Who should be tested for thyroid?

Some individuals are more likely than others to have thyroid problem. These include
Women above 40 years of age,
Women who have recently given birth,
Those having high cholesterol,
Those who have lost or gained 2 kilos in 2-3 months,
Those who feel exhausted and fatigued,
Those with abnormalities in menstrual history,
Those suffering from infertility,
Those with a family history of thyroid disease.

The Birth of the Burger

The name hamburger is nothing to do with ham, but comes from the German city of Hamburg. A burger was originally called a Hamburg steak. In 1889, the word hamburger first appeared in a restaurant review in the US newspaper Walla Walla union. It was in a phase that was itself a mouthful: “You are asked if you will have pork chop beef steak ham and egg hamburger steak Oliver and bacon.”
Hamburger really tastes much better than any other. It really keeps us out of hungry. It has lot of fresh vegetables and looks cool and healthy for us.

Invention of Roman Numerals

Roman numbers are made up from seven letters (I, V, X, L, C, M and D). A small numeral in front of a larger one is subtracted from it, so 90 is written as X (10) and subtracted from C (100) – XC. A small number after a larger one is usually added to it- for example, XI (11).
Roman numerals are still in use today, you can find them in the introduction pages of books (I, II, III, IV, etc), on traditional clock and watch faces, in film and TV credits (2007 will appear as MMVII), in serial film titles (Such as Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the sith). They are also used in the names of sporting events – the Beijing 2008 Olympics will be XXIX (29th) Games and the 2007 American Football Super Bowl will be the XLI (41st) final.

Cables under the Sea

Telegraph cables came into use in the 1840s. Soon after that attempts were made by experts to lay telegraph cables across the rivers and between islands and main lands. Most didn’t work.
In 1850 the first cable was laid across the English Channel. The cable had to be strong enough to resist attack by salt water, ocean currents and water pressure, so had a thick, water-resistant cover made of steel. Inside were copper wires that carried the power and signal.
Technical improvements and the demand for faster communication encouraged companies to try laying cables over even greater distances. Several attempts to lay cables across the Atlantic failed when the cables snapped, but one was completed in 1858.
To mark the occasion, Queen Victoria sent a telegraph to President Buchanan in the USA. It took almost 18 hours to transmit her 99-word message! Attempts were made to increase the pace by raising the voltage, but this quickly burned out the cable.
In 1865 the world’s largest ship at that time, the Great eastern, laid the first countries cable across the Atlantic. It was the only ship of that time to carry a cable long enough.

Constellations

Groups of star form patterns in the night sky, which are called constellations. There are 88 well known constellations. The Sumerians, a Middle Eastern civilization, probably named them about 5,000 years ago. They called them after the shapes, objects or animals that they thought they looked like, or after mythological characters.
The largest is Hydra, the sea serpent, and the smallest is Crux Australis, the Southern Cross. Centaurus, the Centaur, has the most stars that can be seen with naked eye (a total of 94). Others include Aquila, the Eagle; Draco, the Dragon; Canis Major, the great Dog; and Orion, the Hunter.