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The Television

timelessbeing — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:03:25 CDT

This page is for everything happening on television networks. Ranging from reality tv, to drama serials, and more, this is the perfect place to get the latest!

3.9 Zephaniah Home

timelessbeing — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:42:16 CDT

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This wiki's clock is approximately 13 hours behind our Singapore time, +- a few minutes.

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!~Birthday Chillun~!
Upcoming Birthdays...

17 Apr - Mr Lee

Fal's Resources

falconseraph — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:23:14 CDT

Feel free to use any of the following:

Physics Notes:
Part 1 - Measurement; Kinematics; Forces; Turning Effects
Part 2 - Energy, Work and Power; Pressure; Temperature; Kinetic Theory of Matter
Part 3 - Transfer of Thermal Energy; Thermal Properties
Part 4 - Light; Waves

Chemistry Notes:
Part 1 - Structure of Matter; Ionic, Covalent, Metallic Bonding; Acids and Bases; Ionic and Chemical Equations; Preparation of Salts; Qualitative Analysis
Part 2 - Mole Concept; Speed of Reaction
Part 3 - Redox Reactions; Electrolysis
Topics - Chemistry Topics for End of Years

Biology Notes:
Part 1 - Cells; Cell Specialisation; Diffusion, Osmosis and Active Transport
Part 2 - Nutrition in Animals; Enzymes
Part 3 - Structure of the Leaf; Photosynthesis
Part 4 - Transport in Humans

User Pages

falconseraph — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:54:01 CDT

If any of the moderators/writers want to create new pages but these pages do not fit into any category, please put it here.

You are welcomed to visit the following pages by our members:
samuelanonymous' Page
haoala's wonderful world of interestings things, humour, randomness, mystery, paranormals and music!
The Wonderful World of Boyofthefuture
tanjyr's page of interesting things!
Fal's Resources
joshualtl's page of humour and randomness
nqx's Page of Mysteries and Paranormal Activities
evilavatar's list of music
timelessbeing's take on toons, tales, tunes, television and things

Term 4 Final Exam --- (50%)

samuelanonymous — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:57:49 CDT

Week:	Date:	Day:	Exam Name:	Exam Time:	Done?
Week 3	25 Sep	Thursday	Language Arts Paper 1	8:00 am - 9:30 am	No
	25 Sep	Thursday	Core Maths Paper 1	10:45 am - 12.15 pm	No
	26 Sep	Friday	Introduction to Human Societies	8:00 am - 9:30 am	No
	26 Sep	Friday	Chemistry Paper 1 Chemistry Paper 2	10:30 am - 11:30 am 11:35 am - 1.20 pm	No
Week 4	29 Sep	Monday	Language Arts Paper 2	8:00 am - 9:30 am	No
	29 Sep	Monday	Core Maths Paper 2	10:40 am - 12:10 pm	No
	30 Sep	Tuesday	Physics Paper 1 Physics Paper 2	8:00 am - 9:00 am 9:05 am - 10:50 am	No
	1 Oct	Wednesday	HARI RAYA PUASA HOLIDAY!
	2 Oct	Thursday	Advanced Maths Paper 1	8:00 am - 9:30 am	No
	3 Oct	Friday	Higher Mother Tongue Paper 1 (Compo)	8:00 am - 10:00 am	No
	3 Oct	Friday	Biology Paper 1 Biology Paper 2	11:00 am - 12:00 pm 12:05 pm - 1:50 pm	No
Week 5	6 Oct	Monday	Advanced Maths Paper 2	8:00 am - 9:30 am	No
	7 Oct	Tuesday	Higher Mother Tongue Paper 2	8:00 am - 10:00 am	No
END OF EXAMINATIONS!
	8 Oct	Wednesday	HOLIDAY!!!
	9 Oct	Thursday
	10 Oct	Friday

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Homework Board

coldwindz — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:45:33 CDT

Due Next School Day

Chemistry
Assignment 4A & B

Chinese
ZuoYe Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
HearWrite Chapters 19, 20, 21

Language Arts A
File and Coursework

Physics
Problem Based Learning: Term 3 Coursework
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General Notices

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Language Arts A

Language Arts Filing
Due 25 Jul, Friday
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Language Arts B

Coursework
Due 25 Jul, Friday
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Higher Chinese

作业 19-23 课
HearWrite Chapters 19-21
Due 25 Jul, Friday
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Core Mathematics

Exercise 3.2 Qn 10 & 11
Quadratic Expressions and Inequalities Worksheet 3
Due 28 Jul, Monday
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Advanced Mathematics

Matrices Assignment 1
Due 28 Jul, Monday
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Biology

Coursework
Worksheet 12A & B
Due ???
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Physics

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Chemistry

Assignments 4A & B
Due 25 July, Friday
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Introduction to Human Societies

