were also the players from previous rounds), who were eager to see the four finalists competing. They cheered during the game. And of course, the four finalists tried their best to win the game. It was a really tough game. The winner was Sovann Vatey Sar (11E), second Phallin Tes (11E) and there happened to be two thirds Nalin Chea (10F) and Sochhorda Thorn (11F). The four finalists were looked so happy.

On Friday the 2nd of March, before singing the National Anthem, the f ina l is ts were awarded with certificates of a c h i e v e m e n t a n d m o n e y coupons which can be used in IBC.

!Sovann Vatey Sar (11E) was awarded with $25 coupon money!Phallin Tes (11E) $15 coupon money!Nalin Chea (10F) $10 coupon money!Sochhorda Thorn (11F) $10 coupon money

Also in terms of the best game boards, Vaty Sopha You (11F) and Sovann Vatey Sar (11E) were awarded with gifts.

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How to play Game 24

Game 24 is usually played by four players and there is a referee for the game. There are 36 cards and four cards for each number, from 1 to 9. The object of the game is to make the number 24 from the four numbers on the game board. The players can add, subtract, mult iply and divide. The players must use all

four numbers on the game board, but each number can be used only once. And the players do not have to use al l four operations.

At the beginning of the game, the referee will let each player pick a card. The p layers have 30 seconds after they open the cards. During 30 seconds, if any player finds the solution, he/she must tap his/her hand on the game board. The one who touches the game board first will have the chance to speak out his/her answer. When the player gives the right answer, he/she will get 1 plus point; but if his/her answer is wrong, he/she will either get 1 minus point or a yellow card, according to the rules. After two yellow cards, the player is disqualified and sent out. The game will go on like that until they finish opening the cards two times.

Game 24 Competition In Girls Side:Game 24 Compet i t ion was a r ranged by Ma thema t i cs Department of ZIS. From 9, 10, 11 and 12 grades, students who were interested and volunteer to play the game could join the

competition. They had to register their names to the class monitors of their classes and contribute $1 each. Besides the original game board provided by school, all the students could prepare game boards for the competition and further, game boards were to be chosen as the best game board.The Game 24 Competition in

thgirls side was held on the 24 of February. From 9, 10, 11 and 12 grades, there were 58 partici-pants. Each participant was given a special Game 24 T-shirt. At first, the game was held in canteen and all the competitors played in 16 tables. There were 5 rounds . And the re were 4 students at each table. Each round, two winners from each table were qualified to the next round. The other two competitors we re e l im ina ted . The two winners from one table faced the two winners from the other one. And it continued like that... In the final game, there were four players to play in cinema room. And numbers were reflected on the large screen by the Math Teacher. Mr. Selman Yazýcý was the referee for this final round. The final was very exciting and challenging. There were also some spectators (most of them

NEWSPAPER

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ZAMAN NEWSPAPERZaman, Publisher

Kemal Yavuz, Editor-in Chief Gurkan Cil, Editor at Large

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GENERAL

Mr. Osman Karaca, the school principal, announced all their names one by one to grant their rewards on behalf of all the students. The awards and gifts were presented to the finalists and the two s tuden ts who prepared the best game boards by their homeroom teachers, Mrs. Grace Karaca (homeroom teacher of 11E), Mrs. Kadriye Yildiz (homeroom teacher of 11F) and Ms. Zehra (homeroom teacher of 10F). As the rewards were given, all the students clapped and appreciated them. Everyone was so happy for them.

Game 24 Competition In Boys Side:

The final was very exciting and challenging. There were also some spectators (mostly were also players from previous rounds), who were eager to see the four finalists competing. They clapped their hands as the game went on.. And of course, the four finalists tried their best to win the game. That was a really tough game. The winner was Tinra Neang (12A), there are two

seconds Phaltin Theam(11A) and Bunleng Yos(12A) third Mony Phalla Socheta(11A). The four finalists were so delighted. The finalist were awarded with certificates of achievement.

On Friday the 26th of February, before singing national anthem, the finalists were awarded with money coupons which can be used in IBC.

