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SS Blog - China Investing U.S Bonds can't end

On February 22nd in Beijing, Hillary Clinton, our new Secretary of State, has been trying to persuade China to keep investing in U.S Treasury using substantial foreign exchanges. Before the current economic situation, China was helping America's spending. This was because china was America's biggest foreign holder. People are concerned that because of all the money Chinese substantial holding, America has more leverage deals with Washington. This also makes it difficult to finance their stimulus plans and government bailout plan every time a Chinese item is bought. Glenn Kessler, a writer of the Washington Post has said that: "Clinton, in unusually direct comments on an interview with China's Dragon TV before returning to Washington, said that reality made it an imperative for China to keep purchasing U.S. Treasury bonds, because otherwise the U.S. economy will not recover and China will suffer as well. ". Something I wonder is that IN WHICH WAY would the economy suffer if China does not invest in U.S Bonds. Clinton has also said that because of America and China's interconnections, they will either rise, of fall together. I wonder what China's decision will finally be.

Sources: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/asia/china/map.GIF

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022200468.html

Ice Age Fossils in LA

Recently, in Los Angeles, scientists have discovered deposits of Ice Age fossils in the city of La Brea Tar Pits. Researchers have found 16 fossils that belong to the Ice Age over all. Some types of animals were saber-toothed cats, skulls of American lions, a mammoth, dire wolves, bison, horses, and ground sloths. The researchers began looking for these fossils in 2006 and found these 16 fossils under an old parking lot. La Brea Tar Pits are one of the world’s most famous fossil sites. It has been known that since 1996 more than one million fossils have been found. I wonder what more is there to come.

Sources:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_sc/sci_la_tar_pits;_ylt=An7S1ratZ8vOv24M0OfmkvwPLBIF

http://www.tampabayfossilclub.com/images/fest34.JPG

Ants Raising Butterflies?

When you think of butterflies you probably think of a sweet, kind, creature that doesn't harm anything or anyone. What you may not know is that butterflies are really smart enough into getting ants raising butterflies. Only a certain type called European Butterfly can do this. They do this by going inside the an ants home and copying their scent. Jeromy A. Thomas from Oxford in Great Britain has said that: "But, not content just to be fed, the butterflies even manage to demand special treatment,". The butterflies even copied the queen's sounds so when they need help the "nurse" ants would just go and help them even if that meant to kill their own larvae to help feed the butterflies. I read there was also an experiment in which on butterfly "queen ant" was placed with four real ones it turns out that the queens started to attack the catapillar that was pretending to be the queen but when the workers saw this, instead they attacked the four real queens. I wonder what other miracles nature was going to bring next.

Sources: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_sc/sci_butterfly_parasite;_ylt=AkSl6hjSG1AOHrLodU.MQBAPLBIF

EARTHQUAKE? IN NEW JERSEY?

On February 2nd , just after 10:00, in Northern New Jersey there was a small earthquake! Seismologists have said that the magnitude had reached 3.0 which is higher than we usually get. A 27 year-old man named Tom Smaga was working at a Exxon Station in Rockaway, N.J. when it happened and said that: " It was a loud boom and after that it shook the whole building,”. The earthquake had occurred in Rockway, Dover, Morris Planes, and Victoria Gardens. My opinion about this article is that because the article said it didn't hurt anybody, it would be a little fun to feel because the article also said it was a vibration that lasted only for 2-3 minutes. I think it would feel like being on top of a vibrating phone!!!

Sources: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/03/nyregion/new-jersey/03njquake.html?em http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/SUE/SUE104/BWBW1147.jpg