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Highest Paid ESL Jobs Around the World Hi all… Whoever said about welfare in Canada being around $1000 so why leave? You’re crazy. As a single person in MB you get $313 towards rent and $283 towards food. That’s it. Amazon.com: Coffee Life in Japan (California Studies in Food and Culture): Merry White: 洋書 By I. Darren - (Amazon.com) For some reason one tends to associate Japan with a tea culture and not coffee. Gorgeous Homes Made From Shipping Containers - Gallery - The Breeze » Click to close « Sign up for mediaworks now to access lots of extra features across our family of websites. The relatively cheap shipping container is a good foundation for a strong home. Here are some eye-catching creations. Seishun Juhachi Kippu (Seishun 18 Kippu) The Seishun Juhachi Kippu, meaning something like "Youthful 18 Ticket", is a seasonally available railway ticket, which gives you five days of unlimited, nationwide travel on local and rapid JR (Japan Railways) trains for only 11,500 yen, or 2,300 yen per day! Availability The Seishun 18 Kippu is only available three times a year during school holiday seasons, as shown in the table below (subject to change): Eligibility Despite its name, the Seishun 18 Kippu can be used by people of any age.

Writing a good CV for TEFL What sort of CV (resume, if your prefer) is going to impress a DoS (Director of Studies) in a language school? Who better to ask than DoS at IH Barcelona, Evelyn Byrne... "What am I looking for? Someone who's got a good qualification from a reputable place," is Evelyn's immediate answer. She expanded on that: she'd much rather see a Cambridge ESOL qualification (CELTA, that is) and tends to be choosey about where it was taken - like, at what centre. Niklas Agevik's blog - 20 lessons about making viral apps I learned the hard way I have a lot of people to thank for this post - too many to mention that have shared their knowledge with me. But above all, this post would not have been possible without the team we have at Instabridge. So, 20 lessons about making viral apps I learned the hard way: 1) Buying downloads is cheap. Facebook is cheapest, AdMob is second cheapest. It should not cost more than $1 to buy a download.

Japan discovers cheap flights, 3 low-cost carriers lead the way Japan has a reputation for loving expensive things like overpriced real estate, gourmet melons and luxury brands. But the nation is finally discovering the joy of flying cheap, with the arrival this year of three low-cost carriers. Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition The takeoff of AirAsia Japan, Peach Aviation and Jetstar Japan could change lifestyles. International ESL Jobs - Bratislava, Slovakia -- EduPoint Language School -- 10 April 2014 We have openings for June 2014 We offer you: - Starting Salary 465 €/month (net salary after all taxes paid) plus performance bonuses (overtime). After probation period – salary from 500 Eur (fix ... Native English Teachers Needed -- AYC THAILAND -- 10 April 2014

Aaron Sherwood-Blog Firewall is an interactive media installation created with Mike Allison . A stretched sheet of spandex acts as a membrane interface sensitive to depth that people can push into and create fire-like visuals as well as expressively play music. The original concept stems from a performance piece I’m currently developing as Purring Tiger (with Kiori Kawai) titled Mizalu, which will premiere in June 2013. Benesse Art Site Naoshima ・Regular full-time employees for the managing company(Naoshima Cultural Village Co., Ltd.)・For further information Regular full-time employees for the managing company(Naoshima Cultural Village Co., Ltd.)

A Lion Made from 4,000 Pieces of Hammered Metal by Selçuk Yılmaz Created from nearly 4,000 pieces of metal scraps, Aslan (Turkish for Lion), is a recent sculpture by Istanbul-based artist Selçuk Yılmaz. The piece took nearly a year of work and involved hand-cutting and hammering of each individual metal piece. The final work weighs roughly 550 pounds (250kg). While we’ve seen dozens of artists use multiple components to create a final form, it’s worth noting how well the bent mental lends itself to the final shape of this impressive cat.

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