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Hi! My name is Ushu and I go to Sparta Middle School. I have 4 sisters and a Siberian Husky puppy. Unfortunately, I am moving to Saratoga Springs, New York over the summer. I enjoy playing tennis and I like to play the piano. My favorite classes are Ancient Civilizations and S.T.E.P. My favorite color is red and my favorite animal is the tiger. I was born in Africa, but I moved to the United States just a few months after I was born. I also enjoy traveling. So far my favorite place that I have traveled to is China. There, I visited the Terra Cotta Soldiers and War Horses, the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall of China. I hope you enjoy my web page!

__Poverty in the United States__

You don't have to be in a third world country to see and experience poverty. In fact, poverty can be found here in the U.S.A. The United States poverty rate in 2003 was said to be 12.3% by the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau is a government organization that makes estimates about the different types of rates in the United States. You may be surprised to know that the U.S.A. ranked in the top 4 for countries with the highest rate of child poverty. Unfortunately, 1 in 6 children in the United States lives in poverty.

The government is making an effort to help this problem by increasing the minimum wage amount by 70 cents. This is the first minimum wage raise since 1997. By 2009, the government is hoping to have the minimum wage amount at $7.25. __Bimini Road__

In 1968, a strange rock formation was found near North Bimini Island in the Bahamas. The rock formation looks like a man-made brick wall. Some say this odd wall was naturally created, but others believe it is a wall separating the lost city of Atlantis from our world. This wall soon became known as Bimini Road.

The idea of Bimini Road being a wall which Atlantis lies behind was first said by Plato. Another idea of Bimini Road is that it was a drydock used between 1421 and 1423 by a Chinese Imperial fleet. What makes this unsolved mystery even more odd is the prediction that Edgar Cayce made in 1938 (30 years before Bimini Road was found) about Atlantis.He said, "A portion of the temples may yet be discovered under the slime of ages and sea water near Bimini. Expect it in '68 or '69...not so far away."

To make this mystery even more baffling, Dr. Greg Little discovered a whole other layer of rocks similar to the formation of Bimini Road. Because nobody knows how Bimini Road formed and what is underneath Bimini Road, it remains an unsolved mystery.



jordanh1996: I really like your unsolved mystery, very interesting! I also like that you put a picture. I really want to research this a little bit more now. Nice job! =]

sushimi- i've heard about it! shocker, I know. Very interesting topic. are there any other theories about what it is? are people saying its aliens trying to contact us? because in most major mysteries aliens seem to get involved!

shirleyw: that is really freaky, but i like it. Its interesting.

cdegasperis: so cool. i think you should put sum technology like maybe a slideshow or even a voki or gizmo.

stephanie81-I like your page a lot. The only thing I have to say is to use some color, but otherwise, your page is really good.

__Minnesota Tornado__

You all probably know what a tornado is. A tornado is a "violent weather phenomenon in which a rotating column of air forms into a funnel cloud, often reaching the ground, causing severe damage."

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