We've advanced legislation to revisit the flawed Dodd-Frank law, which actually intensifies the problem of too-big-to-fail by giving large, interconnected financial institutions advantages that small firms do not enjoy.
But most important, we propose to repeal the new health care law and its burdensome maze of new regulations. It's bad enough that the law imposes an unconstitutional mandate on every American; it also imposes new regulations on businesses, which are stifling job creation.
Let me share with you a figure that serves as a devastating indictment of the new health care law: So far, over 1,000 businesses and organizations have been granted waivers from the law's onerous mandates. These waivers may prevent job losses now, but they do not guarantee relief in the future, nor do they help those firms that lack the connections to lobby for waivers.
This is no way to create jobs in America. True, bipartisan health care reform starts by repealing this partisan law.
The third foundation recognizes that we cannot get our economy back on track if Washington tries to tax its way out of this mess.
The economics profession has been really clear about this – higher marginal tax rates create a drag on economic growth.
As the University of Chicago's John Cochrane recently wrote: "No country ever solved a debt problem by raising tax rates. Countries that solved debt problems grew, so that reasonable tax rates times much higher income produced lots of tax revenue. Countries that did not grow inflated or defaulted."
Higher taxes are not the answer.
Finally, the fourth foundation calls for rules-based monetary policy to protect working families and seniors from the threat of high inflation.
The Fed's recent departures from rules-based monetary policy have increased economic uncertainty and endangered the central bank's independence.
Advocates of these aggressive interventions cite the "maximum employment" aspect of the Fed's dual mandate – its other mandate being price stability.
Congress should end the Fed's dual mandate and task the central bank instead with the single goal of long-run price stability. The Fed should also explicitly publish and follow a monetary rule as its means to achieve this goal.
These are our four foundations of economic growth. And the House-passed budget starts the long, arduous, and necessary process of restoring these foundations and building a prosperous future.
We lift the crushing burden debt by cutting spending and reforming those government programs that drive the debt. We reduce the deficit by over a third in the first year of our budget, putting an end to the era of trillion-dollar deficits. The House-passed budget doesn't just put the budget on a path to balance – it actually pays off the debt over time.
We can't achieve this goal by simply rubber-stamping increases in the national debt limit without reducing spending in Washington.
Speaker Boehner made this clear in a recent speech at the Economic Club of New York: If the debt ceiling has to be raised, then we've got to cut spending. The House-passed budget contained $6.2 trillion in spending cuts. For every dollar the President wants to raise the debt ceiling, we can show him plenty of ways to cut far more than a dollar of spending. Given the magnitude of our debt burden, the size of the spending cuts should exceed the size of the President's debt limit increase.
The House-passed budget also gets health care spending under control by empowering Americans to fight back against skyrocketing costs. Our budget makes no changes for those in or near retirement, and offers future generations a strengthened Medicare program they can count on, with guaranteed coverage options, less help for the wealthy, and more help for the poor and the sick.
There is widespread, bipartisan agreement that the open-ended, fee-for-service structure of Medicare is a key driver of health-care cost inflation. As my friend Jim Capretta, a noted health-care policy expert, likes to say, Medicare is not the train being pulled along by the engine of rising costs. Medicare is the engine – and the rest of us are getting taken for a ride.
The disagreement isn't really about the problem. It's about the solution to controlling costs in Medicare. And if I could sum up that disagreement in a couple of sentences, I would say this: Our plan is to give seniors the power to deny business to inefficient providers. Their plan is to give government the power to deny care to seniors.
We also disagree about how best to deliver the tax reform that Americans have long demanded from Washington.
Here's a quick story about tax policy. Twenty-five years ago, GE CEO Jack Welch introduced himself to this very club by saying, "I represent a company that doesn't pay taxes."
I guess some things never change.
We have to broaden the tax base, so corporations cannot game the system. The House-passed budget calls for scaling back or eliminating loopholes and carve-outs in the tax code that are distorting economic incentives.
We do this, not to raise taxes, but to create space for lower tax rates and a level playing field for innovation and investment. America's corporate tax rate is the highest in the developed world. Our businesses need a tax system that is more competitive.
A simpler, fairer tax code is needed for the individual side, too. Individuals, families, and employers spend over six billion hours and over $160 billion per year figuring out how to pay their taxes. It's time to clear out the tangle of credits and deductions and lower tax rates to promote growth.
The House-passed budget does that by making the tax code simpler… flatter… fairer… more globally competitive… and less burdensome for working families and small businesses.
By contrast, the President says he wants to eliminate deductions, but he also wants to raise rates. That includes raising the top rate to 44.8 percent. That would amount to a $1.5 trillion tax increase on families and job creators.
The President says that only the richest people in America would be affected by his plan… Class warfare may be clever politics, but it is terrible economics. Redistributing wealth never creates more of it.
Further, the math is clear – the government cannot close its enormous fiscal gap simply by taxing the rich. This gap grows by trillions of dollars each year, representing tens of trillions in unfunded promises to future generations that the government has no plan to keep.
There's a civic side to this as well. Sowing social unrest and class envy makes America weaker, not stronger. Playing one group against another only distracts us from the true sources of inequity in this country – corporate welfare that enriches the powerful, and empty promises that betray the powerless.
Those committed to the mindset of "shared scarcity" are telling future generations, sorry, you're just going to have to make do with less. Your taxes will go up, because Washington can't get government spending down.