IHS MUN Package 1) To be inserted in your IHS portfolio for file check in Term 4 2) 5% of overall weightage 3) The MUN Package will include:

A 500-word country report
A copy of a resolution that you had submitted or co-sponsored
A 500-word reflections write-up

Those who will not be able to participate in the MUN Conference for whatever reasons are to submit:

A 500-word country report
A 500-word report on the functions, failures and successes of the UN as an organisation

Due when file check is

IHS Coursework (2000 Word essay)
Due before National Day
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Philosophy Of Disciplines

Worksheet on Socrates, Plato & Aristotle
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Others

SMP - First draft of the Scientific Paper
Due 29 July Tuesday

FPS - File Check
Due 29 July, Tuesday

Physical Education
Remember to bring PE Attire on 25 Jul, Friday
(Failure to bring PE Attire for 3 occasions may carry dire consequences)

Language Arts

coldwindz — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:42:25 CDT

S/N	NAME	IOP Date
1	Ang Jie Jun	DONE!
2	Arjun Kunnasagaran	DONE!
3	Chia Jeng Yang	DONE!
4	Chidambaram Swathikan	DONE!
5	Gareth Neo Jia Hwee	DONE!
6	Heng Lei Kiat Leon	DONE!
7	Joshua Liew Tze Leon	DONE!
8	Koh Teng Kiat	DONE!
9	Lee Wei Liang Matthew	DONE!
10	Leong En Han Jasper	DONE!
11	Leong Kwong Fei Eugene	DONE!
12	Lim Chong Jin Derrick	DONE!
13	Lim Joon Kiat	DONE!
14	Lim Wei Yang	DONE!
15	Lim Yan Yi David	DONE!
16	Low Zhi Jie Jonathan	DONE!
17	Luo Anhao Adriel	DONE!
18	Ng Qin Xiang	DONE!
19	Ng Wei Jie Nicholas	DONE!
20	Ong Shi Jie Mark	DONE!
21	Samuel Ong Sing Li	DONE!
22	Sean Ng Tze Shen	DONE!
23	Seet Yu Shiang	DONE!
24	Sim Wei Ming Jeremiah	DONE!
25	Tan Jun-Yi Ryan	DONE!
26	Tan Wei Jian	DONE!
27	Tay Kuang Yong Darren	DONE!
28	Yap Xue Wei Ian	DONE!
29	Yeap Je Sern	DONE!
30	Yee Weiliang Samuel	DONE!
31	Yue Jian Yi Clement	DONE!

This is the arrangement for the IOP presentations on Journey's End. Please check the date assigned and get your slides ready by then.

P.S. The dates bolded are the likely candidates presenting next Larts A lesson.

ALL DONE!~

Term 3 Coursework --- (15%)

tanjyr — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:30:10 CDT

Deadline	Subject	Project Name
Term 2	Language Arts A	Individual Oral Presentation (15%)
Term 3 Week 4	Physics	Problem Based Learning
Term 3 Week 5	Language Arts B	Literary Genre Coursework (15%)
Unknown	Higher Chinese	剪贴簿 (7.5%)
	Higher Chinese	Chinese Class Test (7.5%)
	Core Mathematics	Unknown
	Advanced Mathematics	Unknown
	Chemistry	Preparation of a Soluble Salt
	Biology	Biology Concepts and Theories
	IHS	Unknown

Timetable

samuelanonymous — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:32:37 CDT

	Week A
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
0800 - 0820	Chapel	Mother Tongue	Physics	Biology Practical A	Chemistry Practical
0820 - 0840
0840 - 0900			Mother Tongue
0900 - 0920	Core Math	Physics
0920 - 0940				Recess	PE
0940 - 1000		Chemistry	Language Arts B
1000 - 1020	PE			Physics Practical	Recess
1020 - 1040		Biology	POD
1040 - 1100					Advanced Math
1100 - 1120	Recess	Recess
1120 - 1140		ISO	Recess	Language Arts B	Mother Tongue
1140 - 1200	Language Arts A
1200 - 1220			Chemistry		Language Arts A
1220 - 1240		Recess		IHS Tutorial
1240 - 1300	Biology	Mother Tongue	IHS Lecture
1300 - 1320				Core Math	White Space
1320 - 1340	IHS Tutorial	Core Math
1340 - 1400			Advanced Math
1400 - 1420	Pastoral Care	Language Arts A		Pastoral Care
1420 - 1440
After School

