Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Best Regard's : Ruhazziq, Mr Ng Weilun, Ms Eudora Tan~
Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:50 PM
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
9:50 PM
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Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Click here to view the 2009 Mid Year Examinations time table.
Please abide by the terms and conditions stated below.
Terms and Conditions
Modification of any of the Contents or use of the Contents for any other purpose will be a violation of Tampines Secondary School’s copyright and other intellectual property rights. Graphics and images on this Web Site are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or appropriated in any manner without written permission of the school.
Copyright © 2008 Tampines Secondary School 2 Bedok South Road Singapore 469268 Tel: 6783 5423 Fax: 6784 3059 All rights reserved
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Best Regard's : Ruhazziq, Mr Ng Weilun, Ms Eudora Tan~
News & Reminders to take note
5:57 AM
Why Border Controls Can't Keep Out the Flu Virus
By BRYAN WALSH Bryan Walsh – Thu Apr 30, 2:10 am ET
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic alert level on Wednesday evening to phase 5, signaling that the first influenza pandemic in over 40 years was imminent. That announcement came on a day when the H1N1 swine flu virus continued to spread worldwide, with new cases confirmed in Austria, Germany, Britain, New Zealand and Israel, bringing the global caseload to 148.
The hardest hit countries are still Mexico and the U.S., where the virus is spreading easily from person to person - the main reason behind the WHO's decision to raise the pandemic alert from phase 4 to 5. In the U.S. there are now more than 90 confirmed cases in 10 states, with the first fatality reported Wednesday morning - a 22-month-old Mexican boy who died in Texas. In Mexico more than 150 people have died of what is suspected to be swine flu, with more than 2,400 suspected infections - though only seven deaths and 26 cases have been confirmed as swine flu in a lab. (See pictures of the swine flu in Mexico.)
But the pandemic threat now goes well beyond one or two countries. "An influenza pandemic should be taken seriously because of its capacity to spread rapidly," said WHO director general Margaret Chan. "We do not have all the answers now. But we will get them."
With the H1N1 swine flu virus seemingly entrenched in both Mexico and the U.S., and continually surfacing elsewhere, a pandemic may be inevitable - flu viruses are extremely transmissible and hard to control. But that hasn't stopped health officials from trying. In the U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that affected schools "should strongly consider temporarily closing so that we can be as safe as possible," prompting the closure of schools with confirmed cases - involving some 50,000 students - in several states. At his news conference on Wednesday night, President Obama also said that "every American should know that their entire government is taking the utmost precautions and preparations." (See the 5 things you need to know about swine flu.)
Those measures include strengthening surveillance of travelers entering America, examining and testing people who might be exhibiting flu-like symptoms, and alerting Americans in Mexico, where the disease still seems to be at its worst. Meanwhile, other countries have placed far stronger restrictions on travel to Mexico, in an effort to cut off the spread of the disease. Cuba and Argentina have temporarily banned flights to and from Mexico, Japan has stopped giving visas to Mexicans who arrive in the country and France is putting forward a request to suspend all flights between the European Union and Mexico.
In hearings on Wednesday, members of Congress sharply questioned Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on the possibility of virtually sealing off the border with Mexico. Said Republican Sen. John McCain in a statement: "I continue to believe that all available options to end this crisis must remain under consideration, including closing the border if it would prevent further transmission of this deadly virus."
But Napolitano said the U.S. has no plans to close the border with Mexico, a stance that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the WHO support and which Obama reiterated at his press conference. "Intensive efforts at the border are not effective means for protecting against an infectious disease," said acting CDC director Richard Besser. Still, if the swine flu continues to worsen in Mexico, it's not hard to see how Obama and other world leaders would come under increasing pressure to try to wall off Mexico - just as an infected patient might be quarantined to prevent the spread of the disease.
Health officials argue that because the H1N1 swine flu virus is already present in so many countries, and readily capable of spreading from person to person, it's far too late to try to isolate one or two countries. Although uninfected countries may be able to delay the introduction of swine flu by imposing draconian limits on international travel, they would not likely be able to stave off the virus for good - and the economic losses resulting from the travel bans may far outweigh any benefits. One 2007 study by the Brookings Institution estimated, for example, that a 95% reduction in U.S. air travel would cost the economy $100 billion a year.