They are telling future generations, you know, there's just not much we can do about health care costs. Government spending on health care is going to keep going up and up and up… and when we can't borrow or tax another dollar, we'll have to give a board of unelected bureaucrats the power to tell you what kind of treatments you can and can't receive.
If we succumb to this view that our problems are bigger than we are – if we surrender more control over our economy to the governing class – then we are choosing shared scarcity over renewed prosperity, and managed decline over economic growth.
That's the real class warfare that threatens us – a class of governing elites picking winners and losers, and determining our destinies for us.
We face a choice between two futures. We can continue to go down the path toward shared scarcity, or we can choose the path of renewed prosperity.
The question before us is simple: Which path will our generation choose?
In 1979, my mentor, Jack Kemp, captured the essence of why we must choose the path to prosperity:
"We can't progress as a society by using government to diminish one another. The only way we can all have more is by producing more, not by bickering over how to share less. Economic growth must come first… for when it does many social problems tend to take care of themselves, and the problems that remain become manageable."
You know, there's a question I get a lot from people at town halls. When you go around the country showing people a chart that shows that our debt is on track to cripple our economy, people start to ask you whether any plan, even a plan like the House-passed budget, can save America from a diminished future.
They say, Congressman Ryan, I know you have to sound optimistic in public. But in private, do you really think there's anything we can do to save this country from fiscal ruin? Or should we just be bracing for the worst?
It's a difficult question. It's one that gives me pause. Frankly, it's one that keeps me up at night.
But the honest answer is the one I'm about to give to you: Nobody ever got rich betting against the United States of America, and I'm not about to start.
Time and again, just when it looked like the era of American exceptionalism was coming to a close… we got back up. We brushed ourselves off. And we got back to work – rebuilding our country, advancing our society, and moving the boundaries of opportunity ever forward.
We can do it again. America was knocked down by a recession. We are threatened by a rising tide of debt. But we are not knocked out. We are America. And it is time to prove the doubters wrong once more – to show them that this exceptional nation is once again up to the challenge.
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Is this part of a TOEFL course you are doing?Essay of the day.
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Please tell me the corrections that i need to do.
People attend college or university for many different reasons (for
example, new experiences, career preparation, increased knowledge).
Why do you think people attend college or university? Use specific
reasons and examples to support your answer.
First of all, education is vital in our life because if there is no education, then we will have very little knowledge of everything in our life. After high school, people will like to go to college or to the university to increase their knowledge. So that they can experience a new life and to feel how different is from high school. People will like to be prepare for all the obstacles that they will be experience in their jobs and how hard will it be to pass their obstacles. They will like to be prepare for everything they will experience. There will be good times as well as hard times to everyone. In real life, people will be ready for all those times because they will have known what to do next as long as they finish their career.
As a matter of fact, people should attend to the university or college not only to increase their knowledge of their studies, but also to know how the real world is. People are going to the university to learn something new and to expand their knowledge of something that they already known. For example, after finishing the high school, all the students might already knew a little bit of everything and the base of what the university will require you to know. In other words, all those students might know the basic topics of each subjects that the university will have. And thanks to the high school teachers, students will not be lost during the first week of the university. In an university or in a college, they will be going to expand what they already know and will discover a little bit more about every subjects. Therefore, I consider that going to the next level of study: the university, will lead to a better understanding of the world and will be ready to assume any responsability in your life.
Also, there is another reason why people should go to the university. As you all know, we do not know what will happen next after ten years, or in what circumstances we are. But because of that reason, we might not know who and what kind of person we all will become. So, it is better to study a carrer that you like and be prepare for anything that migh happen after your first degree (Bachelor Degree). No ones know what will happen the next year, no one will tell us what to do if something bad happens, so I suggest that people should go to the university to learn new things and to increase their knowledge. While going to the universitym, people will learn new things and will hear the experiences of what older people had passed through theirbetter and worse time in their life. After listening to all the poeple who had been through all different kind of situations, then students will have a very different perspective than before. They will try to do the things right, and will try to do the things that other people have not done. In other words, after listening to all the experiences of the professors, they will encourage themselves to do the things that they will be very glad to in order to succes their goals.
Overall, it is a necessity for all of us to learn and experience new things. We should all go to the university in order to gain more knowledge. Perhaps it will be difficult to study all the subjects for almost four years for a degree, but it will be worth it for the future so that you will be prepare for every circumstances you wil experienced. Students will learn from the errors of what the professors had been through and will try not to do the same as they did. Therefore, if you have a dream, you need to find a way to make it come true and for that, first, you need to increase your knowledge and the right place for that is by going to the university.
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Actually, I think when they say 'voluptuous', they're referring to models like the brunettes pictured with Candice. >.>
If I'm not mistaken (so please correct me if I'm wrong), I believe by today's industry's standards, the size 12 woman (the woman in the middle) is considered 'plus sized'.
In Europe, 'plus sized' starts at the rough equivalent of 10.
Actually, no. Far from that. In the UK, even by the strictest manufacturers' standards, nothing below 16 (US 14) is considered 'plus sized'. In Europe, 'plus-sized' boutiques generally don't store anything below 50 (the equivalent of US 20).
