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Jacot de Boinod, Adam.
The meaning of tingo and other extraordinary words from
around theworld / Adam ... word. In the Gilbert Islands of the Pacific,
arou pairi describes the process of rubbing noses in greeting. For
the Japanese, bowing is an important part of the process and a sign
16 The Meaning ... Philippines) to bare the fangs like a dog
laglerolarpok (Inuit) the gnashing of teeth
kashr (Persian) displaying the teeth in laughter
zhaghzhagh (Persian) the chattering of the teeth from the cold
or...
... to the scien-
tic and learned societies, and he never was known to take
part in the sage deliberations of the Royal Institution or the
London Institution, the Artisan’s Association, or the ... any of the Inns of Court, either at the
Temple, or Lincoln’s Inn, or Gray’s Inn; nor had his voice
ever resounded in the Court of Chancery, or in the Exche-
quer, or the Queen’s Bench, or the ... Englishmen on their travels, and the
hospitable eorts of the purser, the time passed quickly on
the Mongolia. e best of fare was spread upon the cabin
tables at breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the eight...
... Report
Conficker Worm Infects Millions AroundtheWorld
April 14, 2009
Introduction
The major news of the first quarter
was the rapid propagation of the
Conficker worm. Research indicates ... of the worm have infected approximately 15 million
computers aroundtheworld and its ultimate purpose has been unclear. The
worm lay dormant for weeks, awaiting further instructions from the ... throughout the quarter; because the
Conficker botnet had not yet been activated by the end of the first quarter, it is not
reflected in this graph.
Zombie Hot Spots
Absent last quarter,...
... volume of the
top part (the small cone) divided by the volume of the bottom part (the frustrum) equals k and
painted area of the top part divided by the painted are of the bottom part also equals ... ☺ The best problems from aroundtheworld Cao Minh Quan
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15. Two circles touch the x-axis and the line y = mx (m > 0). They meet at (9,6) and another
point and the product of their ... APQ.
15. There are cards labeled from 1 to 2000. The cards are shuffled and placed in a pile. The
top card is placed on the table, then the next card at the bottom of the pile. Then the next...
...
hotspot provider The Cloud. We discuss these and other service innovations that form a part of the
fixed-mobile convergence pattern in Parts 4 and 5. For now, we simply note that the European
experience ... and centers aroundthe world. I am deeply indebted to the many and diverse contributions
that each and every one of them made.
The project would not have been possible without the tremendous ... like
the U.S.; (2) The OECD data represent what companies tell their regulators, and what these regulators in
turn tell the OECD; the concern is that companies sometimes misreport to their...
...
diarrheal deaths in the two regions of the
world where they are most concentrated
— the northern states of India and Nigeria.
In Phase 2 this approach will be extended
to the other high child ... loyalty.
They are also often owned by women.
New Public-Private Partnerships
The Alliance is working in partnership
with the H5 agencies (UNFPA, UNAIDS,
UNICEF, WHO, and theWorld Bank),
and the ... with UNAIDS, PEPFAR, the
countries suering the greatest burden
and other partners, virtually eliminate
the transmission of HIV from mother-to-
child by 2015 worldwide. The Business
Leadership...
... associated
with participation in the SUUBI program. The orphans with a matched savings account had
more than twice the odds of rating their health as good or excellent than their counterparts
without ... biological father present in the household than did youths in the control group (Curley,
Ssewamala & Han, 2009; Ssewamala, Han, & Neilands, 2009).
11. Participants’ caregivers are the mother ... During the first year of the program, 2,743 parents and sponsors signed up. As of
December 2009, there were 6,929 Fundisa account owners. At the end of October 2009, the
total volume of the program...
... any point P in the interior of the triangle P QR, there exists
a tetrahedron ABCD such that P is the point of the face ABC at
the greatest distance (measured along the surface of the tetrahedron)
from ... |a
i
n
|. Note that either all of the terms are
positive, or they alternate in sign; in the latter case, the terms of
either sign form a geometric progression by themselves.
There cannot be three ... 1)
and the edges are parallel to the coordinate axes. If r is the radius
of the sphere, then (r, r, r) is its center, and (r, 1, 1) is the point of
tangency of one of the edges at B. Therefore...
... the parallelogram. It intersects the line AC in two
points; let the point farther from C be P
2
. then the locus is the
intersection of the segments AP
1
and CP
2
.
We begin by proving that the ... F is also on the axis since it is an intersection
point of the circles, so the line F GE is the radical axis, which is
perpendicular to the line O
1
O
2
connecting the centers of the circles.
8. ... parallelo-
gram. So the midpoints of the diagonals of AGBF coincide, i.e.
M is the midpoint of GF. Analogously (using the parallelogram
CHDF ) we can show that N is the midpoint of HF . But then
MN is the image...
... Ramsey’s Theorem, either three of them
(call them X, Y, Z) are all adjacent or all not adjacent. But then in
the group {V, X, Y, Z}, none of the players draws exactly once with
the other players, a ... whenever there is a 0 in the binary
representation of n − k, there is a 1 in the corresponding digit of k.
Then the corresponding
(n−k)
i
k
i
equals 0, and by Lucas’s Theorem
n−k
k
is even.
Therefore, ... triangle T
2
, and the
lengths of two sides and the angle between them of T
1
are proportional
to the lengths of two sides and the angle between them of T
2
(but not
necessarily the corresponding...
... given
operations preserve the product of the values of the balls in the box.
This product is initially i
2000
= 1. If three balls were left in the box,
none of them green, then the product of their values ... green,
proving the claim in part (a). Furthermore, because no ball has value
1, the box must contain at least two balls at any time. Therefore, the
answer to the question in part (b) is “no.”
(To prove the ... another eight are of the same type. Consider
the set A of these 24 answer sheets. Given any two answer sheets in
A, two of them must be of the same type, that is, their solutions for
the last 4 problems...
... the keynote speaker. The objectives identified at the retreat,
along with the strategies for achieving them, formed the basis for the community action plan
to overcome key systems barriers. The ... gratitude to the mothers and fam-
ily members in the community who invited members of the project team and the learning
collaborative into their homes to complete the in-depth family interviews. Their ... educating them about the range of
resources available in the community. The community paraprofessionals are most successful
when they reflect the demographics of the population served. One of the programs...
... the
demons of their region.
As in many parts of the world, these women don’t move
through life on equal footing with men. The more they are able to
overcome this inequity, the stronger their self-esteem ... harvest, the group may notice that peanuts are plentiful
and cheap, so they might pool their money to buy them. Then
throughout the year, they have peanuts to eat or sell at a higher
price, or they ... to their own
children, as well as the other children of the village.
That is why, at the end of their initial training period, the
group celebrates with a graduation ceremony that brings the...