!Ti n r a N e a n g ( 1 2 A ) w a s awarded with $25 coupon money!Phalt in Theam (11A) $15 coupon money!Bunleng Yos (12A) $15 coupon money!Mony Phalla Socheta(11A) $10 coupon money

And for the best game boards, Chim Chan Daro(11B) and D a r a p e a k T i n ( 11 B ) w e r e awarded with gifts. Mr. Abdil Karakoç, announced all their names one by one to have their rewards in f ron t o f a l l the students. Kimthong Hak who designed the logo of Game 24 was also awarded.

Sports Day Event

ZIS Kindergarten and Primary "Sports Day Event" is going to take stplace on 31 of April. It will take place between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00

a.m. in the school garden. All children will actively participate in the event and all parents are invited. Children will be provided with drinks and snacks and each participant will be given a T-shirt as a gift.

There are ten different challenging competitions and every student will receive a certificate of participation and the winners will receive a certificate of achievement and some surprise gifts.

The purpose of this Sports Day Event is to teach them the impor-tance of acting together in a team/group and sharing the responsibil-ity to make the job easier to be victorious and also to improve their physical fitness and moral values.

Announcements

Zaman Champions League Started

th thTraditional Zaman Champions League has started. From 9 to 12 grades are playing against each other in the league. It is organized by Mr. Abdil Karakoc.

st nd Here are the scores of the 1 and 2 week.

st th1 Week (17 of March, 2007)

10-A - 11-B 5-510-B – 11-A 5-6

ndAnd 2 Week scores are as the following

10-A – 11-A 4-411-B – 10-B 7-1

So far, Tola In has scored 6 goals. Interestingly, this week he was booked.

The matches for the following week will be held as

9-A – 12-B9-B – 12-A

Everybody is excited to see who wins and who loses.

The first three class teams will be awarded by the school administra-tion.

History Quiz

Zaman International School is organizing a history quiz in the honor of Khmer New Year. The quiz will take place at the Intercontinental

stHotel on Saturday, 31 of March 2007 at 2 p.m.

Tell the truth and nothing but the truth

"Liars are not believed even when they tell the truth."

Aesop

“Quote”

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GENERAL

On the 16th of February 2007, our school arranged a competi-tion consisting all the science s u b j e c t s ( m a t h , p h y s i c s , chemistry, biology and com-puter) as well as some general knowledge questions. The questions were gathered by each major teacher. It t o o k p l a c e i n t h e c i n e m a r o o m . A r o u n d 1 0 0 students were present in the compet i t i on . This challeng-ing compet i-t i o n w a s between the 11th grade and 10th grades in the gir ls ' side. T h e r e w e r e 4 groups, from 10E ( C h a n n a r y C h a n Tauch, Sopanha Sarath and Tepy Ratanak Sam), 10F(Nalin Chea, Bolin Nhek and Eng Sok Heng), 11E( Sor Sovan Vatey, Prak Pich Molika a n d Te p C h a n S o l y k a ) , 11F(Lavan Monika, Tep lyheang and Eang Lida).

The competition contained 3 sections; and these sections had 10 questions. All the lessons took part with 5 questions each, which made totally 30 questions.

The compe t i t i on was presented by Mr. Ali O k s u z e r a n d M r. Selman Yazici, both of whom are math teachers.

And the scores were recorded by a jury team; M r s . G r a c e , Mrs. Kadriye, Mrs. Guler and Miss Zehra.

A s s o m e o f t h e questions needed to be solved in a tricky way, the students had d i f f i c u l t y t o f i n d t h e answers in the first section. Once the answer was shown and especially after the announce-ment of the scores, the students cheered and supported their class teams.

As the 2nd and 3rd sections c a m e u p , a l l t h e g r o u p s managed to answer t h e

questions compared to the first section. The scores were quite close. It was so competitive during these sections because it was seen that every student in each group took i t serious about t h e

questions. They had a good cooperation. When all the

competition was over, it was the most exci t ing and nervous

moment for all the students,

teac

hers and p a r t i c i p a n t s

because the final score of each group was going to be an-nounced. And at the end, the winner of the competition came

out to be 11E. They were given

t h e i r

a w a r d s by Mrs. Grace.