Ah, I see the problem. I am talking about a standard set by a body (the CEN if I recall). I do not mean standard in the sense of 'normal', but instead in the sense of 'standard weights and measures'.The clothing industry and the person in the street have rather different opinions about, say, what fat is.
By the way, a lot of companies that sell clothes actually have been upping the size of their clothing without changing the label.
One is a 6, one an 8 and the other a 10.
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France could be stripped of its triple-A credit rating before Christmas, raising new doubts about the survival of the euro, analysts have predicted.
Standard & Poor's – one of the three top rating agencies – is expected to cut France's rating within days, in a move that would weaken its ability to raise funds on financial markets.
The move would raise doubts over the future of the single currency at a time when questions abound as to whether the deal thrashed out in Brussels represents the breakthrough hoped for in advance of the summit. Andrew Tyrie, chairman of the Commons Treasury select committee, raised the spectre of Greece leaving the eurozone, saying it was unlikely Athens could afford to pay its way if it stayed in the zone. "Few people believe that Greece can remain solvent within the eurozone," he said. "Should Greece have to leave, the recapitalisation of a number of continental banks would be necessary."
David Cameron and George Osborne have stressed that their top priority is for the eurozone to survive the crisis because the consequences of a disorderly breakup would be devastating for the UK as well as the European economies. However, most Tory MPs now doubt that it can survive in its current form. Bill Cash, the veteran Eurosceptic MP, said: "The entire European Union project is unravelling as the euro itself unravels."
The imminence of a ratings decision by S&P may explain why France has sought to deflect attention by lashing out against Britain, claiming the UK's financial position is weaker than its own. Last week the Bank of France suggested the credit rating agencies train their fire on London, even though there seems no imminent danger of Britain losing its premier rating.
After days of angry exchanges between Paris and London, both sides called for a ceasefire. A senior British diplomatic source said: "I hope all this calms down soon, as it is not in anyone's interest for it to continue. That, I believe, is why the French prime minister called Nick Clegg on Friday afternoon [to build bridges]."
The diplomat added: "We can only guess that what's behind it is that they're so nervous about losing the triple-A rating, nervous not just for political and economic reasons, but because there's an election coming up."
Analysts said that if France's rating was slashed its borrowing costs would rise, making it more expensive for Paris to refinance its debt burden in the new year. A downgrade would also hit France's ability to contribute to the European financial stability facility, set up by members of the eurozone to combat the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis, and provide emergency funding. Traders in London said the price France has to pay to borrow has already risen, indicating that markets have partially discounted the possibility of a lower credit rating.
France has to pay more to borrow relative to fellow triple-A rated Germany: when France borrows over 10 years it pays an interest rate that is at least a percentage point higher than what Berlin pays.
One analyst said: "The overall perception is that French finances are weaker than Germany's and this imposes significant extra costs on France."
Adding together repayments of existing debt, interest owed and new borrowing, France needs to find €400bn (£335bn) next year just to stay afloat. An extra 1% would cost French taxpayers €4bn a year. European leaders are under pressure to boost the firepower of the EU's multibillion bailout package after Belgium's credit rating was cut by Moody's, another of the top three ratings agencies. Moody's warned that indebted eurozone countries such as Belgium would find it increasingly hard to fund their debts or achieve economic growth in the face of Europe's austerity drive. "The fragility of the sovereign debt markets is increasingly entrenched and unlikely to be reversed in the near future," warned Moody's.
Rival ratings agency Fitch said it could cut Belgium's credit rating, along with those of Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Cyprus and Ireland. Fitch kept France's AAA credit rating intact, although it revised its outlook for the country down to "negative".
The latest credit rating changes came as the EU released details of the "fiscal compact" deal designed to rescue the euro.


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FT. COLLINS, CO and HOPKINS, MN -- Two arcades dedicated chiefly to pinball are experiencing dramatically different fates as they celebrate landmark anniversaries.
In the Twin Cities, Lloyd Olson recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of SS Billiards, which despite its name is billed as a pinball establishment. | SEE STORY
The arcade provides seven lovingly maintained flipper games for play. The company website describes SS Billiards as "the home of the region's largest collection of publicly playable pinball machines."
Olson said he rotates the available flipper games periodically from his collection he keeps in a warehouse.
SS Billiards also boasts a handful of videogames and has five pool tables that are rented at $6 an hour. But the pool tables are rarely played these days, said Olson.
He blamed Minnesota's smoking ban for a 90% drop in customer traffic. Generating strong income is difficult today, he said, but he hopes to keep SS Billiards going long enough to hit its 50-year anniversary.
More than 900 miles away in the Colorado college town of Ft. Collins, Kim Jones is celebrating her first successful year as the proprietor of Pinball Jones. The local student newspaper described the arcade as a popular hangout. | SEE STORY
Jones said she offers 20 flipper games at a time and, like Olson, rotates them often to keep player appeal fresh. In her case, rotation is accomplished through buying and selling machines on a regular basis rather than by swapping warehoused units.
Her arcade's popular monthly pinball tournaments are now being bolstered with weekly league nights starting on Oct. 1.
Jones said she began operating pins as a fan, installing them in bars in various towns (a practice that's becoming more common among collectors). Eventually she decided it would be easier to consolidate all her machines in a single location.
In October 2011, Jones rented a storefront, opened her store and hired a mechanic she found on Craigslist. He had no training in flipper game maintenance, but was a pinball fan and has since become adept at the job.