"Once the virus has spread beyond its initial focus, travel restrictions just aren't effective," says Ira Longini, a biostatistician at the University of Washington. With 4,000 flights a day between the U.S. and Mexico, "it's not worth the social disruption it would cause."
That's not to say that very strict restrictions wouldn't have some effect on slowing the flu virus. In a 2006 study Harvard epidemiologists John Brownstein and Kenneth Mandi examined the effect of the sharp reduction in air travel after the Sept. 11 attacks on that year's flu season. They found that the flight ban and the general decline in air travel for weeks afterward delayed the onset of the flu season, but did little to reduce the overall number of infections and deaths that year.
The data matches computer models run by biostatisticians like Longini, who found that even the strictest limits on air travel would only slow the start of a flu pandemic, not stop its spread. But, again, while that strategy may benefit countries that have not yet been infected with swine flu, there's still no way to know when it would be safe to lift those restrictions. "There's no question that air travel spreads the flu," says Mandi, a physician and researcher at the informatics program at Children's Hospital Boston and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. "But the impact of limiting flights at this point, is difficult compared to the downside of the economic impact."
As far as the U.S.-Mexico border is concerned, attempting to actually close it would be futile, since countless illegal migrants cross over to the U.S. daily. Trying to stop movement may just push travelers, and the spread of the swine flu, underground. It would create a diplomatic headache as well - the Mexican government has already expressed its concern over travel restrictions.
What works better are social-distancing actions on a local level - closing schools, having employees work at home and limiting public gatherings where the flu can spread easily. Such methods worked during the deadly 1918 Spanish flu - cities that acted quickly to close schools and theaters early in the pandemic had peak death rates 50% lower than cities that acted more slowly. Today doctors could also prophylactically administer antiviral drugs to the close contacts of any swine flu patients, a strategy that has been shown to help prevent the spread of the flu. "Until you start to see really massive clusters, that can be a really effective method," says Longini.
Ultimately, however, in a world as truly interconnected as ours, we can no more cloister a single country than we could cut off a limb. The world has become increasingly one - as the rapid spread of the swine flu virus from country to country shows. "It is really all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic," said the WHO's Chan. Whatever happens next with the swine flu - whether it burns out or sharpens - we're in this together.
- With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington
Read: "How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes of 1976."
Read: "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS."
View this article on Time.com
Related articles on Time.com:
Officials Try to Ease Fears While Raising Swine Flu Alert
Officials Say Flu Cannot Be Contained As Global Cases Rise
To Travel or Not to Travel? A Swine Flu Dilemma
Mexico's Mystery: Why Is Swine Flu Deadlier There?
CDC Readies Vaccine in Case of Swine Flu Pandemic
Based on what i shown you guys about the Swineflu , That is why we need to bring our thermometer everyday. Till further notice.
Next Announcements,
I heard that alot of people lost their timetables. Sorry that i do not have a copy of it. So if you want to check the timetable, do visit tpps website/scroll down here to see the latest timetable that i post it last 2 months.
Make sure next week, bring your IPW things for your project. If not, Mr Ang will call Mr Hafiz to deal with us.
Heres are the theme in-case you guys forget,
GARBAGE TO FASHION~
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
By BRYAN WALSH Bryan Walsh – Thu Apr 30, 2:10 am ET
The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the pandemic alert level on Wednesday evening to phase 5, signaling that the first influenza pandemic in over 40 years was imminent. That announcement came on a day when the H1N1 swine flu virus continued to spread worldwide, with new cases confirmed in Austria, Germany, Britain, New Zealand and Israel, bringing the global caseload to 148.
The hardest hit countries are still Mexico and the U.S., where the virus is spreading easily from person to person - the main reason behind the WHO's decision to raise the pandemic alert from phase 4 to 5. In the U.S. there are now more than 90 confirmed cases in 10 states, with the first fatality reported Wednesday morning - a 22-month-old Mexican boy who died in Texas. In Mexico more than 150 people have died of what is suspected to be swine flu, with more than 2,400 suspected infections - though only seven deaths and 26 cases have been confirmed as swine flu in a lab. (See pictures of the swine flu in Mexico.)
