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In 3 years, Canada could get Target!!! + Lovely Pictures

The much-loved “cheap-chic” discount chain, Target Corp., referred to by fans as “Tar-Jay,” says it has Canada in its sights as part of a future international expansion plan.

Target said it would be at least three years before the international expansion plan takes place. In the meantime, the Minneapolis-based retailer said it would focus on updating its existing United States stores.

Like many U.S. retailers, Target is mulling a move outside its home market after sales and profits took a nosedive in the past year.

Read the article here, and thanks to @danigray for bringing it to my attention on Twitter (@brokeinthecity)

And here’s a slideshow of great pictures I found this week:

Click on their links to go to the source.

Just with a blowtorch, and old pieces of metal.

Artist: Cal Lane

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Link Love Roundup: The Cool Technology Edition + Some Fun Extras

A very positive, self-affirming scale.

Currently sold out right now on Amazon.

Via Feministing

Then as if by chance, I found this Lemon Garlic Chicken Recipe..

YUMMM!!!!!

And it sounds VERY easy.

Lemon Garlic Chicken

Ingredients:
1 package of chicken thighs & drumsticks (4 thighs & 4 drumsticks)
3 lemons
15 cloves of garlic, peeled (See: How to Peel Garlic Quickly and Easily)
Salt & pepper to taste
2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

In a bowl, add the chicken pieces. Slice the lemons in half and juice them. Add the juice and the lemon rinds to the bowl, along with the garlic, salt, pepper, and thyme. Mix well with your hands, then dump this all in a large baking dish.

Put the dish in the oven and bake the chicken for 30 to 40 minutes, basting every 10 minutes. When the skin gets crispy and the meat is cooked through, it is done.

Via The Kitchn

A Dandelion Lamp you blow out…

It’s so pretty.

Anyone want some iPhone bedding?

Is anyone here addicted enough to buy this? :)

Via Apartment Therapy

A shipping container HOME

This is pretty cool.

Via Apartment Therapy

Mom was right: Don’t watch too much TV

Couch potatoes, beware. Sitting in front of the television for hours daily could shorten your life, according to an Australian study.

“Even if someone has a healthy body weight, sitting for long periods of time still has an unhealthy influence on their blood sugar and blood fats,” he said.

“In addition to doing regular exercise, avoid sitting for prolonged periods and keep in mind to ‘move more, more often’. Too much sitting is bad for health.”

Stuff.NZ

A dual-screen notebook?

FINALLY.

Looks promising and very cool.

Via Ubergizmo

Apparently, running shoes are worse for you than high heels.

Out here in the non-Tarahumara world, where we have access to the best in sports medicine, training innovations and footwear, up to 90 per cent of all marathoners are injured every year.

The Tarahumara, by contrast, remain spry and healthy deep into old age. I saw numerous men and women in their seventies loping up steep, cliffside switchbacks on their way to villages 30 miles away.

Back in 1994, a Tarahumara man ventured out of the canyons to compete against an elite field of runners at the Leadville Trail Ultramarathon, a 100-mile race through the Rocky Mountains.

He wore homemade sandals. He was 55 years old. He won.

When the Tarahumara aren’t barefoot, they wear nothing more cushioned than thin, hard sandals fashioned from discarded tire treads and leather thongs.


In place of artificial shock absorption, they rely on an ancient running technique that creates a naturally gentle landing.

Unlike the vast majority of modern runners, who come down heavily on their foam-covered heels and roll forward off their toes, the Tarahumara land lightly on their forefeet and bend their knees, as you would if you jumped from a chair.

“Remarkably, the effect of running shoes on knee joint torques,” the lead researcher said, “is even greater than the effect that was reported earlier of high-heeled shoes during walking.”

They even did the study with the Vibram Fivefingers, and the student runners changed their running style almost immediately if they were barefoot or in the shoes.

Via Telegraph UK

Don’t buy your textbooks, rent them!

From Barnes and Noble.

Via Life Hacker

Colour-changing bathroom tiles

SWEET.

Like a bathroom mood ring :D

Via Apartment Therapy

And now to end on a ballsy note.

This is incredible!

Her name is Boyanka Angelova and I am now re-committed to getting more flexible this year.

Via Hawtness shared by Ginger in my Google Reader Shared Items (Subscribe to my RSS Feed of Link Love here!)

FYI: What is Google Reader Shared Items?

It is simply an RSS Feed of all the articles I like on the web, just like subscribing to my RSS Feed here on this blog, or in a way, what StumbleUpon is.

It shares all the articles I think is cool or interesting, from the tons of blogs I follow on a daily basis.

It is open to everyone, and available on any software or platform that you can add an RSS Feed to, and it doesn’t exclude anyone or anything.

If you are new to “RSS Feeds” in general, check out Google (RSS) Reader where you can add all the RSS Feeds of all your favourite blogs so that you NEVER miss a post!

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Link Love: A 2nd Earth, Cancer, Cupcakes and other interesting oddities

Oh and there’s always hope for those of you looking for a girlfriend or a wife.

These brothers were living in a cave, before they found out that they inherited 4 billion euros from a lost grandmother.