	Week B
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
0800 - 0820	Chapel	Mother Tongue	Mother Tongue	Language Arts A	Mother Tongue
0820 - 0840
0840 - 0900				IHS Tutorial	Recess
0900 - 0920	Chemistry		POD		Advanced Math
0920 - 0940		PE		Advanced Math
0940 - 1000	IHS Tutorial				Chemistry Practical
1000 - 1020			Recess	Physics
1020 - 1040	Physics Practical
1040 - 1100		Recess	Chemistry	Recess	Recess
1100 - 1120					Language Arts B
1120 - 1140	Recess	ISO	Language Arts B	Core Math
1140 - 1200
1200 - 1220	Biology		Physics		Biology Practical B
1220 - 1240		Pastoral Care		Language Arts B
1240 - 1300	Advanced Math		IHS Lecture
1300 - 1320		Core Math			White Space
1320 - 1340				Core Math
1340 - 1400	Language Arts A		Advanced Math
1400 - 1420		Biology		Pastoral Care
1420 - 1440
After School

Treasury Status

tanjyr — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:49:45 CDT

We have exactly S$48.40 and US$1.00 in our class fund.
Think it's too little? Donate!

Upcoming Collections: Routine Class Fund Collection

In: $155 for the OEP trip. (115 for Charity Bazzar, 40 for badges)
Out: $155 for OEP
In: Donation of $4.50 from Samuel Yee, our beloved chairman!
Out: $4.60 for tape Samuel bought
In: $31.00 for IHS files
Out: $31.00 for IHS files
In: $15 from Class Donations (not complete)

Amount collected from Charity Bazaar
$366.50 - congratulations!

nqx's Page of Mysteries and Paranormal Activities

coldwindz — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:25:04 CDT

THE SHROUD OF TURIN!

Warning: Reader discretion advised.

Currently under construction still.

The shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who had apparently died of crucifixion. Most Catholics consider it to be the burial shroud of Jesus Christ. It is currently held in the Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Turin, Italy. Despite many scientific investigations, no one has yet been able to explain how the image has been imprinted on the shroud and despite many attempts, no one has managed to replicate it. Radiocarbon tests date it to the middle ages, however apologists for the shroud believe it is incorrupt - and carbon dating can only date things which decay.

Prior to the middle ages, reports of the shroud exist as the Image of Edessa - reliably reported since the 4th century. In addition, another cloth (the Sudarium) known even from biblical times (John 20:7) exists which is said to have covered Christ’s head in the tomb. A 1999 study by Mark Guscin, a member of the multidisciplinary investigation team of the Spanish Center for Sindonology, investigated the relationship between the two cloths. Based on history, forensic pathology, blood chemistry (the Sudarium also is reported to have type AB blood stains), and stain patterns, he concluded that the two cloths covered the same head at two distinct, but close moments of time. Avinoam Danin (a researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem) concurred with this analysis, adding that the pollen grains in the Sudarium match those of the shroud.

More to come...

Other interesting article(s): The Hope Diamond, Marfa Lights, Bigfoot, The Bermuda Triangle, The Most Dangerous Game, The Zodiac Killer

Backlog of Homework

coldwindz — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:23:23 CDT

Due Next School Day

Higher Chinese
作业（7、8、9）

剪贴簿 (Total of 8)

课外甜品 (Do 4 - Good Friday, GEP Camp, 4 Apr, 11 Apr. Total of 7)

强化练习 - Do Either of the Following (based on which book you have)

单元强化练习

复习（一）、（二）

课文强化练习

练习（一）to 练习（六）
Do all 片段缩短

File Check

Core Mathematics
Exercise 2.7 on foolscap
Selected Questions: 1gh, 2, 4b, 5bce, 6cd, 7 + 5ad, 8
Complete the selected Questions for Exercise 2.8 and Exercise 2.9
Coordinate Geometry: selected qns in Disovering Mathematics Textbook

Those who HAVEN'T DONE Exercises 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5, do hand it in as soon as possible unless you really don't mind a Grade C for the assignments you haven't done. This also includes the Simultaneous Equations Assignment.

Advanced Mathematics
Topic 1: Remainder Theorem
P103: 1
P104: 3, 5, 7, 8, 13a
P105: 15

Topic 2: Factor Theorem
P103: 2
P104: 6, 9, 10, 12, 14
P105: 16, 17

Topic 3: Partial Fractions (Optional)
P104: 4
P105: 21

Inverse Composite Functions Worksheet
Functions Assignment 2

Chemistry
Assignment: Proton Saga 3A and 3B, finish it and hand it in to Mr Glynn Tan
Assignment 2: Structure of Matter, What lies Beneath and hand it in to Qin Xiang.
Please hand up whateverworksheets you haven't handed up BY THE END OF THIS WEEK - All practical worksheets unless you wanna ace with an egg for your practicals...

Biology
All bio worksheets and practicals that has not been submitted to be placed in 3.9 pigeon hole.