But the pandemic threat now goes well beyond one or two countries. "An influenza pandemic should be taken seriously because of its capacity to spread rapidly," said WHO director general Margaret Chan. "We do not have all the answers now. But we will get them."
With the H1N1 swine flu virus seemingly entrenched in both Mexico and the U.S., and continually surfacing elsewhere, a pandemic may be inevitable - flu viruses are extremely transmissible and hard to control. But that hasn't stopped health officials from trying. In the U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that affected schools "should strongly consider temporarily closing so that we can be as safe as possible," prompting the closure of schools with confirmed cases - involving some 50,000 students - in several states. At his news conference on Wednesday night, President Obama also said that "every American should know that their entire government is taking the utmost precautions and preparations." (See the 5 things you need to know about swine flu.)
Those measures include strengthening surveillance of travelers entering America, examining and testing people who might be exhibiting flu-like symptoms, and alerting Americans in Mexico, where the disease still seems to be at its worst. Meanwhile, other countries have placed far stronger restrictions on travel to Mexico, in an effort to cut off the spread of the disease. Cuba and Argentina have temporarily banned flights to and from Mexico, Japan has stopped giving visas to Mexicans who arrive in the country and France is putting forward a request to suspend all flights between the European Union and Mexico.
In hearings on Wednesday, members of Congress sharply questioned Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on the possibility of virtually sealing off the border with Mexico. Said Republican Sen. John McCain in a statement: "I continue to believe that all available options to end this crisis must remain under consideration, including closing the border if it would prevent further transmission of this deadly virus."
But Napolitano said the U.S. has no plans to close the border with Mexico, a stance that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the WHO support and which Obama reiterated at his press conference. "Intensive efforts at the border are not effective means for protecting against an infectious disease," said acting CDC director Richard Besser. Still, if the swine flu continues to worsen in Mexico, it's not hard to see how Obama and other world leaders would come under increasing pressure to try to wall off Mexico - just as an infected patient might be quarantined to prevent the spread of the disease.
Health officials argue that because the H1N1 swine flu virus is already present in so many countries, and readily capable of spreading from person to person, it's far too late to try to isolate one or two countries. Although uninfected countries may be able to delay the introduction of swine flu by imposing draconian limits on international travel, they would not likely be able to stave off the virus for good - and the economic losses resulting from the travel bans may far outweigh any benefits. One 2007 study by the Brookings Institution estimated, for example, that a 95% reduction in U.S. air travel would cost the economy $100 billion a year.
"Once the virus has spread beyond its initial focus, travel restrictions just aren't effective," says Ira Longini, a biostatistician at the University of Washington. With 4,000 flights a day between the U.S. and Mexico, "it's not worth the social disruption it would cause."
That's not to say that very strict restrictions wouldn't have some effect on slowing the flu virus. In a 2006 study Harvard epidemiologists John Brownstein and Kenneth Mandi examined the effect of the sharp reduction in air travel after the Sept. 11 attacks on that year's flu season. They found that the flight ban and the general decline in air travel for weeks afterward delayed the onset of the flu season, but did little to reduce the overall number of infections and deaths that year.
The data matches computer models run by biostatisticians like Longini, who found that even the strictest limits on air travel would only slow the start of a flu pandemic, not stop its spread. But, again, while that strategy may benefit countries that have not yet been infected with swine flu, there's still no way to know when it would be safe to lift those restrictions. "There's no question that air travel spreads the flu," says Mandi, a physician and researcher at the informatics program at Children's Hospital Boston and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School. "But the impact of limiting flights at this point, is difficult compared to the downside of the economic impact."
As far as the U.S.-Mexico border is concerned, attempting to actually close it would be futile, since countless illegal migrants cross over to the U.S. daily. Trying to stop movement may just push travelers, and the spread of the swine flu, underground. It would create a diplomatic headache as well - the Mexican government has already expressed its concern over travel restrictions.
What works better are social-distancing actions on a local level - closing schools, having employees work at home and limiting public gatherings where the flu can spread easily. Such methods worked during the deadly 1918 Spanish flu - cities that acted quickly to close schools and theaters early in the pandemic had peak death rates 50% lower than cities that acted more slowly. Today doctors could also prophylactically administer antiviral drugs to the close contacts of any swine flu patients, a strategy that has been shown to help prevent the spread of the flu. "Until you start to see really massive clusters, that can be a really effective method," says Longini.
