McClellan Clan: Hanging out at the Grove.
Look what came to Costco. I checked on the AG website to compare prices and saw they were having a huge sale. Which meant we were going to make a trip to the store and get a start on the Christmas shopping.
Steve, Hailey and Evan headed upstairs. James & I headed over to get a personal shopper. Getting a personal shopper is free and you are not allowed to tip them. I didn't have a appointment and they were booked for the whole day. They were super nice to help me....perhaps because I had James with me. I told them what I wanted. They ran around picked everything up while I hung out with James. They have a special room you can stay in where they ring up your purchases so you don't have to stand in line. They also threw in a few extra items. I did see them making little goody bags for people with appointments. We made a quick to trip to the car before meeting the others upstairs.
A few things I have noticed since Hailey started school is so many kids are wrapped up in electronics and media many kids don't play with toys anymore. SAD! Several of the things little girls are into these days seem like they we be more appropriate for older girls and teenagers. Steve and I had a conversation about this and I told him rather buy her an American girl doll than some of the others things she would gravitate towards.
If Hailey couldn't have American Girl stuff then she has asked for monster high toys. You had better get your head checked....those are toys I don't want in my house. I find America Girl dolls to be much more wholesome. They are wonderful for encouraging imaginative play. I like the beforever books because they are great way for the girls to learn history and they can identify with the main characters.
Hailey's whole world revolves around playing with Kit. Sometimes I think she loves that doll more than the rest of us. Occasionally in the morning we are scrambling to get ready for school and there is Hailey brushing Kit's teeth and getting her dressed for the day.
There are lots of ways to go this route with our breaking the bank. For Hailey I find the benefits out weigh the cost. And it's hard to argue the cost of a doll in my house when I look around and see how much we have invested in Legos.
Here is Hailey the first time she saw Kit in 2013.This doll is literally been her best friend and they have had so many good happy joyous times together.
Hailey brought her little coin purse and thought she was going to buy something. She has been obsessed with getting a box from the store. I know it is because we have never actually bought anything from the store. She wanted to know why when she got Kit for Christmas in 2013 she didn't come in a American Girl Box. Umm...we told her we didn't get her from the store(ebay). It is a little funny she has such a hang up on this. She doesn't care what was in the box. She just wanted something from the actual store. She had $3 in change...not enough to get anything. She sobbed and cried like her life was over when I told her she didn't have enough money to buy anything.
It proved to be a valuable lesson about delayed gratification. We don't always get what we want when we want it. We had a long conversation about how we don't buy things if we don't have the money to pay for them. Despite all the crying we weren't go to cave in and just pick up the tab so she wouldn't be sad. I did feel bad for her as we watched little girls around us leaving with several bags and we walked out empty handed. We are not a fans of giving our kids allowance for doing normal chores. However, we told Hailey she can do extra chores for a 25 cents and earn extra money. When she has enough money whenever that is we will bring her back to the store and she can buy a box.
Next we stopped for lunch at the Cheesecake Factory. I think this is the first time we have taken the kids out to eat somewhere nice this year. I was surprised that they behaved as well as they did. Then again they knew if they acted up we would never take them out again. Ever!
I have high hopes all of my children will be great readers.
Sooner or later these I would like to get my hand on some more classical books.
Christmas is sneaking up on us!


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THE CITIZEN COMMENT | 19 MARCH, 2019
The Congress Has Messed Up All Alliances, With Even Bihar Up in the Air Now
#TCVotes - Bihar, UP, West Bengal, Delhi, all talks dissolve.
NEW DELHI: The Congress party has emerged as a third factor in all states where regional parties were consolidating alliances for a united fight against the BJP. Except for Karnataka where the alliance with the Janata Dal (S) has held, and in Maharashtra where the Congress-NCP coalition remains, the main Opposition party has failed to reach an understanding with the regional parties.
So much so, that the one ally which had stood steadfast with the Congress in Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal finds itself out on a limb on the very eve of the Lok Sabha elections. The RJD had negotiated a seat division in Bihar with 21 seats for its candidates, 11 for the Congress party, three each for the smaller parties led by Jitan Ram Manjhi (Hindustani Awam Morcha) and Upendra Kushwaha (Rashtriya Lok Samata Party) and two for Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal.
However, the smaller parties of which HAM and RLSP had moved out of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance were not happy with the division, and more recently the RJD revisited this, agreeing to increase the numbers by one each, and bring in the CPI-ML as well that has been asking for five seats but was prepared to reduce this in the interest of the larger coalition. The CPI too was to be adjusted in these figures.
The RJD was prepared to reduce its quota of seats and asked the Congress to do the same. The flat "no" has queered the pitch in Bihar with sources pointing out that this alliance is in jeopardy. At a time when the elections have been announced, and hard campaigning should have begun.
In UP, the Congress has made it clear it will be contesting all seats except seven Lok Sabha constituencies being contested by top leaders of the SP-BSP. The BSP's Mayawati has rejected this offer, saying the Congress party is most welcome to contest all 80 parliamentary constituencies in the state, and does not need to make any such concessions. The SP-BSP have not announced candidates from Raebareli and Amethi yet, but indications now are that the two regional parties will no longer leave these seats uncontested for the First Family of the Congress party.