Stuff due: Worksheet 1, Worksheet 2, Practical Worksheet

Language Arts A
Pre - IOP essay

Language Arts B
Read through Malgudi Days
Presentations as assigned
Key Passage Analysis
Filing

IRS
Literature Review for your topic of interest
Oral Defense

Term 2 Mid-Year Exam --- (20%)

timelessbeing — Wed, 21 May 2008 07:50:07 CDT

Week:	Date:	Day:	Exam Name:	Exam Time:	Done?
Week 7	29 April	Tuesday	MEP P2	3:00pm - 3:30pm	Done
	29 April	Tuesday	MEP P1	3:45pm - 5:00pm	Done
	30 April	Wednesday	MEP P3	Respective	Done
	2 May	Friday	Language Arts	8:00am - 9:15am	Done
	2 May	Friday	Introduction to Human Societies	10:40am - 11:40am	Done
Week 8	5 May	Monday	Physics	10:30am - 12:00nn	Done
	6 May	Tuesday	Core Mathematics	8:00am - 10:05am	Done
	6 May	Tuesday	Biology	11:05am - 12:35pm	Done
	7 May	Wednesday	Chemistry	8:00am - 9:30am	Done
			Higher Mother Tongue Paper 1	10:30am - 12:30pm	Done
			Mother Tongue Listening Comprehension	1:30pm - 2:00pm	Done
	8 May	Thursday	Advanced Mathematics	8:00am - 10:00am	Done
	9 May	Friday	Higher Mother Tongue Paper 2	8:00am - 10:00am	Done

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2nd May, Language Arts
- Key Passage Analysis
- Extract from Astrologer's Day, Doctor's Word or Missing Mail

2nd May, IHS
- Document Based Question

5th May, Physics
- Instruments of Measurement (i.e. micrometer screw gauge and vernier caliper)
- Kinematics
- Dynamics
- Friction
- Newton's 3 laws of motion
- Turning Effect (moments)

6th May, Biology

Cell Structure and Organization
Movement of Substances (diffusion, osmosis and active transport)
Microorganisms and Biotechnology
Enzymes
Nutrients/Biological Molecules
Animal Nutrition
Plant Nutrition
Transport in Flowering Plants

7th May, Chemistry

1) Kinetic particle theory

2) The Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table including Group and Periodic Trends

3) Chemical Bondings and Structures

4) Acids, bases and salts including oxides, test for cation, anions and gases.

5) Chemical formulae and equations including ionic equations for precipitation reactions.

6) The Mind of Chemist.

7th May, Mother Tongue Paper 1 and Listening Comprehension
- Know the format of the 应用文 and the different kinds of compo.
- Learn everything in her piece of paper

8th May, Advanced Mathematics
- Set Theory
- Polynomials
- Functions
- 10-15 questions

Bring:
- Drawing Set
- Curved Ruler
- Writing materials
- Pencil
- Ruler

9th May, Mother Tongue Paper 2
- Just need to know how to read Chinese and answer comprehensions and cloze passages. Nothing from 课文.

Upcoming Tests/Exams

tanjyr — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:17:41 CDT

Term 2 Mid-Year Exam --- (20%)

Week:	Date:	Day:	Exam Name:	Exam Time:	Done?
Week 7	29 April	Tuesday	MEP P2	3:00pm - 3:30pm	Done
	29 April	Tuesday	MEP P1	3:45pm - 5:00pm	Done
	30 April	Wednesday	MEP P3	Respective	Done
	2 May	Friday	Language Arts	8:00am - 9:15am	Done
	2 May	Friday	Introduction to Human Societies	10:40am - 11:40am	Done
Week 8	5 May	Monday	Physics	10:30am - 12:00nn	Done
	6 May	Tuesday	Core Mathematics	8:00am - 10:05am	Done
	6 May	Tuesday	Biology	11:05am - 12:35pm	Done
	7 May	Wednesday	Chemistry	8:00am - 9:30am	Done
			Higher Mother Tongue Paper 1	10:30am - 12:30pm	Done
			Mother Tongue Listening Comprehension	1:30pm - 2:00pm	Done
	8 May	Thursday	Advanced Mathematics	8:00am - 10:00am	Done
	9 May	Friday	Higher Mother Tongue Paper 2	8:00am - 10:00am	Done

Red Highlight with Yellow Words and Bolded: The Test is Tomorrow!!
White Highlight with Grey Words: The Test is OVER!! Rejoice!!!
White Highlight with Grey words and Italics: The test paper has been returned. Smile or Sob.

