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Previous President of the United States committed an error of the 10

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:48:05 GMT

On February 20 this year, the United States is anational holiday "Presidents Day", which was originally a holiday to commemorate the history of the United States the greatest president - George Washington, Abraham Lincoln was also the president;'s birthday they are 2 , Who as a critical moment in American history of outstanding leaders, sub -

Do not for the United States because of the contribution made by Yu - Washington to help bring about the establishment of the United States of America, Lincoln was so young to avoid splitting the United States - have been for generations of Americans admire. The Associated Press in this year's "presidential" on the eve of a news report said historian at the University of Louisville centerorganization known as a "presidential moment" of the seminar, selected a former U.S. President of the 10 errors committed, were:
1, the 15th president, James Buchanan failed to take adequate measures to prevent the United States Civil War.
2, the 17th president Andrew Johnson after the Civil War to the side with Southern whites and oppose outside the abolition of slavery in addition to further improving the status of blacks in the South.
3, the 36th president, Lyndon Johnson's error led to the escalation of the Vietnam War.

4, after the First World War, when the 28th president, Woodrow Wilson refused to "the Treaty of Versailles," to make a compromise on the issue.
5, the 37th president Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate scandal.

6, No. 4 James Madison President of the United States failed to prevent war with Britain in 1812.

7, No. 3 Thomas Jefferson president in 1807 signed by the "embargo bill," the bill to prohibit the United States and Europe during the Napoleonic Wars to conduct trade.

8, the 35th president John F. Kennedy off the Bay of Pigs incident almost caused the United States and the former Soviet Union, the two superpowers at that time Caqiang

Fire and led to the Cuban missile crisis.
9, the 40th president, Ronald Reagan triggered by the "Iran-Contra" incident, when the U.S. government to sell arms to Iran, the funds will be used to support the Nicaraguan rebels.
10, the 42nd president Bill Clinton's sex scandal.

As director of the Center for, political scientist Gary Gregg said: "By studying the U.S. presidents in office during the mistakes rather than their achievements, we may learn more and learn some important Lessons. "Considered a number of successive leaders of the major mistakes of civilization and a symbol of a mature political system, which also was given the responsibility of historians, as well as the quality of the people with mental, spiritual, moral standards as well as the embodiment of. President of the United States is, no man is perfect bound to make mistakes, the national interests above everything else and for the well-being of the people to work under the premise of how to avoid serious mistakes and avoid making mistakes, it should matter how high the president would like to carefully consider the needs of the line . U.S. academics, community since the 1940s for a number of occasions since the former President of the performance, capacity and the impact of the "meeting place" that the discharge was "the wrong list," provincial police should have more significance.

President of the 10 listed in error, with the exception of Clinton and the White House intern sex scandal is a "life" issues, the rest belong to political or national security or even the rise and fall of a major. It can be said that this list is quite serious, in fact, also in the past for the previous president, "the second" or the results of opinion polls have varying degrees of agreement. For example, Buchanan is the minds of Americans, "the worst", one of President Andrew Johnson was the first encounter of the presidential impeachment.

However, the presidents of the 10 control error, it is also easy on the President's assessment of the performance, and the incumbent president and his team also need to think of presidents.

Ten well-known "strange islands"

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 06:32:58 GMT

NO.1 Death Island

In the east coast of Canada, a barren island called the World i. cent. On the island, not the growth of grass, birds do not rest, no animals and plants, bare, only the extremely hard green stone. It is strange that when approaching the sea near the island, the ship's compass will be out of a sudden, the whole boat is like being a small island like Zhuoliao Mo attract in the past, so that the sinking of the vessel ran aground, as if there is manipulation in the death. Many of the navigator, "the island look daunting," called "Death Island."
NO.2 rotation Island

It is said that there is a Greek cargo ship during a voyage on the way, pick up or discharge was found 1,000 meters far from the sea, there is a constant rotation of the monster. At first, they thought it was a case of Super Marine Animal, the captain and crew are scared to do anything. Later, approaching the look of it, turned out to be a small island. It is estimated that the island rotation speed of the fastest time per minute to a week, the slowest time of 12 minutes to circle. The ocean in one of the island, why spin? A number of researchers to study many times, but now, has not yet reached a satisfactory outcome.

NO.3 hours to be able to co-island

In the vast Pacific Ocean, there is a very strange island. Sometimes separated into two small islands on its own island, in some cases will be automatic synthesis of a small island. Separate and fold the time the law has not, at least 1-2 days to as many as 3-4 days. Separately, the two parts of about 4 meters away, when the merger as a whole.