The emergence of Priyanka Gandhi has not particularly worried the coalition, although its leaders admit that in a close fight of the kind that is developing, every vote will matter. The Gandhi member has spent just six days in UP since her anointment as the general secretary of UP(East) – of which a couple of days were spent on the Ganges and half a day in visiting Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad, to persuade him to move into politics and contest the Varanasi Lok Sabha polls. Azad, according to sources, had decided to stay out of politics till his announcement now, and had a good working relationship with BSP leader Mayawati. This is at risk of being fractured now.
It is not clear why he has decided to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, except to grab headlines at this point. The upper caste in Varanasi has firmly consolidated behind Modi, and the Dalit presence in the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency is minimal, with the Muslim vote still watching developments warily.
In Delhi the talks with AAP have not moved forward, as Arvind Kejriwal has asked for seats also in Haryana and an understanding in some Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab. It is for a similar reason that the emerging Congress-BSP pact broke in UP, as the Congress refused to accommodate Mayawati in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan during the Assembly elections. At the time The Citizen had written that this could prove costly in a larger Lok Sabha alliance.
Talks with the Left have failed in West Bengal. A possible alliance with Mamata Banerjee was ditched by the Congress which started talks with the Left instead. But these too have failed to fructify as both are squabbling over seats in the state where Mamata Banerjee still seems to be in control, and the BJP is expanding rapidly.
The headstart that the Congress seemed to have got with its tie-up with the JD(S) in Karnataka before the Assembly polls seems to have dissolved in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections. The Karnataka alliance has held largely because of the fortitude of former Prime Minister H.D.Deve Gowda, who has dismissed former Congress chief minister Siddaramaiah's provocations and insisted that the party continue with what in his view is a winning coalition. Congress president Rahul Gandhi had played a positive role at the onset in making this pact come through, but lately he seems to have given up altogether on the larger coalition, which is being left to the regional parties now to engineer, if at all.
The thinking within the Congress party that it should replace the Left as the glue for the coalition in 2019 seems to have dissipated, as all talks are rapidly coming unstuck. The Congress brother and sister are seemingly more interested in semantics and media spotlights, than in building an organisation on the ground in the states, including those it governs. Reports from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh are dismal for the Congress, as the BJP has launched an offensive that the top leadership is either unaware of, or too weak to counter convincingly.
The mahagathbandhan, if at all it emerges, will have to be formed at the initiative of the regional parties. The Congress party is now under the influence of arrogance that has created a big difference between it and the regional groupings, with even the initially enthusiastic Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu giving up on what is a shadow of the grand old party.

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Before envy becomes the bitter pill, I prefer to grow on it. That is why I decided to join the mentoring program of the German Speakers Association (GSA). I have been a GSA member since 2018.
12 questions to my mentor, may I introduce: Antje Heimsoeth.
Born in Munich, coming from Rosenheim. She has been awarded "Lecture Speaker of the Year 2014", in 2019 with Top 10 Trainer & Influencer and in 2017 with TOP 100 Success Trainer (ERFOLG magazine). Among managers and the media she is considered the "most renowned motivation trainer in Germany" (FOCUS). In 2019 she was appointed to the senate of economy and thus became part of an exclusive circle of personalities from economy, science and society. Antje Heimsoeth's publications in well-known publishing houses such as Haufe, C.H. Beck and SpringerGabler underline her expertise.
We have been working together in the GSA Mentoring Program since September for the next 12 months.
1. Speaking to Corona will experience a very strong change. Live events will become less. Exhibitions will be reduced in size. Seminars will run digitally. How do you see the future for Speaking?
It is difficult to say at this point in time. I have made the decision to transfer my work to the academy. Also in view of the fact that I had cancer, I would like to travel less. Speaking also means sometimes when things go well 5 days five cities. That is exhausting with preparation and follow-up. A lot of things will be done online. We have to see if the organizer wants it to be like a live performance. Then I have to go to a studio and add it up financially. If I do it in the sense of a webinar in my home office, there is no professional stage, I show the Power Point via the platform. But I also notice that organizers are grateful if you personally give the presentation live. You reach people in a completely different way than online. You can feel the energy in the room.
2. Does our plan to hone speaker qualities still make sense at all?
Yeah, that definitely makes sense. Because if you want to have assignments as a speaker, then you have to work on the qualities. It always has a positive effect on your abilities as a seminar leader or trainer. I will always get my own input and work on it.
3. What are the similarities between talking live in front of an audience and talking digitally? How do I score most points with the listener?
The most important thing for me is the personality! You can have the perfect technique with all the bells and whistles, as I sometimes see with colleagues. Awesome effort with light and cameras, but if I don't have personality, no content and no stories, then nothing helps. And that doesn't change with digital work.
Besides, the structure of a speech must be good. The important thing is that you have to get into the same digital state as Live. I solve this with the so-called "stage clothes". I don't usually put them on. This means that I am now able to get into a "live stage mood" in front of the screen very well, even digitally. I sit and don't stand as I do when I speak, but I am far enough away from the screen. So I can also underpin things with my hands. That is very important for me.
4. I work in companies and accompany the change process from A-Z, i.e. I am not only allowed to experience the depths but also the highs and lows and the successes at the end. What is it like as a speaker? How do you experience the AHA effects?