~Wishing you Good luck in your studies!~

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History of Year 3 Exams/Tests (Prior to Each Term)

Term 1 Common Test --- (15%)

Term 2 Mid-Year Exam --- (20%)

Term 3 Project Work/Tests --- (15%)

Term 4 FINAL-YEAR EXAMINATION! --- (50%)
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Misc. (Grading Systems for Each Subject and Whole Year)

Term 1 Grading System (For Each Subject)

Term 3 Grading System (For Each Subject)

Whole Year's Grading System (Full)
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Term 1 Common Test --- (15%)

timelessbeing — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:10:38 CDT

Term 1 Common Test (OVER/Done!) --- (15%)

Week:	Date Of Exam:	Day of Exam:	Time of Exam:	Exam Name:	Done?
Week 5:	1st February	Friday	1:00-2.20 p.m.	Language Arts Test	Done.
Week 6:	-NIL-	-NIL-	-NIL-	CNY Holiday	Over!
Week 7:	12th February	Tuesday	8.00-9.20 a.m.	Mother Tongue Test	Done.
Week 8:	18th February	Monday	During IHS Tutorial	IHS Test	Done.
	19th February	Tuesday	8.00-9.20 a.m.	Biology Test	Done.
	20th February	Wednesday	4.00-4.20 p.m.	MEP Test	Done.
	21st February	Thursday	8.00-9.20 a.m.	Chemistry Test	Done.
	22nd February	Friday	8.40-9.40 a.m.	Advanced Mathematics Test	Done.
Week 9:	26th February	Tuesday	8.00-9.20 a.m.	Physics Test	Done.
	28th February	Thursday	8.00-9.20 a.m.	Core Mathematics Test	Done.

For table:
White Highlight with Grey words and Italics: The test paper has been returned. Smile or Sob.
White Highlight with Grey Words: The Test is OVER!! Rejoice!!!
Red Highlight with Yellow Words and Bolded: The Test is Tomorrow!!

Please note: For people who apparently missed their exams, a make-up shall be arranged promptly. Please check with our CT, Ms Ong if you are still in doubt and would need clarification.

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Week 5:
1st Feb, Friday: Language Arts Test (Prose Passage).
This test shall be held during white space from 1:00pm to 2:20pm.

Please study your Literary Devices and anything else you require to know.

Week 6:
6-8 Feb, Chinese New Year Holidays!!!~ No Exams! Have a great holiday!

Wishing you guys Xue2 Ye4 Jin4 Bu4! Enjoy but don't forget to work hard!!

Week 7:
12th Feb, Tuesday: Mother Tongue Test
This test shall be held during the first two periods from 8:00am to 9:20am.

For Higher Chinese Students Only: Please study Chapter 1-4 of the Textbook & Cheng Yu 161-190 from your Cheng Yu Book (Red small book)

Week 8:
18th Feb, Monday (Most Probably): IHS Test (Please note the change!)
This test shall be held during the 1st Tutorial of this week, most probably the Monday tutorial.

Topics Tested are mainly all that has been covered over the last few lectures and tutorials: Eg. Human Societies: Pre-Industrial industrial and Post-industrial Societies (the last 2 lectures)

19th Feb, Tuesday: Biology Test
This test shall be held during the first two periods from 8:00am to 9:20am.

The topics tested are cell specialisation and parts of the cell as well as diffusion, osmosis and active transport. This can be found in greater depth on the class email.

20th Feb, Wednesday: MEP Test
Indian Music

21st Feb, Thursday: Chemistry Test
This test shall be held during the first two periods from 8:00am to 9:20am.
Note: This test was originally on Friday, 22nd Feb, but has been brought forward. Please take note of this change.

Topics tested are listed on LMS
Please study:

Kinetic particle theory

Heating and cooling curves

Periodic Table:

Basic periodic and group trends (Grp I, Grp VII, Grp 0)

Atomic Structure:

Ionic and covalent bonding - include physical structure and properties

NOTE: Metallic and giant molecular bonding WILL BE TESTED

15 MCQs, 25m Structured Questions, Total 40 marks in 1 hour

22th Feb, Friday: Advanced Mathematics Test

This test shall be held during the 2nd and 3rd periods from 8:40am to 9:40am. This will unfortunately eat into our recess on Friday.
However, our Core Maths teacher has kindly allowed our recess to consume 20 minutes of her precious lesson for our recess, thus making it a 40 minute lesson instead. Remember to say a big THANK YOU! to her! :D

Note: This test was originally on Friday, 15th Feb, but was postponed due to an unforeseen event. Please take note of this change.

Things to study/Take note of:
Year 3 Syllabus: Please study Chapter 1, Sets ONLY
Year 2 Syllabus: All Algebra-Related Topics (eg QUADRATICS)

Week 9:
26th Feb, Tuesday: Physics Test
This test shall be held during the first two periods from 8:00am to 9:20am.

