Zaman International School Newspaper Issue 43

Volume 4 Issue 43

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20 December 2006

A TRIP TO FRIENDSHIP

We set out the journey on 10th of December 2006 at 7:30 am with one big and a small bus. There were 75 people staff of Zaman international school. It was very clear from the beginning that we ZAMAN NEWSPAPER Zaman, Publisher Yafes Akpinar, Editor-in Chief Gurkan Cil, Editor at Large

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would have a wonderful trip. individually like walking around, Then it came true on the way and p l a y i n g g a m e s t h a t w e ' d the time we spent there. mentioned before. Meanwhile some of them were trying to have First some staff walked around a chance to swim. After a while trees in the wonderful arranged they started getting into water bushes, and some took pictures one by one then they gathered in with unimaginable landscape the pool for another happy and and refreshing nature. The rest joyful activity. They played in the of the staff played chess and pool approximately one an half stick building games. They were hour. It was an unforgettable playing and laughing funnily event for everybody in a warm altogether, and it seems no one and lovely atmosphere. was strange to each other everybody was friends like a few So after all it was time to go decades. around 4 PM, but actually nobody wanted to go home but Later lunch time came, and we no way. It was getting dark and started eating altogether again late for back journey. Then we a c c o m p a n y i n g w i t h f r y i n g last time came together for peaces of chickens. After that making this event unforgettable e v e r y b o d y s t a r t e d a c t i n g in the beautiful and extraordinary

landscape with taking as many pictures as we can. Eventually I want to leave you with the great ideas about that great journey.

Ngeth Sawat, Biology teacher On Monday 11th December, 2006, a holiday after Human Right's Day, I along with my colleagues (both local and foreign) and all the staff totally around 70 people, went on a trip to KIRIROM RESORT arranged by the administration of ZAMAN International School.

Upon my arrival at KRIROM RESORT, I was attracted by such beautiful view of high hills, waterfall, fresh air, and some other artificial things made by

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GENERAL We had breakfast on the bus and enjoyed singing songs altogether that cause nonstop laughter on the way. When we arrived at KIRIROM, everyone was very excited about such beautiful place that every visitor cannot forget.

T h e r e w e r e m a n y d i ff e r e n t statues, many trees, bridge, and fish pool, garden with different kinds of flowers, zoo, swing, and many other places. All of these views made me and everyone feel fresh and enjoy ourselves.

We felt very happy while having lunch together; it was a great time for leader, Khmer and foreign teachers, and staff to have a friendly and joyful time together. architectures, which all to those Moreover, the trip brings a 30 we start the journey back Many activities we did together view helped release my pressure solidarity and hard working for bringing good and unforgettable such as playing chess, plying puzzle, swimming, and so on. the school as well as the country. memories. and tiredness.

We didn't feel like leaving the Also, the trip really built up joys Chin Bunhean, Mathematics On the bus Mr. Principal was the RESORT, but we had to get on and promotes close relation- teacher presenter. He invited everyone the bus to come back. It was ships among Khmer teachers, on the bus to sing their favorites much happier on the way back foreign teachers, staff, and the When hearing that ZAMAN songs and to give expression because Mr. Principal was the principal. Our conversation, International School arranged a a b o u t w o r k i n g a t Z A M A N presenter on the bus. He invited walking in the resort, having trip to KIRIROM RESORT, I was International School or about the teachers and staff to sing a song l u n c h , s w i m m i n g , p l a y i n g really delighted. Early morning trip. After all, the whole day was a until we arrived at the school. It games, taking photographs, on that day, everyone was very w o n d e r f u l , a n d i t w a s a n was such a great day that we had s i n g i n g o n t h e b u s a r e f u n h a p p y ; w e m e t a t Z A M A N u n f o r g e t t a b l e m e m o r y f o r a wonderful trip altogether. activities to strengthen our International School campus. On f r i e n d s h i p s a n d t o r e m a i n the bus we enjoyed singing songs and looking at beautiful unforgettable memories‌.. view.