This is different. Now, for example, I have an assignment in a university. The professor saw me live on a cruise ship 3 years ago, listened to my podcast and now gave me an assignment. If people still remember content years later, that is exactly what I want to achieve. 1,2,3 things implemented, then I have reached my goal. It should bring something to my listeners. Also just recently a director of a zoo called me. His employee followed a lecture and was enthusiastic. These are my AHA effects.
5.You also work with competitive athletes and accompany them as a coach at big competitions like Olympia. Does the way to the gold medal really begin in the mind and not on the cinder track?
The path already begins on the cinder track, but should be accompanied as early as possible in the mind. Not every athlete needs a mental coach, I have to admit. However, it is very helpful, especially for the boys, because they are often plagued by stage fright. Unfortunately it prevents a good competition. It is definitely won in the head and lost too.
6. What role does the audience play? You are also active on international stages. That's why we fit together well. What are your experiences regarding the reaction of the audience in different countries? Does the audience react differently to English lectures?
I was also on stage in Beijing and in St. Petersburg. There it was translated and I didn't understand anything. The reaction then came displaced. It is quite strange. English goes quite well. The audience always goes along with the culture. Often English is only a foreign language for e.g. the Japanese, like recently. Then the reactions often turn out differently.
"Frankly, I no longer admire anyone. That would mean I lift the other one up into the air and become Little Antje. "
7. Stage fright is a big topic. Do you still have stage fright?
Yeah, I have stage fright. Sometimes more, sometimes less. It is also not my goal to have no stage fright, because "without" one does not prepare oneself intensively enough. It also puts me in the right mode, "the ideal performance range" (from sports) or "flow" called. Only in this mode we are really good.
8. How often should one practice a good speech before and do you advise to really learn the speeches by heart?
Ask yourself: Are you talented or less talented? How many presentations have you given so far? In my opinion, you need at least 100 lectures to be really good. I no longer learn my lectures by heart. A colleague once advised me to do so, and I paid him dearly. I followed the advice well-behaved. Due to stage fright, I didn't know what I had written down in the lecture anymore. It was one of my worst performances. That's why I don't do it anymore.
9. Regarding the GSA, Corona was a blessing for me. Since I live in Barcelona, I finally had direct contact via Zoom with the group. Corona was only a curse or also a blessing for you? What did you learn from this time?
The bottom line was that it was more of a curse. Mainly because you can't help it. The only thing I blame myself for is that I didn't start the online business earlier. It's incredibly bitter; I had an assignment in May. A roadshow all over Germany, a job in a dimension I've never had before. It's good that 50% was transferred in advance and the project was postponed to 2021. Everything else was really cancelled. It was a chance to see how corporate values are really lived, not just on paper. Cancellation fees were paid by the fewest.
I have learned, also through my surgery in spring, that it is good to be at home.
For society it has a great effect, the virus. I myself have always travelled a lot in the world and know what it means for tourism now. This occupies me very personally, because we do not know how it will continue concretely. An end is not in sight.
10. You will open your new seminar center in Rosenheim in 2021. How do you deal with the new rules? How do you develop new concepts for training? Keyword: Inspiration.
I have adapted all hygiene measures, everything is adhered to. No drinks, no snacks, no sweets, etc. Unfortunately no delicacies at the moment. Plexiglas panes between the participants, for safety. I can do less small group work, otherwise methods remain as before.
11. You want to know what I was really jealous of? Your contribution to Gabor Steingart, The Eighth Day. Chapeau. Did he just call you?
Ah yes, they called me. So his team, not himself. I was very pleased about that and it also generated orders. I will be contacted about this today.
But there will be more in this direction. For example in the magazine "Impulse", or in the renowned magazine in the equestrian sport "Die Reiter- Revue". There will be a live seminar or webinar, we don't know yet.
12. Admiration for someone can drive you when you look at your own goals? Who are your role models or mentors?
To be honest, I no longer admire anyone. That would mean that I lift the other one up into the air and become "Little Antje". If anything, it would be René Borbonus. He is rhetorically really brilliant in his stage appearances. Or even Michael Rossié. I really appreciate the conversations I had with him, his words, his laughter and the hints he gave me. But admiration is a big word for me.
At the moment I have no mentor. My motto is "Learn from the best". I always interview interesting people and ask them what made them successful. I learn from that. That is my way.
Of course I also look to America, but basically I go my own way without looking left and right much. My colleague Silvia Ziolkowski has a great attitude. She often seems to me to be very much in her midst, she treats people incredibly respectfully, always has a compliment to give and is also behind the GSA - I think that's great.
__________________________________________________ Thanks for the interview, dear Antje!
11 really exciting months lie ahead of us. I am very happy!
Updates here in the blog as well as in Instagram @amelungandpartners and @antjeheimsoeth.
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The world's largest legal cannabis industry is months away from its most sweeping change ever.
The change is the complete legalization of recreational cannabis use in Canada and it is poised to ignite a growth industry. Prominent analysts expect this market could expand rapidly to $6 billion by 2021, about the same size as Canada's alcohol and tobacco industries. According to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canadian legislators and regulators have targeted "summer 2018" to complete the legal framework to make Canada the first major world economy to fully legalize cannabis use.