NO.3 hours to be able to co-island

In the vast Pacific Ocean, there is a very strange island. Sometimes separated into two small islands on its own island, in some cases will be automatic synthesis of a small island. Separate and fold the time the law has not, at least 1-2 days to as many as 3-4 days. Separately, the two parts of about 4 meters away, when the merger as a whole.

NO.3 hours to be able to co-island

In the vast Pacific Ocean, there is a very strange island. Sometimes separated into two small islands on its own island, in some cases will be automatic synthesis of a small island. Separate and fold the time the law has not, at least 1-2 days to as many as 3-4 days. Separately, the two parts of about 4 meters away, when the merger as a whole.

NO.4 the island will be crying

In the Pacific, but a radius of several kilometers ofdesert islands, both day and night, will issue a weeping voice, it sounds like everyone Haotao sometimes, and sometimes birds and animals like lament, really miserable. Passing ships passing through here, all wonder, fear, sadness and even tears. Why Is the island crying day and night, so far no one can explain.

NO.5 "travel" Island

In the south-east of Atlantic Canada, called the Sable Island. The island is very strange, mobile location, and move very quickly, as if walking in the legs. Whenever the wind is strong and the sea surface, it was blowing like a sailboat from the same place, on the sea for a period of "travel." The island is 40 km from east to west, north-south 1.6 kilometers wide, covering an area of 80 square kilometers, was crescent. Blow As the sea breeze day and night, nearly 200 years ago, a small island east have been "travel" by 20 km, an average of 100 meters mobile. Sable Island is the world's most dangerous, "sunken island", where the ship sank, has reached more than 500 vessels, those who were killed more than 5,000 dollars. As a result, with the sea, people call the "graveyard of the Atlantic" and "destroy the ship's butcher's knife," "The specter of a ghost island".

In the Antarctic waters in the Southern Hemisphere, there would be a "travel" the Island, called Bouvet Island. Without the impact of the storm, it will automatically run. In 1793, French explorers first discovered the Bouvet Island, and determination of its exact location. Who knows, after more than 100 years, when the Norwegian team on the island, the area of 58 square kilometers of the island, even the location of the westward shift of 2.5 km, what forces it to "home" travel is still a Mystery.

NO.6 Ghost Island

July 10, 1831, in the South Pacific Kingdom of Tonga in the western sea, because of the sudden outbreak of the volcano emitted a small island, with the continuous volcanic eruption, which gradually formed a more than 60 meters high, nearly 5 km radius of the island . However, when people are still talking about it and plan to have it disappear like a ghost, like in the sea. Several years later, when people have already forgotten it, it was like the specter of the same from the open sea out. According to historical data set, in 1890, 49 meters above the sea, in 1898 when it sank in 7 meters underwater. In December 1967, it once again the sea surface can be reached in 1968, it disappeared without a trace. In this way, the island many times, many times disappear volatility. In June 1979, the island by sea from the long out. As far as scientists forecast, if not volcanic eruption in the future, it is still possible on the island sank, disappeared. As the island like a ghost at sea when they are hidden, so it was known as the "Ghost Island."
NO.7 dust build-up of the island

20 million in the island, mainly due to the accumulation of dust into the central Pacific island is the island of Hawaii. The reasoning put forward by the University of Maryland, led by Dr. William Zoller some of the scientists, they adopted the island of Hawaii on the analysis of the soil and meteorological research, issued a surprising argument, most of the island of Hawaii by the wind China The dust formed. The Dr. explained that in China, the annual frequency of sandstorms in the spring is the season, a lot of dust being expelled from Chinese desert, which in the air to form hundreds of miles wide Nongyun, this was a huge cloud of strong wind across the North Pacific arrived in the Gulf of Alaska, then moved south and finally landed in the vicinity of Hawaii, year after year to form the island.
NO.8 natural beauty Island

In southern Italy have a Baerkaluo Island, a long time ago, the island due to volcanic eruptions, lava flowed down the mountain to form mud, the plot more than a dozen in the pool house. These white mud and moisture to the skin so that it Nenhua white, but also the treatment of women with low back pain and weight loss, won the island's natural beauty, said.

Baerkaluo due to the beauty of the island, so, at home and abroad to attract thousands of tourists beauty. Every summer, more than a dozen mud pond on the island, packed with people all over the world, countless men and women, old and young, to roll in the mud, Paqu, to him, his face Tumo to make their own The skin is more white and more delicate.

NO.9 Penguin Island

From the Malvinas Islands near Antarctica, as the dispute between Britain and Argentina is famous Universal. Many people may not know that the island is a paradise for penguins, the largest had been inhabited by millions of penguins. The world's 17 different species of penguins, the island's habitat will have 5.

NO.10 Turtle Island

South America in the western Pacific Ocean Jialapage Island, in Spanish, "Turtle Island". In the past, almost everywhere on the island of sea turtles and tortoises, the 400-500 kg weight can be carried two people to walk. It was only after much of the killing, is now running out.

