Friday, March 2, 2012
10 interesting facts about the white house you probably don't know
1.The White House has 132 rooms, including 16
family-guest rooms, 1 main kitchen, 1 diet kitchen, 1 family kitchen, and 35
bathrooms.
2.The white
house receives 65000 letters per week. Only 10 of them are read by the
president himself.
3.British
troops burned the white house in the war of 1812.
4.The white
house has two identical twins in France and Ireland.
5.The white
house has an indoor swimming pool. The swimming pool is covered by a press room
over it. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the swimming pool.
6.When built,
White house was the largest home in America.
7.The white
house has been called in many different names, such as president’s castle,
president’s palace, president’s house and executive
mansion. The name white house became official
in 1901.
8.The white house was not always white. At
first it was made of gray colored lime stone. It was painted white after the British
torched it.
9.The white house has five full time chefs who
are able to serve to as many as 140 guests!
10.The white
house has many recreational facilities for its residents which include a tennis
court, a jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, billiard room, and a
bowling lane.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Six very common Circumcision Myths and Facts
Myth 1. Doctors and medical science recommends Circumcision.
Fact: No doctor or medical science approves Circumcision.As a matter of fact no medical evidence has been found so far that suggests Circumcision to be useful.
Myth 2. Local anesthesia makes the Circumcision process painless.
Fact: Injecting local anesthesia in the genital area of the baby is just as painful as it sounds.Moreover the anesthesia wears off soon making things unbearable for the infant.
Myth 3.Circumcision protects males from urinary infections.
Fact:: Tests suggest Male babies whether Circumcised or not are prone to infection in the same rate as the female babies.Circumcision has nothing to do with protecting males from infections!
Myth 4:Circumcision is a quick procedure almost painless.
Fact: Circumcision involves tearing off a foreskin which is joined to the head of the genital organ just like our nails are to our fingers.The process is extremely painful to the infants although they don't remember this when they grow up.
Myth 5: Circumcision makes the genital organ more clean and hygienic.
Fact:This is probably the most widespread notion among people for ages.Circumcision removes the protective skin of the head of the genital organ resulting in an exposure of desensitized part of the organ which just does the opposite of hygiene.
Myth 6: Circumcision prevents AIDS and other STDs.
Fact: This is partially true.Tests suggest Circumcision can have some sort of effect in protecting males from various STDs but the effect is rather small.A controlled and disciplined life has greater chance of making you safer.
Reference:
1. American Academy of Pediatrics, Circumcision Policy Statement - March 1, 1999
Fact: No doctor or medical science approves Circumcision.As a matter of fact no medical evidence has been found so far that suggests Circumcision to be useful.
Myth 2. Local anesthesia makes the Circumcision process painless.
Fact: Injecting local anesthesia in the genital area of the baby is just as painful as it sounds.Moreover the anesthesia wears off soon making things unbearable for the infant.
Myth 3.Circumcision protects males from urinary infections.
Fact:: Tests suggest Male babies whether Circumcised or not are prone to infection in the same rate as the female babies.Circumcision has nothing to do with protecting males from infections!
Myth 4:Circumcision is a quick procedure almost painless.
Fact: Circumcision involves tearing off a foreskin which is joined to the head of the genital organ just like our nails are to our fingers.The process is extremely painful to the infants although they don't remember this when they grow up.
Myth 5: Circumcision makes the genital organ more clean and hygienic.
Fact:This is probably the most widespread notion among people for ages.Circumcision removes the protective skin of the head of the genital organ resulting in an exposure of desensitized part of the organ which just does the opposite of hygiene.
Myth 6: Circumcision prevents AIDS and other STDs.
Fact: This is partially true.Tests suggest Circumcision can have some sort of effect in protecting males from various STDs but the effect is rather small.A controlled and disciplined life has greater chance of making you safer.
Reference:
1. American Academy of Pediatrics, Circumcision Policy Statement - March 1, 1999
2. American
Medical Association, Report 10 of the Council on Scientific Affairs
(I-99), July 6, 2000
3. American
Academy of Family Physicians, Position Paper on Neonatal Circumcision,
February 14, 2002
4. Cold CJ,
Taylor J. The prepuce. BJU Int 1999; 83:34-44
5. American
Academy of Pediatrics pamphlet. Newborns: Care of the Uncircumcised Penis
– Guidelines for Parents. 1990
6. CIRP: Normal
development of the prepuce: Birth through age 18
10 Things you didn't know about Barack obama
1.Barack
obama has a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali in his
possession.
2.He
once lived in Indonesia for 4 years and at that time he ate dog
meat,snake meat and grasshopper.
3.Barack
obama is a smoker.He promised Michelle his wife that he would quit smoking
before running for president.He didn't keep his promise. He still does.
4.On the
other hand obama doesn't drink coffee and very rarely have alcohols.
5.In his
teenage years Barack Obama took drugs including marijuana and cocaine.
6.Barack
Obama uses a blackberry to keep in touch with his family and friends.How ever
when conducting communications needing special security he uses any of the
two Windows CE smartphones: the Sectera Edge or the L3 Guardian.These phones
are result of $18 million, NSA-sponsored program to develop a top secret
smart phones specially for the president of the US.
7. He uses an Apple Mac laptop.
8. Barack Obama is a fan of basketball.He plans to install a basketball court in the
White House premises.
9. Obama reads
Harry Potter to his oldest daughter
Malia every night when he gets home.
10. Contrary to popular belief Barack
Obama was never a Muslim.Obama is a
Christian and a former member of the Trinity United Church of Christ.