Both Olson and Jones occasionally supplement their operations revenues with pinball machine sales, and both operators rent out their stores for parties and private events.
Population density does not appear responsible for the relative successes and challenges of the two pinball arcades. Ft. Collins has a population of 143,000. Suburban Hopkins has a population of approximately 17,000, but it is located just 20 minutes from Minneapolis.
Both states have adopted smoking bans that apply to bars, restaurants and other public venues. Colorado adopted its ban in 2006; Minnesota's ban took effect in 2007.
Local demographics may be a factor in the levels of customer support for SS Billiards and Pinball Jones. The Minnesota suburb's median age is 34 while the Colorado college town's is 27.
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In September, Jennifer Hunt of Brown County, Ind., was awarded a bachelor's degree from Thomas Edison State College in New Jersey without ever taking a Thomas Edison course. She was one of about 300 of last year's 3,200 graduates who managed to patch together their degree requirements with a mix of credits — from other institutions, standardized exams, online courses, workplace or military training programs and portfolio assessments.
Years ago, fresh out of high school, Ms. Hunt had finished enough advanced work to enter the University of Texas at Austin with sophomore standing. But after a year, homesick, she returned to Virginia. Then she married and eventually moved to Indiana. She had 10 children, whom she home-schools, and worked in her husband's business.
About a year ago, at 39, she resolved to complete a degree. In a kind of a higher-education sprint, she took a number of college equivalency exams, earning 54 credits in 14 weeks.
"I tried to do an exam a week at the University of Indianapolis test center," where the exams could be proctored, she said. "Each test cost about $80."
Ms. Hunt estimated that her degree in business administration, plus a simultaneous associate degree in applied science, had cost her $5,300, including books and fees. There are almost as many routes to a Thomas Edison degree as there are students. In a way, that is the whole point of the college, a fully accredited, largely online public institution in Trenton founded in 1972 to provide a flexible way for adults to further their education.
"We don't care how or where the student learned, whether it was from spending three years in a monastery," said George A. Pruitt, the college's president, "as long as that learning is documented by some reliable assessment technique."
"Learning takes place continuously throughout our lives," he said. "If you're a success in the insurance industry, and you're in the million-dollar round table, what difference does it make if you learned your skills at Prudential or at Wharton?"
At a time when student debt has passed $1 trillion, such institutions seem to have, at the very least, impeccable timing. Thomas Edison, New Jersey's second-largest public college, and two like-minded institutions — Charter Oak State College in Connecticut and the private, nonprofit Excelsior College in New York — are all growing. Thomas Edison's graduating class last fall was a third bigger than the class five years earlier. And the idea of measuring students' competency, not classroom hours, has become the cornerstone of newer institutions like Western Governors University in Utah.
At Thomas Edison and the other such colleges, almost all students are over 21, many are in the military, and few have taken a direct path to higher education.
Pilar Mercedes Foy, 31, a Thomas Edison graduate whose parents did not go to college, said after she got an entry-level job at PSEG, the New Jersey energy company, she realized that she would need a degree to advance. She earned the bulk of her credits through heavily subsidized evening classes offered at work, supplemented by classes at Union County College and 12 credits from the CLEP Spanish exam. For her, earning a degree without taking on a penny of student debt was enough of a milestone that she invited her husband, parents, siblings, in-laws and nieces to the September graduation ceremony.
Thirty years ago, when Dr. Pruitt became president, the Thomas Edison approach was controversial. Some academics, in particular, were skeptical, he said, almost believing that "if we didn't teach it to you, you couldn't have learned it."
Results have quieted most naysayers, Dr. Pruitt said. For example, Thomas Edison graduates had the highest pass rate on the exam for certified public accountants in New Jersey, in the latest national accounting-boards report. Still, the approach raises real questions about the meaning of a college degree.
"If I'm giving you a degree, I'm vouching for you, testifying to your competence," said Clifford Adelman, a senior associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy in Washington. "With these nomad students in higher education, whose students are they? There are questions of ownership and ethical responsibility."
Most Thomas Edison students arrive with some credits, at times earned many years earlier. Others get credits by submitting a portfolio of their work or passing standardized exams like the College Level Examination Program, administered by the College Board. Many complete online college courses from Thomas Edison or "open courseware" sources like the Saylor Foundation. Many bring transcripts from the American Council on Education's credit recommendation program, certifying their nontraditional programs.
Arthur C. Brooks, a former economics professor at Syracuse who heads the American Enterprise Institute, earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Thomas Edison in 1994, at age 30, after a decade as a musician. He took correspondence courses, he said, "at the cheapest places I could find."
Mr. Brooks believes he did the same homework, wrote the same papers and took the same tests as on-campus students at other colleges, without meeting a single professor. To get his degree, he had to prove mastery of economics in a two-hour telephone conversation with a professor at Pace University.
"It was like a field exam," said Mr. Brooks, now 48. "He asked about Adam Smith, John Keynes, supply and demand, macro and micro — everything an economics major at any university would be expected to know."
David Esterson, 45, of Whittier, Calif., started taking college classes while in high school, attended the University of Washington for a year, was a photographer in Los Angeles, then started a music business. About three years ago, when his nephews began talking about college, Mr. Esterson decided he should complete his degree.