Koy Hen, Physics teacher When arriving at RESORT, On Human Right's Day the everyone was very excited: leader of ZAMAN International s o m e p e o p l e h a p p i l y t o o k S c h o o l a r r a n g e d a t r i p t o photographs, some went to the KIRIROM RESORT. The trip is waterfall place, and some visited very important to all teachers and the fish pool and other places. staff since it does not only cheer After that we had lunch together. up work environment, but also Then after lunch, some people m a k e s t h e c l o s e f r i e n d l y swam in the pool, while others went for a walk in the resort. At 3: relationship.

everyone.

I hope and suggest that the El Rany, Khmer Literature s c h o o l b o a r d w i l l a r r a n g e another trip for us next time. In Teacher the end, I would like to wish Mr. I was very delighted to go on a Principal, all teachers, and staff trip to KIRIROM RESORT which have happiness and prosperity, was arranged by administrator, and success in every thing. of ZAMAN international School.

In this lovely trip, there were Khmer and foreign teachers, and all the staff working at ZAMAN International School. We started the journey by bus at 7:30 from School to KIRIROM RESORT.

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INTERESTING INSTRUCTIONS

THE FOLLOWING ARE ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS ON VARIOUS PRODUCTS...

!On a blanket from Taiwan - NOT TO BE USED AS PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO. !On a helmet mounted mirror used by US cyclists- REMEMBER, OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE ACTUALLY BEHIND YOU. !On a Taiwanese shampoo - USE REPEATEDLY FOR SEVERE DAMAGE. !On the bottle-top of a (UK) flavoured milk drink - AFTER OPENING, KEEP UPRIGHT. !On a New Zealand insect spray - THIS PRODUCT NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS. ! In a US guide to setting up a new computer - TO AVOID CONDENSATION FORMING, ALLOW THE BOXES TO WARM UP TO ROOM !TEMPERATURE BEFORE OPENING. (Sensible, but the instruction was INSIDE the box.) !In some countries, on the bottom of Coke bottles - OPEN OTHER END. !On a packet of Sunmaid raisins - WHY NOT TRY TOSSING OVER YOUR FAVOURITE BREAKFAST CEREAL? !On a Sears hairdryer - DO NOT USE WHILE SLEEPING. !On a bag of Fritos - YOU COULD BE A WINNER! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. DETAILS INSIDE !On a bar of Dial soap - DIRECTIONS - USE LIKE REGULAR SOAP. !On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom of the box) - DO NOT TURN UPSIDE DOWN. !On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding - PRODUCT WILL BE HOT AFTER HEATING. !On a Korean kitchen knife - WARNING KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN. !On a string of Chinese-made Christmas lights - FOR INDOOR OR OUTDOOR USE ONLY. !On a Japanese food processor - NOT TO BE USED FOR THE OTHER USE. !On Sainsbury's peanuts - WARNING - CONTAINS NUTS. !On an American Airlines packet of nuts - INSTRUCTIONS - OPEN PACKET, EAT NUTS. !On a Swedish chainsaw - DO NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP CHAIN WITH YOUR HANDS OR GENITALS. !On a child's superman costume - WEARING OF THIS GARMENT DOES NOT ENABLE YOU TO FLY.

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Tourism boom brings hope and worry to Siem Reap, Cambodia's tourist hub

Last year, about half of the 1.4 million visitors who came to Cambodia went to see the Angkor monuments, architectural masterpieces built at the height of the Khmer empire from the 9th to the 15th centuries.

To t a l t o u r i s t a r r i v a l s f o r Cambodia in 2005 were an impressive 34.7 percent above 2004's figures.

World Bank, noting that no one was quite certain how this affects the aquifers, or underground layers of rocks and sand, from which it is pumped.

Deputy Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the government is ready to accept the master plan to address existing problems and accommodate future growth.

Already though, "one of Angkor's temples is reportedly falling into a sinkhole, suggesting that the underground aquifers may be It noted that hotels are not legally rapidly disappearing," said the r e q u i r e d t o h a v e s e w a g e report. treatment facilities, though larger ones do have their own plants.

Japanese Ambassador Fumiaki "But most guesthouses report- Takahashi, whose country has edly dump used water directly drawn up a development master into the river, causing noticeable plan for Siem Reap to deal with river pollution," it said, adding the tourism boom, said most of that E. coli, the bacteria found in its hotels are pumping underhuman feces, has reportedly ground water for their own use, begun seeping into local wells. "and there is no control.”