Please study:

Chapter 1

1. Hypothesis, theories, laws (very little will be devoted to this)

2. Physical quantities, Units (base units, versus derived units)

3. Errors in measurements, treatment of significant figures

4. measurements of length, time, mass, temperature - use of micrometer scew gauge, etc

5. Understanding the difference between time taken for a number of oscillations (t) and the period T (time for one oscillation)

6. Using scientific notation to unambiguously indicate number of significant figures, eg 2000 may have between 1 to 4 significant figures, but 2.0 x 10³. has only two significant figures.

7. Understanding the difference between vectors (displacement, velocity, acceleration) and scalars (distance, speed, energy)

Chapter 2

1. Distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration

2. being able to derive velocity from a displacement versus time graph

3.. being able to find displacement over a period of time, given a velocity versus time graph. This is done by finding the area under the graph.

4. Being able to calculate acceleration given a velocity versus time graph
(As copied from the email from Mr Jason Chan)

28th Feb, Thursday: Core Mathematics Test
This test shall be held during the first two periods from 8:00am to 9:20am.
Note: This test was originally on Friday, 29th Feb, but has been brought forward. Please take note of this change.

Topics that are going to be tested:
Chapter 1: Simultaneous Equations
Chapter 2: Indices, Surds and Logarithm (ONLY TO CHAPTER 2.4).

The Zodiac Killer

coldwindz — Sun, 04 May 2008 00:21:55 CDT

THE ZODIAC KILLER!

Warning: Article may be overly gruesome for some, slight blood and gore included!

The Zodiac Killer is a serial killer who operated in Northern California in the late 1960s. His identity remains unknown. The Zodiac coined his name in a series of taunting letters he sent to the press. His letters included four cryptograms (or ciphers), three of which have yet to be solved.

The Zodiac murdered five known victims in Benicia, Vallejo, Lake Berryessa, and San Francisco between December 1968 and October 1969. Four men and three women between the ages of 16 and 29 were targeted. Others have also been suspected to be Zodiac victims, but there has been thus far no conclusive evidence to link them to the killer. In April 2004, the San Francisco Police Department marked the case "inactive", but reopened it some time before March 2007. The case remains open in other jurisdictions as well.

He comitted the first two murders with a pistol, just inside the Benecia border. In his second shooting in Vallejo, he attempted to kill two people, but one survived despite gunshots to the head and neck. 40 minutes later the police recieved an anonymous phone call from a man claiming to be their killer and admitting to the murders of the previous two victims. One month three letters were sent to Newspapers in California containing a cypher that the killer claimed would give them his name. They cypher was decrypted to read:

“I LIKE KILLING PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN IT IS MORE FUN THAN KILLING WILD GAME IN THE FORREST BECAUSE MAN IS THE MOST DANGEROUE ANAMAL OF ALL TO KILL SOMETHING GIVES ME THE MOST THRILLING EXPERENCE IT IS EVEN BETTER THAN GETTING YOUR ROCKS OFF WITH A GIRL THE BEST PART OF IT IS THAE WHEN I DIE I WILL BE REBORN IN PARADICE AND THEI HAVE KILLED WILL BECOME MY SLAVES I WILL NOT GIVE YOU MY NAME BECAUSE YOU WILL TRY TO SLOI DOWN OR ATOP MY COLLECTIOG OF SLAVES FOR MY AFTERLIFE EBEORIETEMETHHPITI” Do note that this is the exact wordings of the decryption. However, the last eighteen letters have not been decrypted.

On November 8, 1969, the Zodiac mailed a card with another cryptogram consisting of 340 characters. On November 9, 1969, he mailed a seven-page letter in which he claimed that two policemen stopped and actually spoke with him three minutes after he shot Stine. Excerpts from the letter were published in the Chronicle on November 12, including the Zodiac's claim; that same day, Don Fouke wrote a memo explaining what had happened that night. The 340 character cipher has never been decoded Many possible "solutions" have been suggested, but cannot be accepted since they do away with codemaking conventions.

On December 20, 1969, exactly one year after the murders of David Faraday and Betty Lou Jensen, the Zodiac mailed a letter to Belli and included yet another swatch of Stine's shirt; the Zodiac claimed he wanted Belli to help him. While Arthur Leigh Allen was the prime suspect, all of the evidence was against him being the killer.To this day the Zodiac murders have not been solved and neither has the 340 character cipher (below) been decoded.

P.S. The zodiac killer spells his name in a 13-letter long code which has not been decrypted till this day: http://zodiackiller.com/MyNameIsLetter.html

For more background information regarding The Zodiac Killer, you may refer to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_killer

The Most Dangerous Game

coldwindz — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:10:46 CDT

"The Most Dangerous Game" also known as "The Hounds of Zaroff" (1924) is a short story written by Richard Connell and is considered as the author's best-known literature work. While its main character is a big-game hunter from North America, the primary focus of the tale is the villain, a former Russian aristocrat who has become so skilled at hunting that it bores him and in order to keep his hunting interest alive, he has developed a new hobby - hunting humans. The story is a sardonic, mocking and ironic gothic inversion of the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were fashionable and trendy among the wealthy Americans in the 1920s.