This event will be a turning point for the legal cannabis industry and its creating a massive opportunity for Canada's leading cannabis companies. Canada's cannabis companies are gearing up for this major change by creating and investing in recreationally focused branded producers and retailers, this is the new frontier on the changing cannabis industry landscape. Like alcohol and tobacco, the brands will be one of the most valuable aspects of the entire industry.
The race is on to establish branded cannabis products and retail distribution and Canada's top cannabis companies are reacting to the move. One early mover into branded cannabis production and distribution is CHOOM Holding Inc. (CSE: CHOO) (OTCQB: CHOOF). CHOOMTM is a Canadian cannabis start-up with two pending ACMPR applications for legal cannabis production in Canada. These licenses are expected to be issued in the summer of 2018 at the same time Canada fully legalizes recreational use cannabis.
The other vertically integrated Canadian cannabis companies includes the top names in Canadian cannabis like Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX: WEED) (OTC: TWMJF), Aurora Cannabis, Inc. (TSX: ACB) (OTCQB: ACBFF), Aphria, Inc. (TSX: APH) (OTC: APHQF), and HIKU Brands Ltd. (TSX: HIKU) (OTCQB: DJACF).
All of these companies have recently revealed the moves they're taking to capitalize on the opportunity for branded cannabis and retail distribution created by the coming legalization of recreational use cannabis.
CHOOM™ is much more than a cannabis production company. It is also developing the Choom™ brand for cannabis on the foundation of its Hawaiian-derived heritage and high-quality product. The company is also building out a network of high-end luxury cannabis stores through a proven method of retail partner program to deliver its products to customers and giving them a complete retail experience similar to those offered by the most successful retail companies in the world. The combination of all three aspects – branding, production, and retail – will make CHOOM™ into one of a handful of vertically integrated cannabis companies in all of Canada, specifically targeting the coming recreational market.
Another example, Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX: WEED) (OTC: TWMJF) is the largest legal cannabis company in the world. It has laid the foundation for having a big role in recreational use cannabis, with their own high profile internal brands. It's largest partnership to date involved a direct investment from Constellation Brands, the maker of Corona and other popular alcohol products.
Aurora Cannabis, Inc. (TSX: ACB) (OTCQB: ACBFF) recently invested C$100+ million into Liquor Stores, a wine and spirits retail distributor and retailer in western Canada, in part of a partnership to develop a retail distribution network for its recreational cannabis products.
Aphria, Inc. (TSX: APH) (OTC: APHQF) is another major Canadian cannabis company which recently committed to the recreational cannabis market. They have announced investments in HIKU Brands notably Tokyo Smoke and B.C. producer Broken Coast, which they spent C$230M in stock and cash to acquire.
HIKU Brands Company Ltd. (TSX: HIKU) (OTCQB: DJACF) was created when separate cannabis companies combined to form a high-profile marijuana lifestyle brand. The HIKU amalgamation brought together Tokyo Smoke, a cannabis brand and cannabis coffee shops; DOJA Cannabis Company, a publicly traded Canadian cannabis company; and a $10 million investment from Aphria Inc.
CHOOM Holdings (CSE: CHOO) (OTCQB: CHOOF) is right there with all of those major cannabis companies. It has brought together all the aspects of the most successful Canadian cannabis companies under one corporate umbrella. Choom™ plans to grow branded high-end marijuana strains, through their two cannabis production licenses in the final approval stages. It also has its retail distribution model to facilitate the rapid expansion of a distribution arm for its products through local, store-based partnerships.
The timing of CHOOM™ and their ramp up of a vertically integrated strategy along with other major cannabis companies' efforts to get a foothold in retail distribution coincide perfectly with the full legalization of recreational cannabis use in Canada. With full legalization of recreational use cannabis, the Canadian cannabis industry is just months away from entering its next and largest phase of growth.
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Turkey's far-right could make formal alliance with government - columnists
Nov 15 2017 05:15 Gmt+3
Last Updated On: Nov 15 2017 05:18 Gmt+3
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has told far-right leader Devlet Bahçeli it will not lower the 10 percent threshold parties must pass to enter parliament, but may instead make a formal electoral alliance possible, two newspaper columnists said on Wednesday.
Bahçeli's Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) is struggling in opinion polls that show it may not make it past the 10 percent barrier in parliamentary polls due in 2019. His party lost much support due to his backing of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's campaign for executive powers in an April referendum.
"Bahçeli is not acting like a coalition partner – more like a Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesman," columnist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote in Hürriyet.
"He has announced the AKP and MHP alliance for the 2019 elections two years in advance."
Plus, Selvi added, "when you add the fact that President Erdoğan is working on the Elections and Political Parties Law to allow parties to make alliances in advance of elections, the photograph becomes even clearer".
Erdem Gül in Cumhuriyet concurred.
"Devlet Bahçeli's announcement 'side by side with the AKP to the end', is being evaluated in Ankara as the beginning of a process whereby the lowering of the 10 percent electoral threshold is dropped from the agenda and the MHP begins putting its candidates onto the AKP lists," he said.
Bahçeli is also trying hard to prevent more defections to the newly-established Good Party from members of parliament desperate to keep their jobs after the next election, Gül said.
