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The 2010 Olympic Games started last Friday and the USA is staged for another top medal count. Today starts one of the more interesting events, Skeleton. It is like Luge only they slide on their stomachs instead of on their back. Instead of going four times down the slope, these athletes only go twice to medal but it is way more extreme because they are at a higher risk of falling off. After the crash of Georgian man, Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Skeleton athletes were going to drop out because they go the fastest of all the Luge sports and also the least safe.
Today both men and women will go and both will give out medals. The US has five competitors, two women and three men. The US men’s aren’t favored to win but Noelle Pikus-Pace is favored to medal but is not a shoe in. While skeleton is relatively new, many athletes are willing to conquer the Whistler Center in Canada this is one of the greatest sports in the Olympics.
Another great sport is Ice Hockey. This is the Olympics summed up with hundreds of the greatest players worldwide. With some home town heroes like Pavel Datsyuk of Russia or Brian Rafalski of the USA both from the Red Wings and both playing for gold. Some of the other players on the other team I will never see again but they are still cool to watch hockey, though I don’t like everyone on the US team it’s still cool.
Moguls are another interesting sport it involves a series of small hills that the skier has to go over without separating the knees, then they go off a jump do a trick. Then more mogules and then a jump to end the challenge. Finally they are graded on how they do. Its interesting and fun to watch. The contestants are based on speed, how they keep there knees and the trick on the jump.
Overall the oynpics are the best time to see all the athlets.

True Story

It was the best of times and the worst of times commonly known as the start of ninth grade. Just falling asleep on the night before was a tremendous job, and the idea of going to school wasn’t good. Like every middle school year this year was looking to be longer and like a rollercoaster ride with the ups and the downs. And this wasn’t a high. It was a all time low. The first day was like when you miss the bus that feeling you get. The second I woke up I thought I got hit by a truck but that was soon to go away and be replaced with the butterflies and feeling of not knowing anyone. As my slow and tedious morning went by, got ready for school and left out the front door into the great beyond. I met my friends and the adventure started, just leaving the neighborhood could I see the locale marauding dog, lucky for us he was sleeping so we just crept by. As we were crossing the Six Mile Bridge the alligator snapped at me and it got my jeans so I got pulled in then my friend Jason jumped in and the alligator let go of me and together we scare it off. Once back on the bridge I made sure I had no injury so then we continued on our way. Once we were past the bridge we came upon the Six Mile Side Street and bear came running after us! So all three of us took off back across the bridge and into the ravine, lucky for us the Bear didn’t know about the ravine so we managed to hide until it gave up looking for us. We continued our trek to school, just as we came upon the bridge a car went speeding by followed by a few police cars. All three of us jumped back and kept on walking then there was the sound of screeching tires at the light. We took off running through the rest of the bridge and onto the hill to see the police chase had taken a turn for the worse right near the light. Lucky for us people were gawking and we slipped across the street. As we walked past one of the cop cars there was a guy in the backseat who looked like he had served time already. Just as we got onto school property I knew our adventure was over and a new one started, the first day of high school.

China rejects US claims at currency too low

Thesis: China should fight back after the arms deal.

After the United States arms deal to Taiwan the Chinese need to fight back to remain a world power. This rejection from the Chinese to the US doesn’t come left field because the Chinese need to remain a world power and the only way is to keep under valuing their currency. This is like the New York Mets getting a really good player and their cross town rival the Yankees suddenly making a huge deal. My point is any rival makes a move against you then you are going to push back. This rejection was in the best interest for the Chinese because they can say (subconsciously), the US pushed back so we can give it right back. Another thing is they say the US isn’t doing enough to get out of their slump.
China claims we (the US) aren’t doing enough to deal with our descending economy. Edward Wong of The New York Times says “…the Chinese economists were concerned that the American government, suffering from a record budget deficit, could print more dollars and issue more bonds, eroding the value of the dollar.” One thing to know is the Chinese own most of the bonds and could use that as a diplomatic solution and another thing is lowering the value of our dollar would make their goods pricey. All in all the Chinese have all rights to push back after the arms deal.
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