Strange examination of the world

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:47:25 GMT

Japanese monster knowledge to do the examination candidates will receive the title of Doctor

Japan will be held throughout the city on October 26, 2008 held its third "monster throughout Hong Kong identification test", "monster knowledge test to identify the" divided into "primary" and a high degree of difficulty understanding the "middle" of the two departments. All subject to 50, out of 100 points. If the score in 70 minutes or more were available, "Dr. primary monster," "Dr. monster Intermediate People with Disabilities". Taiwan's Chinese Culture University instructor Qin Yu Hua school year on military training courses in the traditional way not to midterm exams, but students in the online game "StarCraft", the people of God in the earth, the three ethnic groups in special alternative, in the qualifying tournament in order to Seven ethnic group against the enemy siege of the pre-test situation, Cheng Guo did not die 10 minutes, nine will be able to take great. "But the test can be repeated before the final make-up to the boundary.

Dutch immigration test new tactics to see the film, Comrade

The world's first country to legalize gay achieve - Netherlands examination of the immigration policy of bold restructuring, which is one of those players to the naturalization exam includes two men and Rewen the documentary, Netherlands, which are identified as cultural diversity The symbol of symbols, if the candidates have even disgusted with discrimination, the Netherlands natural refused to outside the country.
Taiwan alternative test to reproduce the history of Egypt at the end of civilization

Tainan County Wen-agro-industrial complex of the Department of Sociology-year high school final exams Jiaban the subject - "Egyptian archeology," general mobilization in order to archeology class action to reproduce ancient Egyptian civilization Theater, the replacement of traditional written, so vivid and interesting history lesson.
Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet: When the nuns to test

Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet have a special group of people - nuns, Tibetan Buddhism to be a nun have to pass the exam. The major monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism in order to control, control, management and the Buddhist monks and nuns set up a system Rudian instrument. A Qiongnan nuns were in the temple, Rusi ordained the first nuns to go through, "Shi Yi Zhi" word for word, hands-on teaching of the sect are taught to attend a variety of justifications for teaching, in particular to master, familiar with the "day-to-day Ke Song" The basic content through the trial after the examination, in order to attract qualified for the Church or the Buddhist temple official, and are eligible to participate in the temple held a variety of funeral rituals.
Taiwan's Chinese Culture University examination of military training: The Art of War Games in test

Taiwan's Chinese Culture University instructor Qin Yu Hua school year on military training courses in the traditional way not to midterm exams, but students in the online game "StarCraft", the people of God in the earth, the three ethnic groups in special alternative, in the qualifying tournament in order to Seven ethnic group against the enemy siege of the pre-test situation, Cheng Guo did not die 10 minutes, nine will be able to take great. "But the test can be repeated before the final make-up to the boundary.

U.S. research also Maiqiang

In the United States, the same person can buy numerous guns branch; pistols per month purchase limit of a year up to 12. However, each gun purchase must be adopted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation background investigation, the main Maiqiang to see whether there were previous criminal record, the general investigating more than 10 days must wait for the outcome. Through a background investigation, customers had to purchase guns prior to the adoption of an examination to obtain "certification Maiqiang." "Maiqiang card" is the full name of the "basic firearms safety certificate." Gun shop can also review information on the purchase price is very low. Buy guns there are 30 general exam questions, and up to 7 questions wrong, or pass the examination, naturally can not buy a gun. Although "Maiqiang evidence" of the examination is free of charge, but after the examination had to pay 21.65 U.S. dollars on in order to obtain the "basic firearms safety certificate."
Japan's "Star tour" test

Spread all over the endless night sky full of mystery, to attract people to observe and explore. But people generally can only find its own sky observation, the lack of professional guidance. At present, Japan has been the birth of a new business, "Star tour." After their professional training astronomical knowledge, after passing the examination certificates.
Japan maid to do the examination

1st test maid, the maid of Japan Association of experts spent about 2 hours as a maid on the right to receive visitors etiquette and history, as well as "the spirit of the" knowledge, then the degree of knowledge and understanding The question was about 1 hour written examination. Participate in the examination, from the 16-year-old high school student to have a Mature 38-year-old, there were wide age group of about 60 women to work in the tea house maid and the maid staff of volunteers serving as the center. Hair wearing a hoop, wearing a white apron of the maid service to participate in the examination of the women gone.
Santa Claus Korea test

South Korea Everland (Everland amusement park) staff dressed in Santa Claus coat, Santa Claus is participating in the qualifying examination. Everland located in the South Korean capital of Seoul, 50 kilometers Yongin, said about 30 staff members took part in the examination.
Britain to test Dangbao Mu