He sees a bright future for Siem Reap, in which the province won't just be a destination for touring the temples but will also become a hub providing air links for tourists to enjoy the sandy beaches of southwestern Cambodia and eco-tourism in the jungles of the northeast.

because of clogged sewers.

"This tremendous growth added to population increase has been exacerbating pressure on infrastructure," said a World Bank report on Cambodia's tourism sector last year. "Energy, water, sewage and waste are all significant problems.”

The steady boom has already transformed Siem Reap into a bustling town filled with luxury hotels and vehicles. Its streets are adorned with billboards promoting the latest mobile phones, pizza and burger joints and shopping malls. Several notable old buildings have been razed to make way for visitors' lodgings, and honky-tonk strips An unidentified foreign tourist have sprung up catering to low- p a s s e s a n a m e c a r d t o a budget travelers.

Cambodian Buddhist monk at the top of the 10-century "The identity Siem Reap had for Bakheng monument at Angkor centuries is gradually disappear- archaeological park in Siem ing, or maybe almost disap- R e a p p r o v i n c e , a b o u t 2 3 0 peared," said Teruo Jinnai, kilometers, 143 miles, northwest director in Cambodia of the U.N. of the capital Phnom Penh, cultural organization UNESCO, Cambodia, on June 4, 2006. The and a 10-year resident of the temple is a popular place for both country. "You have restaurants, Cambodian and foreign tourists, massage parlors, hotels, and it's who climb it everyday to view the very sad to see that.” sunset.(AP) F o r e i g n t o u r i s t s t o u r t h e At least as threatening over the legendary Angkor Wat tem- long run is the uptake of water, ple.(AP) with unrestricted pumping from the water table underlying the Culture shock aside, the health area. and quality of life of many of its 120,000 residents is imperiled by "Water is being drawn from 70the boom, as is plain to see when 8 0 m e t e r s ( 2 3 0 - 2 6 0 f e e t ) traffic snarls the roads and underground by hotels and streets get flooded by rain treated for use," warned the

Morning clouds hang over the towers of the legendary Angkor Wat temple.(AP) He envisions that by promoting a diversity of destinations, the crowds will be distributed around Rays of morning sunrise beam the country, and the Angkor b e h i n d t h e t o w e r s o f t h e temples won't get "too jammed legendary Angkor Wat tem- up.” ple.(AP) Meanwhile, though, the tourist It is the Cambodian govern- h o r d e s c o n t i n u e t o t r a m p ment's "urgent task" to control through fabled Angkor Wat and the practice, he said, because "if its satellite temples of Angkor you take too much water, it might Thom, Bayon, Ta Prohm and Bakheng. Even at the lesseraffect the Angkor site.

In the long run, the underground known 10th-century Bakheng water will go down and the site temple, an average of 3,000 tourists climb the 223 feet (67 would sink.”

T h e p l a n o f t h e J a p a n meters) just in the two hours I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o o p e r a t i o n before dusk each day to view the A g e n c y c a l l s f o r t a p p i n g spectacular sunset. underground water from near R a P h e a p , th e 1 9 - y e a r - o l d Phnom Kraom, a hill near the sweeper, said she knows the edge of the Tonle Sap lake about onslaught could damage the 7 miles (12 kilometers) south of delicate monuments. the town, to avoid depletion of Siem Reap's underground water S h e i s e m p l o y e d b y a and reduce the risk of endanger- Cambodian company that sells entry tickets to the temple site, ing the fragile temples, he said. and the visitors there are

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essentially paying her salary.

With her earnings, she has reduced her family's reliance on rice farming and been able to help pay for Japanese-language classes for her younger brother and sister.

Q16: Before the accident.

A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.

Q17: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the voodoo occult?

A: We both do.

Q18: Voodoo?

A: We do.

Q19: You do?

A: Yes, voodoo.

Q20: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?

A: Yes. Q21: Did the defendant say “I want them to become tour anything when she got out of her guides because I am confident car? more tourists will visit here," she A: Yes, sir.

Q22: What did she say? said. (AP) A: What disco am I at?