Miss Zehra presented the 2nd

awards to 10F, Mrs. Kadriye presented the 3rd awards to 11F then Mrs. Guler presented the 4th awards to 10E. It was a great fun for everybody and they enjoyed a lot.

Apart from this, a similar c o m p e t i t i o n w i t h

different questions was held for the boy s ide on 23rd of February, 2007. The s tuden ts p a r t i c i p a t e d were from 10A (Chakta San, Bodyka Heng a n d

Sophonnaroth T i v ) , 1 0 B

( S e r e y b o t h Savoan, Vathanak

Chhim and Chhanak N a y ) , 11 A ( O u d o m

Hean, Panha Visoth Ung and Mony Sochata Phalla),

11 B ( D a r o C h a n C h h i m , Darapheak Tin and Sopanha Hem).

And the scores were recorded by a jury team; Mr. Mustafa and Mr. Gurkan.

The winner was class 11-A. They were given their awards by Mr. Yafes. Mr Gurkan presented the 2nd awards to 11B, Mr. Mustafa

presented the 3rd awards to 1 0 B t h e n M r . K e m a l

presented the 4th awards to 10A.

The aim of these competitions was t o r a i s e t h e student interest and awareness for all science s u b j e c t s . I n addition it was

an opportunity to tes t the knowl-

e d g e o f t h e students.

Prepared By

Chan Solyka Tep&

Molika Pich Prak

26 March 2007

Science Competition

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Professor Dr. Nadia Camukova, the person with the highest IQ in the world, as determined by the Brain Research Inst i tute in Moscow, has transferred to Bahçeºehir University in Turkey. Camukova, who accepted a position in the university ' faculty of arts and sciences, has also been participating in a program for the educat ion of h ighly intelligent children in Turkey. A f o rmer f acu l t y member a t Dagestan State Universi ty, Camukova became a professor at the age of 25, making her mark in the history of science. At a recent conference on education held in Antalya, Camukova s h a r e d h e r e x p e r i e n c e s regarding highly intel l igent students. Stressing that the by the age of five a significant po r t i on o f the ch i l d ' b ra in development has already taken place, she noted that children between ages of three and five could be taught anything.

Camukova said that children' education should begin before they are 36 months old. Giving the fo l lowing example she explained the significance of early education: “if you explain how hazardous and damaging smoking is to a child at the age of three, that child will never smoke; if you do this, however, after the age five, although aware of the h a z a r d a n d t h e d a m a g e involved, the child will still smoke later on in life.

When she was 3 years old she started to primary school. She finished 11 years of school in only 7 years with gold medal.

She took first place in the Soviet Union for the following subjects' Russian literature, history, math and geography. In 1985, besides high school education, she began to study at a medicine college. In two years she studied successfully at Moscow State University and Dagestan State University at the same time.

During her education, she was awarded Lenin scholarship. In 2001, when she was 25 years old she became the younges t professor of the world from history and linguistic branches. B e f o r e h e r i t w a s O k a y S i n a n o g l u , b e c a m e t h e youngest professor of the world when he was 26 years old.

In1996, At Dagestan State University she opened the Turk logy Department. Since 1990, she has been working there. Nearly 25 of her books have been published.

She knows 7 languages English, Turk ish . F rench , German, Arabic, Persian and Russian. S h e e v e n s p e a k s Tu r k i s h language with different dialects, such as Kamak, Tatar, Azeri…. etc.

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GENERAL

Who is the most intelligentperson of the world?

I don't know! Teacher: "Daro, what is the past participle of the verb to ring?" Nick: "What do you think it is, Sir?" Teacher: "I don't think, I KNOW!" Nick: "I don't think I know either, Sir!"

Seasons Teacher -How many seasons are there in the year? Sandy -Two, sir: football and basketball.

Grave A: Why are you crying? B: The elephant is dead. A: Was he your pet? B: No, but I'm the one who must dig his grave.

Sugar Teacher: What are some products of the West Indies? Student: I don't know. Teacher: Of course, you do. Where do you get sugar from? Student: We borrow it from our neighbor. How long? Customer: 'Excuse me, but how long have you been working here?' Waitress: 'About three months, sir.' Customer: 'Oh. Then it couldn't have been you who took my order.