Characters
1) Sanger Rainsford, an accomplished hunter from New York, he is the main protagonist in the story.
2) General Zaroff, a man of pre-Revolutionary Russian aristocratic background. He is utterly fixated on hunting and has a morbid hobby of hunting humans.
3) Ivan, Zaroff's large Cossack slave and bodyguard. He is deaf and has no tongue, this makes him ideal to Zaroff, as Ivan cannot tell anyone of Zaroff's murders even if he escapes the island.
4) Whitney, one of Rainsford's boatmates who wonders what it would be like to be the hunted instead of the hunter, essentially foreshadowing the later events in the story.

Plot
At the start of the story, Sanger Rainsford is heading south to Brazil to hunt jaguar in the Amazon with a fellow hunter named Whitney. Rainsford is presented as stereotypically heartless hunter, sparing noconcern about the life or feelings of his prey. As they pass through the Caribbean, Rainsford accidentally falls over the side of the yacht, but saves himself by swimming to the rocky shore of a mysterious island. Moving inland he discovers a large manor-house on a cliff. He knocks at the door and is welcomed by General Zaroff, a genteel and elegant man of noble Cossack heritage who apparently lives on the island alone with his powerful servant, a terrifying deaf-mute named Ivan. Zaroff explains that he is the ultimate big-game hunter; he lives for his hobby, and has travelled around the world and hunted every possible game animal. Now he has become so good and skilled at hunting animals that he has grown bored with his beloved pastime. In search of the only prey that can make the hunt challenging, he has begun to hunt the most dangerous animal - humans. He lives in luxurious seclusion on the island, manipulating ships into wrecking near his island with misleading navigation lights. When the surviving crew swim to his shores, he offers them a choice: they can either choose to be murdered by Ivan or choose to be hunted on the island by Zaroff. If they survive three days, he promises to set them free. Rainsford professes horror at the hunting of humans, and it isn't long before this hunter must himself be hunted. Zaroff offers Rainsford the same choice: become prey, or die. Rainsford must set out to survive his three days as a game animal with only a sack of food and a knife. The conclusion of the story focuses on what happens when these two skilled hunters pit their wits against each other.

*Spoiler Warning*
A short thriller of the ending:

When the general and his pack reached the place by the sea, the Cossack stopped. For some minutes he stood regarding the blue-green expanse of water. He shrugged his shoulders. Then be sat down, took a drink of brandy from a silver flask, lit a cigarette, and hummed a bit from Madame Butterfly.
General Zaroff had an exceedingly good dinner in his great paneled dining hall that evening. With it he had a bottle of Pol Roger and half a bottle of Chambertin. Two slight annoyances kept him from perfect enjoyment. One was the thought that it would be difficult to replace Ivan; the other was that his quarry had escaped him; of course, the American hadn't played the game--so thought the general as he tasted his after-dinner liqueur. In his library he read, to soothe himself, from the works of Marcus Aurelius. At ten he went up to his bedroom. He was deliciously tired, he said to himself, as he locked himself in. There was a little moonlight, so, before turning on his light, he went to the window and looked down at the courtyard. He could see the great hounds, and he called, "Better luck another time," to them. Then he switched on the light.
A man, who had been hiding in the curtains of the bed, was standing there...

Film Adaptations
The story has been adapted for film numerous times. The most significant of these adaptations (and apparently the only one to use the original characters) was RKO's The Most Dangerous Game, released in 1932, having been shot (mostly at night) on sets used during the day for the "Skull Island" sequences of King Kong. The movie starred Joel McCrea as Rainsford (renamed "Robert" instead of "Sanger") and Leslie Banks as Zaroff, and added two other principal characters: Eve Trowbridge (Fay Wray) and Martin Trowbridge (Robert Armstrong), who are brother and sister (Wray and Armstrong were also starring in King Kong on the same sets during the day). The story was also twice produced as a radio play for the series Suspense, on 23 September 1943 with Orson Welles as Zaroff and Keenan Wynn as Rainsford, and on 1 February 1945 with frequent Welles collaborator Joseph Cotten playing Rainsford. In these productions, Rainsford narrates the story in retrospect as he waits in Zaroff's bedroom for the final confrontation.
A second movie adaptation, a remake of the 1932 movie, also produced by RKO was A Game of Death, released in 1945. Directed by Robert Wise at the very beginning of his long and distinguished directing career, the movie was regarded poorly. Footage from the original was recycled, and one actor from the original, Noble Johnson, was cast in the remake. In keeping with events of the time, A Game of Death changed Zaroff into "Erich Kreiger", a German Nazi, and was set in the aftermath of WWII. In 1956 a second official remake was made, Run for the Sun, starring Richard Widmark and Jane Greer.
Other versions include Bloodlust! (1961), The Woman Hunt (1973), Turkey Shoot (1982) and Surviving the Game (1994).
The concept of The Most Dangerous Game has been reused in numerous works of fiction, including:

Films:

Predator
Surviving the Game
Jumangi
Hard Target
Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity
The Pest

Trivia
The Most Dangerous Game has several similarities with the Zodiac Killer murder case. It is said to have possibly been an inspiration to Arthur Leigh Allen, the one time primary suspect of the notorious Zodiac murders, who admitted to having read this book and admired its content.

P.S. Full text of "The Most Dangerous Game" is available at Classic Shorts and E-server

The Hope Diamond

coldwindz — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 06:09:36 CDT

The famous Hope Diamond weighs 44.52 carats and is said to be unlucky for its owner. It is regarded as the most famous gemstone in history as the diamond is legendary for the curse it supposedly puts on whoever possesses it. The Hope Diamond appears to be a brilliant blue-coloured gem to the naked eye because of its trace amounts of boron within the diamond. Itexhibits red fluorescence under ultraviolet light.

The, originally 112 carat, Hope Diamond was mined in India and brought to France in 1668 by Jean Baptiste Tavernier. It was said to be cursed because a thief stole the diamond from the eye of a statue of the Hindu goddess Sita, wife of Rama. According to the curse, misfortune, unhappiness, and even death would befall anyone who stole the stone or took possession of it. Tavernier sold it to Louis XIV, who had it cut into a 67 carat heart-shaped stone and named it The Blue Diamond of the Crown. Tavernier was reportedly killed by wild dogs on his next trip to India.

Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette inherited The French Blue, as it was popularly known. In 1792 about the time of their executions, the French Blue and all of the other French crown jewels were stolen. Many of the jewels were recovered, with the exception of the Blue Diamond of the Crown. There are reports that the French Blue was re-cut to its present size by Wilhelm Fals, a Dutch diamond cutter. It is believed that he died after his son Hendrick stole the diamond from him. His son, Hendrick, later committed suicide.

In 1830 a 44.5-carat, deep blue, oval-cut diamond appeared in London. It was believed to have been the French Blue that had been re-cut to conceal its identity. Henry Hope bought it and since then it has been known as the Hope diamond.

Many Europeans have owned the diamond, and many had similar tales of bad luck. It was sold to Evalyn Walsh McLean, a wealthy American, in 1911 and many members of her family also experienced bad luck. After she bought the Hope diamond, her son was killed in an automobile accident, her husband died in a mental hospital, and her daughter died in 1946 from an overdose of sleeping pills. After her death in 1947, Harry Winston, a well known jeweler, purchased all of her jewels including the Hope diamond. He gave the gem to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, in 1958, where it has remained on permanent display ever since.

Samuel's Puzzle Page

samuelanonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:31:53 CDT

To find Samuel's blog (inspired by Darren):

Part I:

Question 1: The Last Mrs
In the book AWIT, the youngest Mrs W. Hope you still remember!

Question 2: Opposites
a) Hot
b) Loud
c) Your
d) Sick
e) Stand

Question 3: Five Circles
Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, Red
XXVIII

Question 4:
The 10th digit of the 16th letter

Question 5:
You use it all the time,
but you can't feel it
Some people have one,
others have many
You write it down often,
you turn around when you hear yours
It could be a first, or a last, or a middle
parents spend lots of time thinking about it
What is it?

Question 6: Easy
A person who uses.

To get the answer for Part I:
1st word: second word for question 1 minus the answer for 2(e)
Take Question 3, find the country.
To answer Question 4, use the alphabet of the above country.
2nd word: Answer for 2(x) where x is the number from question 4
3rd word: Question 6
4th word: Question 5
Now answer the statement which you just got.

Part II:

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Final Answer: (answertopart1).(answertopart2).com
If you got it, leave a comment.

Part III (use this password):
Someone who maintains a lack of the 4th word of part 1

samuelanonymous' Page

samuelanonymous — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:39:21 CDT

Hi. Just decided to be a bit random and come up with a top 5 list for various things. Every week (I hope) will be something new. The things in the list are not necessarily the best in their category, but are 5 things which in my opinion define the category.

The next one will be Top 5 Ways to Destroy the World. Inspired by LiveScience.com. After that it will be Top 5 Inventions of All Time

Also to be added: Samuel's view of the future!, A complete history of the world.

This week: Top 5 Cars

Previous:Top 5 Weapons

Other Interesting Things: Friendly Floatees!

Samuel's Puzzle Page