He took online courses at the University of Minnesota and the University of Phoenix before trying a couple of California community colleges and an acupuncture school. He finally earned a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from Thomas Edison in September.
"It sounded like a scam, but the fact that it was a state school, and accredited, made it more real," Mr. Esterson said.
And it has been real, he said: "Nobody I contacted about graduate programs seemed to look down on the Edison degree, and I got into every grad school I applied to."
Now enrolled in two graduate programs — an online master's in leadership at Northeastern and a dual-degree executive M.B.A. program from Cornell University and Queen's University in Canada — Mr. Esterson is a booster for his alma mater. "I've never been there, but I did buy a sweatshirt," he said.


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Editor's Note: Paul Solman, a staffer on PBS's Newshour program, filed this update story on Dec. 23 on the status of the RV industry.
Today's Wall Street Journal reports that in the heart of unemployment country, Elkhart, Ind., things are looking up — or, more accurately perhaps, "less down."
Unemployment there now stands at 14.5%, reasonably well below its peak of 18% when we were there in March. The reason: a pick-up in the recreational vehicle industry. (Viewers may remember that Elkhart is the RV capital of the world, hosting the RV Hall of Fame and a whole host of manufacturers.)
The closest approximation to a random sample that we in the anecdata business can easily conjure is to follow up with people we've already interviewed. So I called Ed Neufeldt, one of the stars of our March piece, who introduced President Obama when he made his third trip in a year to Elkhart in February.
As the WSJ reports today, Neufeldt has a job with an electric motor company that's coming to Elkhart.
"I was hired as a spokesman for the company," says Neufeldt, "but there haven't been many speaking opportunities." So he's been working part-time, helping clean up a building the Electric Motors Co. is getting ready for manufacturing, while also delivering bread on Wednesdays and Sundays. He's earning no more than he did on unemployment insurance but says it's much better: "I'd much rather work."
As for the rest of his family, which we'd assembled at Cook's Pizza, here's the latest rundown, in order of appearance:
Lisa Neufeldt (daughter): Recently married, she's still stocking shelves with bread, part-time. She had a chance to return to the RV industry but, her dad says, "She thought it was too risky to go back." Her husband, a laid-off RV worker, has been rehired.
Lori Gaut (another of Ed's daughters): Still working part-time at Menards.
Josh Gaut (Lori's husband, laid off for 4 months when we were there): Back at work in the RV industry, four to five days a week, with a two-week furlough for Christmas.
Lucinda Gaut (Josh's mother, who'd been laid off from the RV industry the week before we hit town): She's opened a consignment shop — furniture, clothing, etc.
Don Gaut (Lucinda's husband): An RV vet who'd been out-of-work for more than a year, Don has had recurring back woes, is not working.
As for public stimulus money and Elkhart, Mayor Dick Moore had showed us three would-be projects:
- The renovation of an old, once-majestic vaudeville theater.
- A traffic overpass (or underpass, depending on your point of view) near the heart of town.
- A long-needed overhaul of the city's sewage system.
All three are on track, according to the mayor's office. The theater is ahead of schedule and under budget (by $130,000) is the word, slated to re-open its door in late 2010 or early 2011. What will play first?
"A couple of guys want 'Jersey Boys," says Arvis Dawson, executive assistant to the mayor. "The mayor wants 'Oklahoma.' But in any case, something BIG."
The overpass/underpass has gotten a bit of money ($700,000) via the local congressman; the city is still lobbying for its $66 million-dollar proposal under the stimulus program.
The sewage system is "proceeding"; the city is closing on very-low-interest money from the state next week.


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The Samsung Prevail (Boost Mobile) and Optimus M (MetroPCS) are two mid-range Android smartphones available from prepaid carriers. The Optimus One phones have proven to be solid smartphones, but the Prevail carries a cheaper price tag and stock Android. So which one is better? Watch the Dogfight to find out.
All of the Optimus One phones have the same specs despite being on different carriers, so this Dogfight also applies to the Optimus V, S, T, etc. They may not seem like the most exciting phones, but I've consistently been impressed with their performance. Boost Mobile customers have been waiting a long time for a decent Android smartphone, but is the Prevail the one you should pick?
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Okay, so pet poop is not a particularly pleasant topic, but a surprising number of pets have problems with constipation (abnormal accumulation of feces and difficulty defecating). More serious conditions can result from constipation, such as obstipation (complete obstruction of the colon by feces) and megacolon (damaged nerves and muscles in the colon causing an inability to defecate).
The colon, the last part of the intestinal tract, is a large muscular structure ending at the rectum. It contains most of the intestinal bacteria that reside in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. These bacteria finish up the digestion of protein. By-products of this process include short-chain fatty acids that nourish the cells lining the colon. Some of these lining cells absorb water, while others secrete mucus to lubricate the stool and keep it moving along.
Constipation is uncomfortable, even painful. Dogs may have accidents indoors. Cats may defecate (or try to) outside the litterbox, because they associate the discomfort with the box itself. Other signs of constipation include straining to defecate, irritability, painful abdomen, lethargy, and poor appetite or even loss of appetite.
Most pets defecate once or twice a day. Dogs have a strong reflex that triggers an urge to defecate after eating; cats are a little less motivated. A constipated animal may only defecate every 2 to 4 days, or even less. Usually the stools are hard and dry, because their long stay in the colon allows for absorption of most of their water content. However, occasionally a constipated pet can appear to have diarrhea, because liquid stool is the only thing that can get around the stuck mass of feces.