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Friday the 23rd of February saw the second intra-grade quiz between the 8 grades and 9 grades in boys' side of Zaman International School. All eyes were on grade 9A, who had won the quiz last year and came into the competition as favorites. Also th is year 8 -A had won the competition against the other 8 grades. So guessing a winner from the start wasn't easy.

T h e conten d e r s t h i s t ime around were, for 8A, Panhar i th K h a n , Rithya Kimsour, and Ratanak Phalla Kim; for 8B, Sovichea Phorn, Dara Long and Hon Sun Hea; for 9-A, Kolneath Pen, Virak Chan Nith and Sothy Song; and for 9-B Sovichea Tep, Vatanak Kung and Kimsan Tan.

The quiz began with all the students rushed into the school's cinema, noisily awaiting the start. On the stage, were the four teams representing each grade. In front of the stage, to the right, stood Mr Hakan, the moderator and quiz master. Behind him sat the judges and scorekeepers, Mura t K i l i c and Mr Adem. Questions were displayed via LCD projector and laptop onto the large cinema screen.

The rules were simple. There were 24 questions with each correct answer scoring 10 points. In addition, each team had three opportunities to use a “double”. A correct answer on a “double” was worth 20 points, but an incorrect

answer was penalized with a 10-point deduction. The “double” had to be declared before the question appeared which meant that teams using a “double” were betting that the next question in the quiz would be easy. The th ree ques t ion ca tegor ies included “Structure”, “Listening” and “Genera l Knowledge” .

Student

s were allowed 30 seconds to discuss the correct answer with their teammates before commit-ting to one, which was written on a piece of paper and displayed to the judges.

It was time for the first questions t o b e a s k e d a n d t h u s t h e challenge strarted. Lagging were the 8-B and 9-B, who missed some questions. At the end of the first round, 8-A and 9-A had the same score.

Some students had been looking to the very vocal audience for guidance in answer ing the questions, especially the hard ones. It was time for Mr Hakan to take control. He gave a strict warning for competitors not to look at their classmates in the audience for answers. A ten point penalty would result for failure to comply. The crowd became nervously quiet.

Next, it was the listening section. This comprised of eight ques-tions based upon a spoken text which was played to the students twice. The students could read the questions from a sheet while they listened to the text. This section was answered remark-ably well by all groups and, in fact, most of the groups made no

errors. By the end of the l istening section,

s o m e c l a s s e s e x h a u s t e d

t h e i r “ d o u b l e ”

chance.

W i t h t h e s tudents in t h e a u d ience in full

v o ca l

swin g ,

it t o o k

s o m e c a l m i n g

d o w n f r o m M r Hakan before the quiz could

continue. A few tricky questions tested the contestants, and with only the general knowledge questions left, 8-A were leading by far.

The crowd held their breath as the general knowledge ques-t ions were read out. I t was interesting that 8-A didn't prefer to use their double chance. Alas, 9-A just held on. In the end, 9-A turned out to be the last class while 9-B placed as the third. But champions again were 8-A with 204 points. Prizes were awarded to 8-A (first place), 8-B (second place), 9-B (third place) and 9-A (fourth place).

In the good spirit of friendly competition, all applauded the prize winners as they stood on the stage and received their prizes.

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Consecutive Success Series of 8-AGENERAL

T H E W O R L D ' S EASIEST QUIZ?

Below, you'll find the questions that might just make up the world's easiest quiz... But, be careful... Giving correct answers is far harder than you think! Enjoy!

Questions…

1 How long did the Hundred Years War last?

2 W h i c h c o u n t r y m a k e s Panama hats?

3 From which animal do we get catgut?

4 In which month do Russians c e l e b r a t e t h e O c t o b e r Revolution?

5 What is a camel's hair brush made of?

6 The Canary Islands in the Pacific are named after what animal?

7 What was King George VI's first name?

8 What color is a purple finch? 9 What country do Chinese gooseberries come from?

10 How long did the Thirty Years War last?

The Answers...