"He gave the message 'don't go anywhere – I'm searching for a formula' to existing MPs, his organisation and his base," he said.
Turkish-origin mayor expelled from Belgian party for hosting far-right MHP mayors
MHP official files criminal complaint against Kılıçdaroğlu over claims of gov't- Gülen links


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The place do you begin even when planning a trip? We would like to start a brainstorming session, which is all the time a enjoyable half, the place every little thing seems to be potential together with your great adventure. However from there, you actually need to start logistics meeting. So I hope that the message in our hints on touring in Iceland will allow you to for those who plan a trip there, but in addition throughout a attainable trip.
My first tip is to start with inspiration, however then slender it down and get practical. I all the time begin a new Pinterest board for any trip. Then, once I see issues by means of the Web, I can connect them to the board to comply with the ideas. Nevertheless, it's straightforward to meet up with cool issues, so it's greatest to get some restrictions. What number of days do you could have on your trip? Touring in Iceland is simply overwhelming because there are infinite unbelievable points of interest.
An important points of interest are within the space between Reykjavik and Viki. So in case you only have a week, you in all probability need to restrict your route to that area. I've read a lot of articles online earlier than the journey on how the whole of Iceland ring street might be made within 7 days only. However right here's the thing, even if it's technically potential, you're going to drive… a lot, more often than not actually!
So it leads us to half 2 of how much we will do in two weeks, which is to use Google Maps. You will get a route between one place and the subsequent, which can enable you to understand how a lot driving is involved. There are only so many hours a day, so watching each day was troublesome, but value it.
Should you've learn my message chronologically each day, you'll shortly see that we don't sleep very a lot in the course of the trip. It's actually onerous not to cease, although it could possibly solely concern us because we love to take photographs through the day and night time. We spent a lot of the night time time driving both to the subsequent place, so we might be there at sunrise. Or we have been up and taking Aurora footage as an alternative of sleeping.
We also had the liberty to keep in our rental automotive, so we didn't want to be in bed for a certain time period. That is necessary as a result of Iceland works according to what could possibly be thought-about as more ordinary occasions. So should you come to your home to keep too late, you gained't be let in. It might be a little surprising that so many corporations are closing what we're considering at an early stage (coming from nations the place things are so typically open around the clock).
Considered one of my good friend's brothers visited Iceland shortly after, and he had to sleep in his automotive one night time outdoors the lodge because he came in after 22:00. All in all, discover out about your time constraints on where you are going to keep, how far you want to drive to each place, and what number of days you have got really helped to take the attitude of how a lot you'll be able to see.
Another tip is said to the first one and wishes to find out what sort of rental automotive you'll get. First, there are smaller automobiles with high gasoline financial system. They don't seem to be only inexpensive to lease, but they are also less expensive to run in Iceland as a result of as you may anticipate from the island, fuel / diesel could be very costly (compared to what we are used to). Actually, all in Iceland could be very expensive (double triple) what we are used to within the prices.
So discovering out your rental automotive will help your price range. In the event you lease a automotive, you additionally need accommodation and meals. You can even lease motorhomes where you possibly can sleep and prepare dinner. For those who do this, take additional respect for the character you have got parked in. Iceland has crossed caravans and created big problems as individuals depart any sort of waste you possibly can think about. For the rental of motorhomes, you want to ebook your reservation as soon as potential, as they're fast to reserve.
We tried to e-book a van 10 weeks prematurely through the off season, and we actually tried to discover one thing. It's because we had arrange to drive Highlands, which requires 4×4 entry. Solely sure (only a few) rental corporations supply such automobiles. So we acquired one of many solely remaining automobiles, and I would like to inform you that it wasn't one of the best… to say the least. It wasn't well-equipped, beveled, nor moaned earlier than we thought it was dropping it, and hardly had sufficient power to make hills on the primary roads.
However right here's the thing … it received us to the Highlands, (the earlier 2 footage and the image under), and that's all we have been after. So we have been ready to tolerate the crushed van. I also needs to say that we initially leased a Toyota truck with a roof tent, which might have been good for what we have been making an attempt to do. But the day before we got here, another person destroyed the truck and ended up in a van. All in all, it did the job and didn't break down, so we thought it was a win. The ethical of this tip is to e-book prematurely when you've got particular requirements!
The second query we obtained a lot about was "how do your bills move?" And it brings me to the third place where you need adapters to charge things because Iceland is part of Europe. So when you're coming from the states, be ready! In case you are not touring / sleeping in a van, you possibly can load your stuff each time you sleep. However when you're on the street, you've gotten 2 options as much as we now have discovered.
First, you possibly can stop cafes to eat and cost your goods each time it is obtainable. Or yow will discover out how to download on the go. We bought an inverter with small leap cables to charge the laptop. I've an Apple that doesn't charge for what sort of charger you possibly can put in a cigarette lighter. But since we'd like my laptop computer to take photographs from our SD card to an external exhausting drive, we had to learn how to charge the van.
Before we left for Iceland, we examined a lot about how the inverter works. Though it stated it could possibly be plugged inside the car, after a lot of the fuses blown on our two vans, we observed that this wasn't actually the case.