Causes for pooping problems include congenital abnormalities, neurologic problems, pelvic injury, obstruction (by hair, bones, etc.), and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Dogs typically become constipated secondary to another issue, such as injury or surgery. Small breed dogs appear to have more problems than larger breeds. In cats, the cause often remains unknown, but even a dirty litter box may cause avoidance; constipation results from holding the stool too long. Hooded litterboxes are a particular problem because they hold odor in, potentially making the box environment extremely unpleasant for the cat.
The initial treatment for constipation is usually a change in diet. Historically, pets have been put on high-fiber dry foods. Fiber modulates intestinal mobility. Depending on the type of fiber and the circumstances, fiber can either speed up or slow down digestion. It's therefore used for both constipation and diarrhea. Light, senior, and hairball foods all contain increased fiber, and there are also several medical high-fiber diets.
Changing to a high-fiber diet often helps, at least initially. However, eventually these foods seem to lose their effectiveness over time. More fiber, such as canned pumpkin, may be added. Again, sometimes this produces a temporary improvement. Yet many animals, especially cats, continue to have problems.
Since fiber encourages water absorption and increases the amount of stool produced (because it is indigestible), many experts have swung the other way and are now recommending "low-residue" diets to minimize stool volume. "Low-residue" means that the food is highly digestible and produces minimal waste; fiber is typically low in these diets.
Dogs and cats are carnivores who digest protein and fat best, but there is controversy about carbohydrates; it is clear that many cats are carb-intolerant. Carbs contribute to obesity in both dogs and cats, and obesity is common factor in constipation. By this theory, the best food would be high fat, high protein, and low fiber, as well as high moisture. One would think that such a food would also be low fiber, but that is not necessarily true; always check the Guaranteed Analysis (available for each food on our website). Most canned foods fit this description, as do most raw and homemade diets. Dry diets are higher in fiber than canned, and can cause dehydration in cats, contributing to the problem.
Treatment for constipation depends on the severity of the problem. For mild cases, occasional enemas may be all they need. For severe blockages, the animal must be anesthetized for manual extraction of the feces (a process my vet tech graphically but accurately refers to as a "dig-out"). Water balance is also crucial in constipated animals, especially cats. Subcutaneous (or even intravenous) fluids may be needed to boost their hydration.
Once the animal is "cleaned out" by whatever means, you'll definitely want to take steps to prevent the problem from recurring. Several options are available; some animals may need only one of these, while others need a combination of several of them.
• Canned, raw, or homemade diet. High-moisture diets keep hydration normal, and these diets are far more digestible – and produce far less waste – than dry food.
• Fiber. Because canned and homemade diets tend to be extremely low in fiber, addition of a small amount of ground flaxseed or powdered psyllium (available in bulk at most health food stores) may be needed for some animals. Flaxseed is an excellent choice because it also contains Omega-3 essential fatty acids, and its high content of lignans may help prevent some types of cancer.
• Digestive enzymes and Probiotics. These products aid digestion and may help prevent constipation as well as other tummy issues. Products I like include:
o Vetri-Science Acetylator
o Animal Essentials Plant Enzymes & Probiotics
o Pet Naturals Digestive Support for Cats and Dogs
• Herbs. There are many herbal formulas available for people, but many of their ingredients are too harsh for pets. Safe herbal formulas for pets include
o Only Natural Pet GI Support
o Only Natural Pet Laxa-Herb Herbal Formula
o LoveMyPet Tummy Ease
• Lactulose. This is a syrup that holds water in the stool and keeps the stool soft; therefore it's easier for the animal to pass. The taste, which is extremely sweet, can be an obstacle for some pets. Fortunately, lactulose now comes in a mild-tasting powder (Kristalose) that can be encapsulated by a compounding pharmacy, or simply added to canned food.
• Other stool softeners, such as DSS (docusate sodium). Your veterinarian can prescribe these.
• Petroleum jelly (e.g., Vaseline®). This is the primary ingredient in most over-the-counter hairball remedies (Laxatone, Kat-a-lax, Petromalt). Petroleum jelly can be given by mouth. Most pets tolerate it, many come to like it, and a few even relish it. Give 1/3 to 1/2 teaspoon per day for a cat or small dog, preferably separate from meals. It is completely harmless and inert in the body. (Vegetable oils do not have the same effect because they are digested and absorbed before reaching the colon.)
• Cisapride (Propulsid). This drug was withdrawn from the market for humans because of dangerous side effects, but it is considered safe for pets. Your vet can order it from a compounding pharmacy. It seems to work best in combination with stool softeners.
• Lubiprostone (Amitiza) was recently approved as a drug for humans. Your vet can advise you on whether it is safe and appropriate for your pet.
Note: Cisapride and Lubiprostone should not be used simultaneously)
• Pediatric glycerin suppositories. Although they may not appreciate having a suppository pushed into their rectums, most pets tolerate it. Your vet can advise you on technique and frequency.
• Enemas. Many pet guardians have (necessarily) gotten very good at giving enemas at home. Mineral oil, K-Y jelly (in a 1:1 ratio with warm water), soapy water, and just plain warm water are all fine; you may have to experiment to see which one works best for your particular pet.
