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    Sweet sounds of success

    Learningpost, Published on 18/05/2010

    » The custom-made black uniforms with silver and red-glitter sashes and French cuffs were crisply pressed; every shoe was polished to a glean, toes straight and forward, stomachs in, heads up, shoulders back, backs straight, hearts full of pride and faces full of smiles ... .

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    Telecommuting remains important

    Learningpost, Thomas Tuohy, Published on 18/05/2010

    » It wasn't so long ago that many people in major cities got up in the morning and went to work by train, car or bus, a routine commonly known as commuting.

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    Breaking News!

    Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 23/05/2010

    » Back in 1989 I was a journalist working for a daily newspaper in Australia, and one of the very last assignments I had before embarking on my trip to Thailand was one of the toughest. Through a few contacts, and my reputation for being a fair journalist (this was a long time ago, remember), I interviewed a group of paedophiles who met once a week in an anonymous suburban house.

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    Water, water everywhere

    Learningpost, Steve Graham, Published on 01/06/2010

    » Most of our planet is covered in water. However, we can only drink 2.5 percent of it. Some educational commentators suggest that this could be a metaphor for our education budget from the government.

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    Emotional skills key, not IQ

    Learningpost, Edward Roy Krishnan, PHD, Published on 01/06/2010

    » Intelligence quotient alone is not enough to serve as the foundation for all-round happiness. Indeed, psychologists have firmly established that neither does IQ alone account for one's life success. Research data in this area is so strong that it is now empirically accepted that cognitive development should no longer be the singular aim of schools.

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    Behaviour-influencing techniques

    Learningpost, Published on 20/04/2010

    » Prevention trumps cure. It avoids a waste of energy, time and resources. Prevention allows teachers to nurture positive working relationships with students. Students respect teachers who take the necessary steps to prevent misbehaviour rather than wait to react to it when it does surface.

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    A higher level of communication

    Mylife, Dr Penny Lorwatanapongsa, Published on 22/04/2010

    » Taking care of one's self during pregnancy is not an easy task. However, taking care of a toddler in the digital era is much harder because of communication problems which are bound to occur in the family.

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    Hooray for... Hancock park

    Brunch, Andrew Biggs, Published on 25/04/2010

    » You know, back when I was living in Bangkok I was a pretty modest kind of guy. I know that sounds like I've been living here in Los Angeles for an eternity, as opposed to 14 nights, but I can tell you I've changed.

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    More than just kicking around

    Learningpost, Purich Trivitayakhun, Published on 04/05/2010

    » After over an hour of intense competition, "Team-KMUTT", representing King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), snatched first place at the inaugural "Thailand Humanoid Robot Soccer Championship". The team won a 200,000-baht cash prize and will be representing Thailand at the RoboCup Soccer Humanoid League, which is part of RoboCup 2010, in Singapore in June.

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    Maneaters

    Learningpost, David Canavan, Published on 01/06/2010

    » There are places we can go on this planet where we are not the dominant species or top predator, places where only brave men dare to venture and places where humans actually, and actively, get preyed upon. To be eaten alive, I think, would be the worst way to die, yet it happens to people every year, eaten alive by a few select animals. Let me introduce you to the maneaters.

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