Ultimately, however, in a world as truly interconnected as ours, we can no more cloister a single country than we could cut off a limb. The world has become increasingly one - as the rapid spread of the swine flu virus from country to country shows. "It is really all of humanity that is under threat during a pandemic," said the WHO's Chan. Whatever happens next with the swine flu - whether it burns out or sharpens - we're in this together.
- With reporting by Massimo Calabresi/Washington
Read: "How to Deal with Swine Flu: Heeding the Mistakes of 1976."
Read: "Battling Swine Flu: The Lessons from SARS."
View this article on Time.com
Related articles on Time.com:
Officials Try to Ease Fears While Raising Swine Flu Alert
Officials Say Flu Cannot Be Contained As Global Cases Rise
To Travel or Not to Travel? A Swine Flu Dilemma
Mexico's Mystery: Why Is Swine Flu Deadlier There?
CDC Readies Vaccine in Case of Swine Flu Pandemic
Based on what i shown you guys about the Swineflu , That is why we need to bring our thermometer everyday. Till further notice.
Next Announcements,
I heard that alot of people lost their timetables. Sorry that i do not have a copy of it. So if you want to check the timetable, do visit tpps website/scroll down here to see the latest timetable that i post it last 2 months.
Make sure next week, bring your IPW things for your project. If not, Mr Ang will call Mr Hafiz to deal with us.
Heres are the theme in-case you guys forget,
GARBAGE TO FASHION~
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Best Regard's : Ruhazziq, Mr Ng Weilun, Ms Eudora Tan~
New Duty Roster Permanent
Monday, April 20, 2009 3:04 AM
Heres Are The Updated New Duty Roster!
This Duty Roster will be Permanent. Who slack their job will be send to Mr Hafiz as i promise to him =)
Duty Roster 2T1 2009 Term 1 & 2 / 3 & 4
Selected Teams Per Day
Monday : Mateen, Qayyum, Hadri, Kai Jie, Ismail, Sabreena
Tuesday : Faizul, Hisham, Mohd Shafiq, Nor Shafiq, Beng Hock, Syazwani
Wednesday : Guo Hong, Shahrul, Ridzwan, Cai Yao, Izzat, Arfah
Thursday : Haikal, Jia Qing, Ridwan, Alfiez, Liyana, Khalisah
Friday : Azhari, Jessie, Nabilah, Aaron, Riduan, Regina
Teams Leaders /Advisors
Monday : Mateen / Sabreena
Tuesday : Faizul / Syazwani
Wednesday : Izzat / Arfah
Thursday : Khalisah / Liyana
Friday : Jessie / Nabilah
Task To Do :-
Sweep The Floor (2 people)
Wipe The Whiteboard (1 people)
Arrange The Table (2 people)
Empty The Dustbin (1 people)
© 20/04/2009 Ruhazziq, Mr Ang & Khalisah
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
This Duty Roster will be Permanent. Who slack their job will be send to Mr Hafiz as i promise to him =)
Duty Roster 2T1 2009 Term 1 & 2 / 3 & 4
Selected Teams Per Day
Monday : Mateen, Qayyum, Hadri, Kai Jie, Ismail, Sabreena
Tuesday : Faizul, Hisham, Mohd Shafiq, Nor Shafiq, Beng Hock, Syazwani
Wednesday : Guo Hong, Shahrul, Ridzwan, Cai Yao, Izzat, Arfah
Thursday : Haikal, Jia Qing, Ridwan, Alfiez, Liyana, Khalisah
Friday : Azhari, Jessie, Nabilah, Aaron, Riduan, Regina
Teams Leaders /Advisors
Monday : Mateen / Sabreena
Tuesday : Faizul / Syazwani
Wednesday : Izzat / Arfah
Thursday : Khalisah / Liyana
Friday : Jessie / Nabilah
Task To Do :-
Sweep The Floor (2 people)
Wipe The Whiteboard (1 people)
Arrange The Table (2 people)
Empty The Dustbin (1 people)
© 20/04/2009 Ruhazziq, Mr Ang & Khalisah
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Best Regard's : Ruhazziq, Mr Ng Weilun, Ms Eudora Tan~
New Teachers,
Monday, April 13, 2009 7:08 AM
Dear 2T1,
Alright my 2T1, Give alot of courage to Mdm Nurul that she gonna gave birth soon!!
