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BEST MATERIAL<br />
POSSESSION<br />
Ferdinand Raul Paredes, ITQAN<br />
My watch which was gifted by my parents for my graduation.<br />
Abdulghafor Al Saeed, ITQAN<br />
I-phone<br />
Vishal Sood, ITQAN<br />
My mobile – Sony Xperia (Android Applications<br />
The most cherished material purchased is Belkin Gigabit<br />
Power Line HD Starter Kit for Hassel free network with data<br />
traversing over the existing power at home/work.<br />
-Kishore Krishnamoorthy, ITQAN<br />
WHAT’S IN A WORD?<br />
Give me a break/give him a break - make allowance,<br />
tolerate, overlook a mistake - 'Give me/him a break' is an<br />
interesting expression, since it combines the sense of two<br />
specific figurative meanings of the word break - first the<br />
sense of respite and relaxation, and second the sense of luck<br />
or advantage.<br />
Pass the buck/passing the buck - delegate or avoid<br />
responsibility by passing a problem or blame to another<br />
person.<br />
Checkmate - the final winning move in a game of chess<br />
when the king is beaten, also meaning any winning move<br />
against an opponent<br />
Eat humble pie - acknowledge one's own mistake or adopt<br />
a subordinate position, particularly giving rise to personal<br />
discomfort<br />
Whatever floats your boat - if it makes you happy/it's your<br />
decision/it's your choice.<br />
-Contributed by Abie Blazado, <strong>AE</strong><br />
BELIEVE IT OR NOT –<br />
RANDOM FACTS<br />
Pain travels faster than 3000 feet per second<br />
About 10,000,000 people have the same birthday as you<br />
The Coca-Cola company is the biggest consumer of sugar in<br />
the world<br />
Yahoo the complex internet organization has complicated<br />
name, "Yahoo" is shortcut for "Yet Another Hierarchical<br />
Officious Oracle". It was coined by PhD candidates at Stanford<br />
University: David Filo and Jerry Yang.<br />
Hyperpolysyllabicomania is a fondness for big words.<br />
The life of an eyelash is about 6 weeks.<br />
A cubic mile of ordinary fog contains less than a gallon of<br />
water.<br />
A Boeing 767 airliner contains 3,100,000 parts.<br />
Over a 12 day period your body generates a whole new set of<br />
taste buds. (This process continues until you are in your 70's.)<br />
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball<br />
The name of Canada is believed to come from the Iroquois<br />
Indian word "Kanata", meaning "village" or "community". The<br />
word Canada was first used in a 1534 text written by Jacques<br />
Cartier describing the Indian village of Stadacona.<br />
-Compiled from Internet by Magazine Committee<br />
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