So we used jumper connectors to turn the drive immediately into the battery and use the cable contained in the car to connect the laptop. This labored like a appeal, however I ought to point out that the car has to be operating to make it work. In any other case you can see yourself on the lifeless battery aspect or on the street, or even worse, in the midst of nothing!
We noticed a lot of photographers who have been sitting on the wall of the café with their gear in the course of the trip, and we have been so glad we didn't have to cease simply charging the laptop computer. No matter else occurs, we just used a cigarette lighter charger hooked up to a small extension twine with multiple retailers for charging. On this means, as we drove, we downloaded all the things attainable, from the cooler to the digital camera batteries, and so on.
You'll be able to take a look at the photograph under to see the mass of the rims and every part in its middle. download, where I take pleasure in a cup of coffee behind the Vestrahorn mountain, downloading photographs from the earlier sunsets and the aurora.
The subsequent tip is to prepare for the water and a lot of it. (See the waterfall image under and the first on this submit the place each came out of the soaked outdoors, but toasted and dry inside our umbrella). Apparently it hurts a lot in Iceland, although we had the perfect of luck with 11 of 15 sunshine!
In truth, we lived just about at the head of Gortex all the best way. We had Gortex footwear, rain pants, rain cowl and hoods, and most significantly, we had Sea-Summit luggage that would take our digital camera equipment. We noticed so many people that they both soaked their cameras, (a lot of complaints about scrapped electronics) or individuals who didn't do what they needed to do as a result of they didn't want to get moist and cold.
And I have to say within the days when it rained closely. I am talking about rain in the rain, which is so dangerous on my face that it sometimes occurred. And I used to be so grateful that I have a heat and dry Gortex-my garments. We just heard no complaints about how chilly the whole lot was. But we had toasted more often than not, except for the primary night time in the Highlands.
We knew it was frozen, so we completed dressing up hats, down jackets and rain. wool socks and the like, but we also needs to have to put on rain pants. As I discussed above, the van was not properly outfitted and we knew once we checked out what had been delivered, that the blankets have been utterly insufficient to the back. But what can you do?
In any case, it was all okay to spend a lot of the night time driving to Highlands after which soaking within the scorching river Landmannalaugar. Once we went to bed, we'd only have 90 minutes to sleep earlier than we went to wander. But in simply 90 minutes we awakened without feeling in our ft, it was just chilly.
We've a lot of expertise in chilly climate and climbing in backcountry, however often we've our own gear. So we both knew they wouldn't sleep very lengthy, so we didn't get frosty with skinny covers. After every night time we slept with each flooring we had with us, together with hats and gloves. Once we have been out of the yard, our clothes stored us warm enough, although the blankets didn't do a lot. And it brings me again to # 2, make sure to guide prematurely to get a respectable car from a respectable enterprise as a result of they're a lot better outfitted.
Tip # 5 is about money, it's all the time good to think about the way you're going to pay for your travels? This is especially necessary to assume whenever you consider many locations are usually not open in Iceland at 17:00. So whenever you pull to the service station, you'll be able to't go in for a charge if it's after hours, and in case your credit card has issues… again… you see my point! Someone had given us a hint to be certain and purchase a fuel card just in case, and it was actually useful to us.
Especially because we soon found that our credit cards do not work at service stations. They labored superb to purchase groceries and such, however they didn't work at fuel stations. So, in any case, we lost a little cash because there was still some left in our pay as you go fuel card. However we by no means had to spend the night time at the fuel station parking zone ready for them to open!
The subsequent tip is to buy native as a lot as attainable! For souvenirs, we decided that we needed something with Icelandic wool because it is likely one of the most essential industries. So everyone received a set of hats and gloves and we're using them all the time (see picture above)!
Meals might be troublesome to buy regionally due to the much imported products. However that they had a lot of native beef, lamb and eggs and greenhouse crops. Local buying is all the time top-of-the-line ways to help the country.
And another factor we needed on our approach was water bottles. We thought we might only purchase some reusable bottles to drink out once we acquired there, but we couldn't discover something. Then the journey simply began flying, and we never ended up.
This was principally a drawback because our rental automobiles did not have water vapors. So at our first fuel station, we crammed eight – 2 liter plastic water bottles to store backcountry, and about 16 ounces bottles that match into the backpacks.
The native lady behind me advised me that you simply don't have to buy bottled water in Iceland, as a result of the faucet water is nearly all the time drinkable. I advised him thank you, however I had to buy bottled water for bottles, and there were no water supply cups on the campsite. We just wanted bottles to fill the remaining distance, but so many individuals we met didn't know you can drink only faucet water.
In truth, we did a lot of research earlier than we started consuming right in the midst of the rivers. And if you understand how to fill in the best place, it ought to be protected to drink. They only had two reported instances where it was a drawback after 20 years. We crammed our bottles out of streams, rivers and glaciers all over Iceland for 15 days without any issues. I feel that is just a great distance to say, help native individuals in any means, and don't buy bottled water in Iceland, if potential, because there's not likely waste!
And stated that I am at odds with myself a little bit and inform you that I bought bottled water a couple of occasions, despite the fact that I didn't want it. It brings me to 7, which is an Icelandic toilet. Every time we have been a tourist destination with a café, you have to be a paying buyer who makes use of the toilet.