November 30, 2006 Recently reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers journal, the following are questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys during trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful witnesses:

COURTROOM FUNNIES The following are from a little book called "Disorder in the Court." They're things people actually said in court, word for word.

Q1: What is your date of birth?

A: July fifteenth.

Q2: What year?

A: Every year.

Q3: What gear were you in at the moment of the crash impact?

A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

Q4: This myasthenia gravisdoes it affect your memory at all?

A: Yes. Q5: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

A: I forget.

Q6: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?

Q7: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?

A: Oral.

Q8: How old is your son--the one living with you.

A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.

Q9: How long has he lived with you?

A: Forty-five years.

Q10: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?

A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"

Q11: And why did that upset you ?

A: My name is Susan.

Q12: And where was the location of the accident?

A: Approximately milepost 499.

Q13: And where is milepost 499?

A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.

Q14: Sir, what is your IQ? A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.

Q15: Did you blow your horn or anything?

A: After the accident?

Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

Q: The youngest son, the twentyyear old, how old is he?

Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?

Q: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?

Q: Did he kill you?

Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?

Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true?

Q: How many times have you committed suicide?

Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

Q: She had three children, right?

A: Yes. Q: How many were boys?

A: None.

Q: Were there any girls?

Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?

A: Yes. Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?

Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?

A: I went to Europe, sir.

Q: And you took your new wife?

Q: How was your first marriage terminated?

A: By death.

Q: And by whose death was it terminated?

Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?

A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time ?

A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.

Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

A: No. Q: Did you check for blood pressure?

A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing?

A: No. Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

A: No. Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?

A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.

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WHY PEOPLE ARE KILLING THEMSELVES HOW ALCOHOL AFFECTS TEENAGERS Research shows that young people who drink alcohol do so in different ways than adults. For example, young people are more likely to drink a lot of alcohol in a short space of time. As a result they are more likely to suffer from the dangers of alcohol abuse.

These include driving under the influence of alcohol, accidental injuries, violent behavior and risky sexual behavior.

H o w e v e r, t h e r e i s a n o t h e r danger for young people who drink and it relates to the effects of alcohol on their brain.

Teenagers who drink alcohol may damage their brain and this can cause problems for them in the future.

This fact sheet outlines the current research on the effect of alcohol on the young brain.

The developing brain

during the teenage years may cause permanent damage to these parts of the brain and lead to memory and learning problems.

Increased chance of dependence

Alcohol affects adolescents differently from adults in the following ways: Adolescents seem to be able to stay awake and drink for longer than adults.

Adolescents appear to be more sensitive to the learning and memory problems that can be caused by alcohol. They are more likely than adults to suffer from lack of judgment and memory loss.

Adolescents need only drink half as much alcohol as adults to suffer the same effects.

This may also be why adolescents who abuse alcohol tend to “binge drink�. Binge drinking is drinking heavily over a short period of time or drinking continuously over a number of days or weeks.

exposure to alcohol while drinking and also the damage caused by the hangover. It has been found that withdrawal from alcohol (hangovers) can be just as damaging to the brain as heavy exposure to alcohol.

Effects of alcohol on memory and learning

The parts of the brain that are affected by alcohol are also involved in memory and emotions, and damage to them could be responsible for: memory problems dependence inability to learn depression problems with verbal skills.

Drinking alcohol regularly makes it hard for the brain to be able to store new information as memories. It also makes it Alcohol affects adults and Binge drinking is dangerous for difficult to remember what was adolescents differently the brain because of the heavy just learned. Drinking alcohol Th e p a r ts o f th e b r a i n th a t undergo dramatic changes during the teenage years are called the frontal lobe and hippocampus. These parts of the brain are associated with motivation, impulse control and addiction. It is thought that teenagers are more interested in alcohol and other drugs because of the changes that are happening to these parts of their brain.

Binge drinking is defined as drinking more than double the recommended daily limits. This is eight units for men - equivalent to four pints of beer - and six units for women. It is estimated to cost the UK ÂŁ20bn a year in lost productivity and health and police costs.

The changes that occur to the brain during the teenage years make teenagers more vulnerable to the addictive actions of drugs. People who first use alcohol before age 15 are five times more likely to abuse alcohol than those who first use alcohol at age 21 or older. This increased use leads to a greater chance of alcohol-related problems in later life including becoming dependent on alcohol.