• Fluids. Your veterinarian can show you how to give subcutaneous fluids at home if needed.
• Slippery Elm. This powdered herb can be added to canned food (add extra cool water) or made into a syrup. Its mild taste is well tolerated by most pets.
• Exercise. Obesity is a risk factor for constipation. Staying active prevents weight gain, and helps stimulate the intestines and keep things moving. Brisk walks and fetching games are great for dogs. If your constipated cat is also a couch potato, you can introduce regular play sessions with an interactive fishing-pole type toy, like the Kitty Lure Caster or Swizzle.
• Stress Management. There is always an energetic or emotional component of any chronic disease, and stress plays a significant role in many gastrointestinal conditions. Flower essences can be very helpful.
• Surgery. If there is damage to the nerves and muscles of the colon, a "sub-total colectomy" is the last resort. This surgery removes the colon, and joins the small intestine to the rectum. Unless and until the small intestine develops more colon-like functioning, the result is chronic diarrhea. However, the animal will be much more comfortable.
If your pet is chronically constipated, the most important thing for you to do is be observant. Look for early signs of constipation; straining, abdominal discomfort, decreasing appetite, etc. Be aware of how often your pet is defecating. If he does not produce adequate stool for more than 2-3 days, call your vet, or begin home treatments if you have established this routine. Constipation is far easier to treat when it's caught early. Later on, treatment will be far more expensive, and there is a greater chance of irreversible colon damage.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida Senator Bill Nelson and Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings are calling for a ban on assault rifles and high-capacity magazine clips.
It comes as Vice President Joe Biden is recommending 19 executive actions to reduce gun violence. He'll make the official announcement on Wednesday.
Nelson and Demings also want to close the loophole that allows people to buy weapons at gun shows in Florida without going through a background check.
"When assault weapons with huge capacity magazines are killing our children, then it's time for America to act," said Sen. Nelson.
Nelson suggested limiting magazines to 10 rounds, similar to what was required under the 1994-2004 assault weapon ban.
"This weapon, this weapon is for killing, it's not for hunting" said Nelson, as he pointed to an AK-47 and Bushmaster .223 taken off the streets of Orange County.
"I don't get it," said Eileen Rieg, who owns Rieg's Gun Shop in Orlando.
Rieg believes a ban on assault rifles is focused on cosmetics rather than reality. She say two rifles that may look different are capable of doing the same thing. Rieg says based on the 1994-2004 assault weapon ban guidelines, one would be banned, the other would be OK.
"Why do something that we can just pat ourselves on the back and say 'oh look what a good boy am I' and it hasn't changed anything," said Rieg.
Rieg also points to statistics showing most crimes and homicides are linked to handguns, not rifles.
But Nelson and Demings see it differently. They say banning assault rifles and limiting high-capacity magazines are just common sense.
"They're not being used in the capacity as a defensive weapon but in fact, they're used for offensive purposes by criminals," said Demings.
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Independence Day is a holiday that celebrates your love for this country, so why not show your U.S. pride with some red, white and blue looks? The traditional color palette is very easy to incorporate into your wardrobe this weekend, as most of us own a piece or two in these colors. Try blue jeans, a simple white tee and a fun red blazer.
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Citizenship check-off box ordered off Michigan ballot applications
DETROIT (AP) -- A judge has told Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson to remove citizenship check-off boxes from November ballot applications.
U.S. District Judge Paul Borman made the ruling Friday during a hearing in Detroit. A written decision is expected Tuesday.
Borman told Johnson the boxes that ask Michigan voters to confirm their U.S. citizenship slows the voting process, is confusing and is a burden on the right to vote.
Lawyers representing the secretary of state have argued the citizenship question could prevent an unqualified person from voting and committing a crime.
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Wednesday, 6 October 2010
20 year school reunion - post mortem
Would people be famous? Rich? Happy?
How many different ways would there be to spend 20 years?
It was in fact a surreal experience.
I should have studied the school photo before I went and read my diaries because I think that I was asleep most of high-school. I couldn't remember anyone's names and those whose faces I was able to recognise, I embarassingly called something different. Luckily, they thought I was joking.
The only people who looked really good, enviably good, had no children. Except one girl who looked fabulous and was the mother of two. I suspect, just between you and me that she may have had some 'work' done.
The most number of marriages we were able to determine went to the Silver Fox whom one of the girl's we hung out with was married to. He was on number 4. Another of our classmates had two ex-wives and was at the function with his fiancee. He was a dark horse because none of us could remember him even looking at a girl at school.
The most number of children to different partners went to the guy who fathered his first when we were still at school. Four kids, three different mothers. Not much of a surprise given that he was 17 when it all started. One girl and one boy had six children each. Made me tired just thinking about it.
There were three confirmed homosexual men, (not counting the one who I started a rumour about given that his FaceBook photo depicted him with another man. And he is in advertising. And lives in Balmain. He was most unhappy with my assumptions). None of them was actually present.
There were no lesbians. By the end of the night as the beers flowed, more and more girls confessed to a 'girly-pash' in their 20s, not wanting to be out-done by the boys. None of these changed the tally.
One guy had had a stroke and another walked with a cane. Thankfully, there were no other major illnesses that I uncovered. Sadly, there were four deaths. Three blokes and a girl. Two of the men died with complications from drug abuse and the other commited suicide. The girl died following complications from an ectopic pregnancy.