And since we by no means had good coffee in Iceland, we bought a bottle of water or juice a few occasions for the toilet. Then there have been some locations where it was not allowed to use the loos, even when you have been a paying buyer.
In one mixture of a fuel station / grocery store, we bought about $ 200 diesel and groceries, and then we have been advised we couldn't use the loos. We have been each determined at this point and requested the place we find the toilet, and a very nice clerk despatched us to the town middle for a public rest room, where we had to wait for the assembly.
You will also find money convenient when it comes to loos, as a result of it isn't unusual to pay for using loos in several totally different points of interest. There are also loos right here and there around the ring street, but we found once we left the primary space between Reykjavik and Viki, discovering a toilet turned increasingly problematic.
This leads me to eight, which is to deliver every endurance (this is applicable to most issues when traveling actually). Whether or not you waited 20 minutes to pay for the toilet, just to discover out that you simply don't have the proper of coins for the machine. Then you could have to return to the van and of course start once more.
Or you're being pressured round with some of these most necessary points of interest. we'd like endurance and good angle in good time. I can't even inform you how many occasions we virtually let it spoil our day, but we simply didn't notice the vanity and tried to keep in mind that endurance actually is the answer!
Tip # 9 is to contemplate what sort of insurance coverage you need. Some bank cards supply fairly a bit of journey, so first you want to see what your card gives. But then the country's medical insurance, digital camera alternative insurance coverage and rental automotive insurance coverage are excluded.
Despite our best efforts to be very careful, we had a shut name with a sheepdog in the midst of the street at night time. Tyler had to break so exhausting that we put a lot of rubber on the street, and even started to slip barely. However we have been disregarded of the sheep that got here out of something like Montana has loads of deer and moose, and every part was nice.
The second time was parked in a parking space, where the favored waterfall Seljalandsfoss was an Icelandic yogurt and my Maple Cinnamon Granola. We have been utterly uninterested in being across the clock, and we have been simply making an attempt to take pleasure in a moment of peace in our breakfast. Nevertheless, the parking area was filled with fast, and somebody pulled a small area for us.
When he opened the door of his automotive, the wind jerked it out of his hand, and the entire van struck as his door hit us. So we jumped to consider the injury together with a man who hit us. Every little thing was made a little simpler because he spoke English enough to have the ability to communicate, so it was a bonus. And after we all labored on it, we had a painted abrasive at his door, which was not visible in any respect.
It's obvious that it couldn't have worked better, however it's a good instance of why you want to cover up proper insurance coverage since you never know what's happening.
that Highlands insurance coverage is explained to us as follows. It is definitely not one that may be used to the complete in those nations where fairly a lot has been coated.
So should you endure from a automotive on the river, or you take one thing on a trolley operating on excessive cliffs, breaks and axes on horrible roads, and so on., you've got to pay for it in your pocket. It's not like a normal insurance that may cowl it, so I assumed it was good to know! We have been very careful at all times in the Highlands because we didn't need to injury the car in any approach, type or type.
Additionally, that is a bit tangent, however so many individuals assume you possibly can get rid of the street all over the place in Iceland. That isn't the case, and the fines are excessive and you simply need to respect the setting. Whenever you see one thing that is marketed as an "off-road" opportunity, it means you're what they call F-roads, typically the "road" is hardly visible. It additionally signifies that there are not any bridges over the rivers, and it's advisable to have a good quantity of backcountry info in order that you do not get into a dangerous state of affairs!
And it's fun how typically little things can simply get you. For example, windscreen wipers loudly loud with every swipe. At the first night time that drove to Highlands, it was such a enjoyable, and I despatched my mom's video of horrifying joke, with which we rented primarily the identical car high quality as the first truck, which was nicknamed the previous Squeak & # 39; s!
However I inform you that the staring voice actually takes you, hours and hours, constantly while driving within the rain; After the blow!
It's only one where you'll be able to cease cool and spoil all day in your trip. So every time we felt ourselves drifting in that course, we just targeted on how every little thing else was superb, and any mistaken thing seemed to be such a huge deal!
I hope this message was useful for you, whether you're planning a trip to Iceland or elsewhere. We had the time of our life, and I simply needed to convey every little thing we discovered!


The State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) has approved a new General Order to simplify the permitting process for recycled water projects, advancing the state's goal of increasing recycled water use statewide.
This new Order, approved Tuesday, will encourage more recycled water projects by providing a single permit that can be used across Regional Water Quality Control Board boundaries. It also establishes conditions for recycled water use and gives authority to an administrator to issue recycled water permits to users.
Expanding water recycling is a key component of the state's efforts to increase regional self-reliance under the California Water Action Plan, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s roadmap for sustainable water management.
The General Order, which will be administered by the nine Regional Water Boards, applies to the use of treated municipal wastewater for irrigating landscapes and crops; dust control; industrial and commercial cooling; decorative fountains and other uses on a case-by-case basis. The Order does not cover potable reuse projects.
The order affirms recycled water as a resource by permitting its use through water recycling requirements as opposed to waste discharge requirements. The Order replaces the General Waste Discharge Requirements for Recycled Water Use from 2014. Those requirements from 2014 will expire after 60 days.