Rather than outgrow alcohol use young people who binge drink are significantly more likely to have drinking problems as adults.

Effects of alcohol on social development If young people begin to drink alcohol at an early age, it can affect their social development. It can influence the things they like to do and the way that they cope with problems. For example: they may spend their time drinking instead of participating in sport or other activities they may turn to alcohol as a form of coping with problems and be more open to using other substances.

Drinking around the world UK people are not the world's heaviest drinkers by any means - other European countries out-drink us by some distance. However, the fact we tend to drink in binges means we could be at more risk.

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HEALTH The learning difficulties caused by teenage drinking result in poorer performance at school and an increased risk of social problems, depression, suicidal thoughts and violence.

What can be done?

Current research suggests that heavy drinking during adolescence might permanently alter brain development. Even if a teenager stops drinking as an adult it might be too late to reverse the damage that might already have been done. For these reasons, the research suggests that adolescents should not drink alcohol.

Alcohol Damages Day-To-Day Memory Function Heavy Drinkers Make Significantly More Memory Mistakes Research has shown that heavy alcohol use clearly damages retrospective memory, that is, the learning, retention and retrieval of previously presented materials. Less is known about the effects of alcohol on day-today memory function, specifically, prospective memory, remembering to do things at some future point in time, and everyday memory, remembering to complete daily activities.

A study in the June 2003 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical &

Experimental Research uses internet-based methodology to find that heavy alcohol consumption has a negative impact on day-to-day memory.

assessed using two self-report questionnaires: the Prospective Memory Questionnaire (PMQ), and the Everyday Memory Questionnaire (EMQ). The PMQ has three sub-scales that measure short-term habitual PM, long-term episodic PM, and internally cued PM. Respondents also self-reported their level of use of alcohol and other drugs by responding to the UEL (University of East London) Recreational Drug Use Questionnaire.

"Prospective memory impairments include things like forgetting to send someone a birthday card on time, or forgetting what you're going to say in the middle of a sentence," said Jonathan Ling, a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Teesside in the United Kingdom and first author of the paper.

The results indicate a dosedependent effect of alcohol use "Everyday memory failures on day-to-day memory function. include telling someone a story "We found that heavy users of that you've told them before, or a l c o h o l r e p o r t e d m a k i n g forgetting where things are consistently more errors than normally kept. Obviously we all t h o s e w h o s a i d t h a t t h e y forget things from time to time, consumed little or no alcohol," however, heavy users of alcohol said Ling. "A typical heavy user make noticeably more of these of alcohol reported over 30 mistakes than either non- or low- percent more memory-related users of alcohol." Ling added problems than someone who that most of what is known about reportedly did not drink, and heavy drinkers' retrospective a l m o s t 2 5 p e r c e n t m o r e memory function is based on problems than those who stated laboratory research, and even they drank only small amounts of less is known about alcohol's alcohol. effects on normal memoryrelated tasks that people perform M o r e s p e c i f i c a l l y, t h o s e from day to day. participants who reported higher levels of alcohol consumption For this study, researchers w e r e m o r e l i k e l y t o m i s s collected data from 763 partici- appointments, forget birthdays pants (465 female, 298 males) and pay bills on time. Deficits in using a specially created website everyday memory included on the University of Westminster problems with remembering w e b s e r v e r. M e m o r y w a s whether they had done some-

thing, like locking the door or switching off the lights or oven, or forgetting where they put items like house keys."

Colin R. Martin, a lecturer in mental health in the department of health sciences at the University of York, and honorary consultant psychologist to the Addiction Service and National Monitoring and Evaluation Center of the Salvation Army, said these results "contribute to the increasing evidence base that a diverse range of memory impairment is associated with excessive alcohol consumption.

This study is important because it extends our knowledge of alcohol-related memory impairment to everyday situations that most people can identify with, in contrast to laboratory-based memory tasks."

"We also found a significant increase in reported memory problems by people who claimed to drink between 10 and 25 units each week in comparison to nondrinkers," added Ling. "This is an important finding, as it indicates that even if people are using alcohol within the limits suggested by U.K. government guidelines, these individuals still report experiencing memory problems."

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