1 116 years, from 1337 to 1453. 2 Ecuador. 3 From sheep and horses. 4 November. The Russian calendar was 13 days behind ours. 5 Squirrel fur. 6 The Latin name was Insularia Canaria - Island of the Dogs. 7 Albert. When he came to the throne in 1936, he respected the wish of Queen Victoria that no future king should ever be called Albert. 8 Distinctively crimson.9 New Zealand.10 Thirty years of course from 1618 to 1648.

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GUIDANCE

Episode #1—The Story We Know As A Child

Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.

The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on over took h im and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.

The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race. The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues.

Episode #2

The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some Defect Prevention (Root Cause Analysis). He realised that he'd lost the race only because he h a d b e e n o v e r c o n f i d e n t , careless and lax.

If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tor to ise agreed.This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.

The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.

If you have two people in your organisation, one slow, methodi-cal and reliable, and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap wi l l cons is tent ly c l imb the organisational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap.

It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.But the story doesn't end here…

Episode #3

The tortoise did some thinking this t ime, and realised that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route.

The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river. The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river.The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.

The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.In an organisation, if you are a good speaker, make sure you create opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior management to notice you.

If your strength is analysis, make s u r e y o u d o s o m e s o r t o f research, make a report and send it upstairs. Working to your strengths will not only get you noticed but wil l also create opportunities for growth and advancement.The story still hasn't ended.

Episode #4

The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good f r iends and they d id some thinking together. Both realised that the last race could have been run much better.So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.

They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back.

On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier. The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.

Teamwork is main ly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.There are more lessons to be learnt from this story….Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.

T h e t o r t o i s e c h a n g e d h i s strategy because he was already working as hard as he could. In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more effort. Sometimes it is appropriate to c h a n g e s t r a t e g y a n d t r y s o m e t h i n g d i f f e r e n t . A n d sometimes it is appropriate to do both.

The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.

Interlude

When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was faced with intense competition from Pepsi that was eating into Coke's growth.

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The Story We Know As A ChildHis executives were Pepsi-focused and intent on increasing market share 0.1% a time. Go i zue ta dec i ded t o s t op competing against Pepsi and instead compete against the situation of 0.1% growth.

He asked his executives what was the average fluid intake of an American per day? The answer was 14 ounces. What was Coke's share of that? Two ounces. Goizueta said Coke needed a larger share of that market.

The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the water, tea, coffee, milk and fruit juices that went into the remaining 12 ounces. The public s h o u l d r e a c h f o r a C o k e whenever they felt like drinking something.To this end, Coke put up vending machines at every street corner. Sales took a quantum jump and Pepsi has never quite caught up since.

Conclusion

The story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things.Chief among them are that fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady; work to your competenc ies ; poo l ing re-sources and working as a team wi l l a lways beat indiv idual performers; never give up when faced with failure; and finally, compete against the situation. Not against a rival.

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Sequence Test

7

GENERAL

First student who brings the correct answers with the explanations (in 1 hour) will get 1000$ prize.

1) Which year is coded in the information below?

0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0

2) One method to catalogue countries is given below. What are the correct catalogue entries for Cambodia and Turkiye?

(Austria) -> LF-N8-C0 (Iceland) -> CF-L0-N0(Japan) -> CF-L0-N0 (France) -> CD-N8-L2(Ghana) -> LE-N3-C1 (Poland) -> C8-L7-N7(Panama) -> C9-L6-N2 (Chile) -> LA-C5-N3

3) “SOME SOLUTIONS WILL ARRIVE - ONE DAY!”

This one is a little bit strange. I gave this riddle to seven people. Four of them had no idea how to solve it. Five weeks later the three other persons gave up, too. But I'm sure that one day someone will solve this! Where is

the question? There is none.

4) (A1/A3) (B1/B8) (E5/D4) (F1/F3) (C4/ ? )

5) Find out why the relations below are true. 0+7 -> 0 6+2 -> 8 2+4 -> 8 9+1 -> 9 4+5 -> 9 7+3 -> 3 5+6 -> 6 5+1 -> 9

According to that 8-1 is...?

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ENTERTAINMENT

26 March 2007

$1000 PRIZE