Is a boy, Lets courage her to have a very healthy & wonderful baby boy!!!
Anyway, there will be a new teacher taking over her. Her name is Mdm Zuriah!!
She so motherly & strictly during malay lesson. For those chinese fellows who want to know her, she will be teaching us Character Education!! as part of co-form teacher=)
Do Respect her ok?
Make sure you pay $14.00 for the Class T-shirt!!!!
If you want to see the design, come see my blog lol (i lazy post it here)
Remember, 2 more Wednesday you must stay back till 5.30!!! is a must compulsory programme ok? It will be part of your CPA & Science Marks & NPPA =)
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Alright my 2T1, Give alot of courage to Mdm Nurul that she gonna gave birth soon!!
Is a boy, Lets courage her to have a very healthy & wonderful baby boy!!!
Anyway, there will be a new teacher taking over her. Her name is Mdm Zuriah!!
She so motherly & strictly during malay lesson. For those chinese fellows who want to know her, she will be teaching us Character Education!! as part of co-form teacher=)
Do Respect her ok?
Make sure you pay $14.00 for the Class T-shirt!!!!
If you want to see the design, come see my blog lol (i lazy post it here)
Remember, 2 more Wednesday you must stay back till 5.30!!! is a must compulsory programme ok? It will be part of your CPA & Science Marks & NPPA =)
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Best Regard's : Ruhazziq, Mr Ng Weilun, Ms Eudora Tan~
Reminders (Again)
Monday, April 6, 2009 5:16 AM
Dear My 2t1 childrens =X
Anyway, the class T-shirt cost $14.00 so by the end of this week you better the price. I DUN CARE ANY LAME excuses OR "No money, don want buy" . SO PLEASE, you better have Class Spirit OK? Any question about this. Every Tuesday you ask me question RED period. OK?
Next announcement, Wednesday is your IT Lessons, So remember to come for the lessons. Attendance is compulsory, I will suggest Mr Hafiz to monitor 2T1 attendance.
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Anyway, the class T-shirt cost $14.00 so by the end of this week you better the price. I DUN CARE ANY LAME excuses OR "No money, don want buy" . SO PLEASE, you better have Class Spirit OK? Any question about this. Every Tuesday you ask me question RED period. OK?
Next announcement, Wednesday is your IT Lessons, So remember to come for the lessons. Attendance is compulsory, I will suggest Mr Hafiz to monitor 2T1 attendance.
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Best Regard's : Ruhazziq, Mr Ng Weilun, Ms Eudora Tan~
Reminders:
Saturday, April 4, 2009 3:33 AM
Dear 2T1,
This Monday, 6/4/09 there will be Math Test. It will be Tested on Algebra Chapter =)
Ms Rinah printed us alot of Examinations paper for us to do. So be prepared for
Surprised Quiz Again =O
Mr Tiah Had Set some new & stritch rules, Make sure you Respect him..
Class Meeting This Monday for all Class Leaders. ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY.
2.00-2.30 CM period.
Speaker : Ruhazziq
Topic : Discipline, Planning & Association LT & Class Funds Deciding
Leaders Points will be awarded for those who answer the Question Correctly.
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
This Monday, 6/4/09 there will be Math Test. It will be Tested on Algebra Chapter =)
Ms Rinah printed us alot of Examinations paper for us to do. So be prepared for
Surprised Quiz Again =O
Mr Tiah Had Set some new & stritch rules, Make sure you Respect him..
Class Meeting This Monday for all Class Leaders. ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY.
2.00-2.30 CM period.
Speaker : Ruhazziq
Topic : Discipline, Planning & Association LT & Class Funds Deciding
Leaders Points will be awarded for those who answer the Question Correctly.
Best Regard;
Ruhazziq Head Of Class Commitees, Ex-Chairman (Acting), Councillor
Best Regard's : Ruhazziq, Mr Ng Weilun, Ms Eudora Tan~