There were two alleged blue-collar criminals. This wasn't raised on the night, but I thought I would mention them in because it adds to the drama, don't you think?
Most people present were married, with kids (mostly young like my own) and a job. A whole lot of sameness, despite the many paths we have taken to get there. All those young classmates have gotten lost in nearly-40 year old bodies, with 20 years of stories to tell. You could still see them there, but they were different too.
Mostly people were a lot nicer than I remembered.
The experience made me feel older. And wiser. And happier with my own life than I thought it would. I still looked pretty good in my jeans, despite my four young children. I have done okay. And so, I happily discovered, have many of my classmates.
Have you been to your 20 year school reunion? How did you find it?
*Playing along with Jen from the King and I's Blog Gems on Jan 16, 2011.
10 comments:
- life in a pink fibro said...
I went to a 15-year one. My year always did things slightly differently. It was a lot of fun. I think it's always fantastic finding out about people's life paths. The stories! Love the stories.
- 6 October 2010 at 07:59
- PinkPatentMaryJanes said...
I went to mine earlier this year - it was the first-ever and was the 30th anniversary of when we started high school {old? Did somebody say OLD?}. Much like you I wished I'd studied up on faces and names. It was interesting how much some people had changed, and how little others had... Best anti-smoking ad ever though - the smokers all looked a good 10 years older than the non-smokers. I was glad I went though.
Thanks for sharing the news of yours!
- 6 October 2010 at 09:32
- Gill@OurParklife said...
wow, this was funny at times but kind of sad at times....
I have not had my 20 year reunion yet, and I missed the 10 year one because I was living overseas...It would be interesting to go along and find out which of the stories i have heard are true and which are facebook assumptions...laughing at this, i have done something quite similar!
- 6 October 2010 at 10:46
I went to a 23 year one. I went to an all girls school with some boarders and some day girls. What created great amusement were some of the questions from the daygirls, 'was Wednesday night really lesbian night in the boarding college?' Just how long had these women pondered some lie us boarders had told them 20 odd years ago.
What we found out was the scary chicks are still a bit scary but that means they are assertive and get what they want. The silly fun loving chicks are still the same. We just have more broken marriages and are in the health industry or hospitality. The serious ones became teachers and physiotherapists and all sorts of other professions. They are also generally childless or had kids later in life.
We are having another meet up next year.
- 6 October 2010 at 13:31
- Posie Patchwork said...
What a fascinating school you must have gone to. I've been to my 10 year reunion & it was awesome, loved it, i had 3 children & 2 degrees & my own business, so was bouncing around the room chatting to everyone, it was fantastic. 20 year must be about 3 years off, can't wait!! Love Posie
- 7 October 2010 at 21:05
- Becca said...
I haven't had a reunion yet, but my 10 year one is coming up this summer. I am debating not going because I am still in contact with everyone on facebook.
- 17 January 2011 at 09:38
I went to my 10 year one and it was the worst night EVER! lol
nah, it was ok I guess, just decided not to go to the next one!
Great post, you had some interesting characters in your year at school :D
COme over from Jen's blog gems :)
- 18 January 2011 at 10:45
- MommyToTwoBoys said...
I love this! This is exactly what I would do if I went to my reunion. I skipped my 10 year, but you make me think maybe my 20 year wouldn't be so bad. I just may brave it!
- 21 January 2011 at 04:52
- @jencull (jen) said...
I don't think I would go tbh and think you were brave to go. I was only in my last school for 2 years and didn't really make many friends, awkward age where everyone already had their friends and groups! At the same time I am fascinated with your group and where you all ended up :) Thanks for joining in Blog Gems. Jen
- 23 January 2011 at 05:51
- Sam-O said...
I went to two high schools and have remained friends with people from both, so I have been expected to attend 2x 5yr, 2x10yr, 2x 20yr and some bright spark organised a 23yr one for this month.
I did not attend any.
I did think about the 20yr ones, but at the time we were in the thick of harrassment reports and lodging AVOs against ex business partner and family, so I was kind of pre occupied.
I have always said, if I wanted to see them I would still be friends with them! ;)
Yours sounds much more interesting than mine would have been anyway. Private school girls. 48%lawyers, 46% doctors and the rest of us.
- 5 October 2011 at 21:48


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Junior slugger Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) keeps adding accolades to an already stellar junior season. The Georgia College softball designated player was named to the Daktronics All-Southeast Region First Team, as announced Monday.
A first-team All-Peach Belt Conference (PBC) choice this season, Burnett hit .385 with nine home runs and 37 RBI. She also slugged .623 on 13 extra-base hits.
All-time, GC has put 10 players on the Daktronics All-Region teams. Burnett becomes the second Bobcat at designated player, as Jordan Tharp took second-team honors in 2007.
Burnett will now move on to the All-America ballot, with winners due to be announced May 25. Three Bobcats have earned Daktronics All-America accolades.
The Daktronics All-America programs honor student-athletes in Division II athletic programs. The voting, nomination and calculations are all conducted by the schools' sports information directors.
The Bobcats had a strong finish to a sub-par season in 2011, winning three of their last four to get into the PBC playoffs, then upsetting No. 3-seed Columbus State University in the first round. The 'Cats will bring back three All-PBC performers next year in Burnett, Anna Parker (Columbus, Ga.) and Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.).
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.