In the final round, France and South Africa had slim hopes of advancing. Both needed comfortable victories against each other and an outright result in the Mexico versus Uruguay fixture. After the insipid opening draw against France, many thought that Uruguay would struggle to win matches, as their attacking force and intent was not strong.The reason is that raising the minimum wage is just a version of a transfer payments from one group (consumers or owners) to another group (workers). Despite the failings of Keynesian economics, even if you are a demand side Keynesian, the overall economic demand remains the same. The workers will have more money to spend (and theoretically boost the economy) but this is offset by an equal reduction in demand from the reduction of money in the hands of the consumer or owner.

That means North Dakota will take the ice in St. Paul, Minn., for its West Regional semifinal game against Western Michigan as, well, North Dakota. The team will don