That’s $8 billion give or take!!!

My favourite part of the article:

“If this all works out it will certainly make up for the life we have had until now — all we really had was each other — no women would look at us living in a cave,” said Geza.

“But with money, maybe we can find a partner and finally have a normal life.”

Via Telegraph

A normal life?

I highly doubt it.

Watch your back and keep an eye out for the gold diggers who are going to come out of the woodwork, boys.

Who wants to eat a $750 cupcake?

If it was free, why not? :P

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Via EpiCute

Ever wondered what the formula is for a beautiful face?

Beauty is not so much in the eye of the beholder as in the measurements between a woman’s eyes, mouth and ears, scientists claim.

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Via Telegraph

Cracking the Genetic Code of Cancer

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The scientists found the DNA code for a skin cancer called melanoma contained more than 30,000 errors almost entirely caused by too much sun exposure.

The lung cancer DNA code had more than 23,000 errors largely triggered by cigarette smoke exposure.

From this, the experts estimate a typical smoker acquires one new mutation for every 15 cigarettes they smoke.

Although many of these mutations will be harmless, some will trigger cancer.’

Via Slashdot

Water-Rich Super Earth discovered

Not likely to have signs of life, but it’s possible.

2.7 times larger than Earth! And it’s close to us :)

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Via CNN

This is just cute.

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Via Aziz is bored

And only a couple more days until Christmas.

Here’s my virtual tree:

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And my dream shoe wardrobe (just because of all the BOOOOOOOTS!)

(Yes it’s a shoe store. One of each shoe)

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And this looks very inviting.

Minus the books.

(That baby grand piano is making my fingers itch)

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With a little nook area like this.

I’d add a little table area so I could use a laptop.

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Just in time for the holidays: a cute fur coat

Awwwww CUTIE!

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Via Cute Overload

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Link Love: The Week in Review

New cool blog I found.

If you are trying to get back into learning French, or just like reading French words and things, then this is the blog for you.

French Word-A-Day

(actually, 3 times a week)

What I love best, is that Kristen writes mostly in English, but throws in French words and phrases here and there to help your brain adjust.

Then she explains each word in detail, AND the word of the day is given to you in a sentence or an audio file.

Example:

une remise (reuh meez) noun, feminine

: discount

Audio File and Example sentence: Download Wav or Download MP3

Je suis désolée, mais la remise que j’ai mentionnée hier, n’était pas valable.
I am sorry, but the discount that I mentioned yesterday was not valid.

le livre (m) = book; ce qui monte doit descendre = what goes up must come down; et c’est le cas de le dire = and that’s the least one can say; la rédaction (f) = composition (editing); désolée = sorry; même sans remise = even without the discount

Cool huh?

Moving on…

This is hilarious.

A kitty bank that steals your change ;)

Via Ubergizmo

If you want to know whether a chick or guy digs you or not, check out their feet.

Via Telegraph

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Speaking of which, men and women shop differently because they’re hardwired differently.

Or so they say..

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Just found this cute. I also love lemon pie.

Via this is happiness.

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A large red fabric panel in the loft.

What a brilliant, cool idea.

But I was more entranced by the damask on the right.

Via Apartment Therapy

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A cool thread-woven and wound walking stick.

Via Design Milk

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How webdesigning for clients can go straight to hell. Via The Oatmeal.

Hilarious stuff for anyone who has done this.

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And finally, Miss Krystal is giving away a $50 gift card to Starbucks!

Read all about it here.

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Link Love Week In Review

I am kind of liking these “The Week in Review” roundups.

Okay, so it isn’t the end of the week.

Who cares? End of the weekEND is good enough for me.

I won’t post a lot of articles like I used to before (overwhelming, no?) and I’ll try to keep it interesting.

THOSE ENGLISH SCOUNDRELS!

“I shall avenge…”

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(Damn girl, that’s a lot of jewelry and decoration!)

Men in England seem to have a new way of getting a lot of action…. by duping their Indian brides.

Read the article here.

Via Gawker

A Day in the Life of Storm Troopers on their Days Off

I already went through all 365 of them and tweeted some.

Here’s my favourites so far:

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Poor piglet. Always the target :(

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Check them all out here. This guy, Stefan, is a creative, fab photographer.

Via Fresh Pics

INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST

Hosted by National Geographic

Here are my 4 favourites from November.

There are so many other weeks to go through!

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NationalG_1

NationalG_2

NationalG_3

Check them all out here.

Ever wondered what the plane for the  U.S. President looks like?

Check them all out here.

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So why do they make “normal” passengers sit down and buckle in like cattle again? :P

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How cool is that? AN OFFICE INSIDE?

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Slacking off at work, I’m sure.

Probably watching Gossip Girl.

He’s MARRIED! And a CONGRESSMAN!

And he gets to get with Serena van der Woodsen!?

DAMN!! Reality sucks.

4Via Pics Roll.

This review of the Twilight books is making me laugh in ways I shouldn’t.

And I actually LIKED reading the series, never mind how childishly bad the writing was.

Via Cracked.

Win 2 tickets to Hansel & Gretel playing at The Metropolitan Opera!

How? Click here.

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