In the United Kingdom, intends to engage in any professional nanny people have to receive formal education and vocational qualifications. In many parts of Britain have a college education for 2-year child-care professionals as well as specialized nurse training schools, particularly in the areas of Bainianlaoxiao Nolan reputation of the College of the loudest. To get to school diploma, students must accept the 2-year full-time study, the course of 60% for the theoretical study, including 0-8 years old children's basic care, health care, early intellectual development of children At different stages of the development of research and evaluation. Another 40 percent is to go to the hospital's maternity wards, kindergartens, and other training institutions, students must receive 800 hours of work experience. The school's diploma is recognized throughout the world, but the charges as high as more than 4000 pounds.
Paris "subway musician" test

On April 3 in the afternoon, in Paris subway station Auber held in 2008 Paris subway musicians performing activities, to participate in all the usual singing in the subway there, the judges are scoring at the scene. Subway in Paris singing show is to go through specialized agencies through the certification examination can be performed after.

Eight of the most foreign "dirty" way to travel

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:33:35 GMT

1. New Zealand mud bath

Many people believe that themud has the function of beauty, beauty some people do use the mud mask. However, why not come to a complete body of the mud "Mask"?

In New Zealand the way Tuo Elu, a "Hell's Gate", where visitors can enjoy a special hot spring bath - mud bath. There is a quagmire, visitors can immerse their entire body, the "purification" had all kinds of mineral-rich mud or painted with the body afloat. This not only mud-bath treatment of rheumatism and skin diseases can be, there is a very good cosmetic results.

2. Mud festival South Korea

If you think not enough to stimulate the hot mud, then in July when a trip to South Korea Ning security in the city of big Hapcheon Beach Bar, where the festival mud, but you can have enough "mud addiction"! Here, people do not care about the health effects of the mud, but the fun of playing in the mud, so it is fun to attract tourists from all over the world. During the festival, visitors will see tens of thousands of mud, was also able to watch the mud wrestling match, the human pyramid and "mud fireworks show" fun holiday items.

3. Marsh walk Estonia

In fact, this project is to travel a few hours, struggling through a swamp. In the distance, visitors can enjoy and experience the life of wild animals, especially birds, wild life. This is comparable to a simple mud painted them more interesting.

Soomma Estonia's national parks for tourism projects that provide the best venue. Walking, with the visitors with the best tour guides. Also in the running at the end of the day, the farmhouse in the woods for visitors to rest the place.
4. Diving swamp Wales

Marsh walk more than dirty swamp is diving. In Wales, this event is almost as popular rugby. Especially in the small town in the town of Wells (Britain's smallest town), the annual "World Championship diving swamp" is to increase its visibility. Jiaochuan players webbed feet, with breathing tube in a swamp groove on the middle reaches of a back and forth, who spent the shortest time, Take the title.

5. WWOOFing

WWOOF is the full name of the Willing Workers on Organic Farms, to say that the voluntary nature to experience farm life of people. The tourism project is voluntary to participate in farm labor, in exchange for farm tourist accommodation and the provision of free food. Specific work, including picking fruit and laying on the ground, the types of crops, horticulture, such as sand and fertilizer. During the work, visitors can experience new things and save the travel expenses. Of course, after the hand will be dirty work. But the dirty instead promote its promotion, the current tourism projects has been extended to the world.

6. Travel Community

"Responsibility for travel" and "Earth monitored" for volunteers to provide this kind of travel. Volunteers can take part in the two companies provide a variety of volunteer projects, in order to help other people at the same time enjoy the exotic look. Volunteers, many different types of projects, some local people to help feeding the animals, such as China to help the staff care for the pandas; like to participate in some of the earthquake, tsunami and hurricane disasters, such as post-disaster reconstruction; to participate in some of the archaeological excavations; As well as to help Africa's rural development.

7. Bao dug up Australia

In Australia, South Australia has a small town called Coober Pedy, claiming to be the world's opal capital. Gem mining in the past the people here has left a host of land mines, which reportedly left a lot of cat's eye stone fragments. And here is aimed at tourists in these mounds found in a number of small pieces of opal. Some people have had to find a value of 250 U.S. dollars of precious stones block, but most not so lucky. Finally, they can only be made is that all soil, failed to dirty

8. Dirt road motorcycle riding Cambodia

The best way is not riding a motorcycle on the road, but full of mud on the road. That the best way to travel around Cambodia, on the road to go through the muddy rivers, mud and so on, will travel very stimulating. Motorcycle in the mud on the road Mercedes-Benz, and then crossed the mire, and then cross the river, the driver who was on an inevitable mud. Rain on the way and then the next point, the driver is even more dirty, but the road has become even more stimulated