With the adoption of the Order, any existing permit for recycled water use approved under any of the nine Regional Water Boards' specific regional General Order requirements will remain in effect for three years. Recycled water permittees must be under the State Water Board's recycled water General Order, or a new individual permit, once the three-year period ends.
Adoption of the Order is one more step toward the goal of substituting as much recycled water for potable water as possible by 2030. Under the State Water Board's Policy for Water Quality Control for Recycled Water (Recycled Water Policy), recycled water use should increase by at least one million acre-feet per year from 2002 levels by 2020, and reach two million acre-feet per year by 2030. In the latest data from 2009, recycled water use came in at 669,157 acre-feet per year.
For more information on the new General Order, see the Water Reclamation Requirements for Recycled Water Use webpage and the frequently asked questions section.


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The Hour will only come upon the worst of people
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I have heard that before the Day of Resurrection there will not be any believers and Allah's name will not be mentioned. Will this be before the Day of Resurrection or before the Dajjaal (the Anti-Christ) comes? I am very confused about this matter as I know that the number of believers will increase near the end of time and Allah's law will be implemented in the earth. How to understand this?.
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The saheeh Sunnah indicates that the Hour will only come upon the worst of people, when the name of Allaah is not mentioned on earth. That will be at the end of the time of this world, after the Dajjaal appears and is killed by 'Eesa ibn Maryam (peace be upon him) and Islam and its followers prevail, and sharee'ah is applied on earth.
Al-Bukhaari (2222) and Muslim (155) narrated that Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, soon the Son of Maryam (S) will descend among you as a just judge, he will break the cross, kill the pigs and abolish the jizyah, and wealth will become so abundant that no one will accept it."
According to a version narrated by Muslim: "By Allaah, the son of Maryam will certainly come down as a just judge. He will break the cross and kill the pigs, and he will abolish the jizyah; the young she-camels will be left alone and no one will show any interest in them. Spite, mutual hatred and mutual envy will disappear, and when they are called (to be given) wealth, no one will accept it."
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: What this means is that there will be no interest in wealth and there will be no desire to keep a lot of wealth; there will be few wishes and no want, and there will be the knowledge that the Resurrection is at hand. Young she-camels are mentioned because they are the noblest of camels and the most precious of wealth to the Arabs. This is the like the verse in which Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning): "And when the pregnant she‑camels are neglected" [al-Takweer 81:4]. What is meant by the words "and no one will show any interest in them" is that they will not be taken care of and their owners will neglect them and not look after them. End quote.
This will be a stage of goodness, faith and prevalence of the Muslims. Then there will come another stage in which the numbers of believers will decrease, until Allaah sends a wind that will take their souls, then there will be no one left but the most evil of people, upon whom the Hour will come. Muslim (148) narrated from Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The Hour will not begin until there is no one left on earth who says, 'Allaah, Allaah.'"
Ahmad (3844) narrated that 'Abd-Allaah ibn Mas'ood (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "Among the most evil of mankind will be those on whom the Hour comes when they are still alive, and those who take graves as places of worship." Classed as hasan by Shu'ayb al-Arna'oot in Tahqeeq al-Musnad.
These stages are mentioned in detail in the hadeeth narrated by Muslim (2940) from 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Amr (may Allaah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The Dajjaal will appear among my ummah and he will stay for forty. Then Allaah will send 'Eesa ibn Maryam, who looks like 'Urwah ibn Mas'ood, and he will pursue him and kill him. Then the people will remain for seven years with no enmity between any two people. Then Allaah will send a cool wind from the direction of Syria and there will be no one left on the face of the earth in whose heart there is an atom's weight of goodness or faith but it will cause him to die. Even if one of you were to enter the heart of a mountain, it would enter upon him and cause him to die." He said: I heard it from the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), who said: "There will be left the most evil of people who will be as careless as birds and be as cruel as wild animals. They will not acknowledge any good or denounce any evil. Then the Shaytaan will appear to them and will say: Will you not listen to me? They will say: What do you command us to do? He will command them to worship idols, but despite that they will have ample provision and a good life. Then the Trumpet will be blown."
Al-Nawawi (may Allaah have mercy on him) said in his commentary: … With regard to the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), "There will be left the most evil of people who will be as careless as birds and be as cruel as wild animals" the scholars said: what is meant is that in their haste to do evil and fulfil their desires, they will be like birds, and in their enmity and wrongdoing towards one another they will be like wild animals.
Muslim narrated (2937) that al-Nawwaas ibn Sam'aan (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) mentioned the Dajjaal one day … then he mentioned the descent of the Messiah 'Eesa ibn Maryam, who will descend to the white minaret in the east of Damascus, wearing two garments lightly perfumed with saffron, placing his hands on the wings of two angels… He will pursue him (i.e., the Dajjaal) until he catches him at the gate of Ludd (Lod), and kills him… Then he mentioned the emergence of Ya'joojand Ma'jooj, then it will be said to the earth: Bring forth your fruits and restore your blessing. … . Then whilst they are like that, Allaah will send a pleasant wind which will seize them beneath their armpits and will take the soul of every believer and every Muslim. The most evil of people will be left and they will fornicate like donkeys and upon them the Hour will come"
"They will fornicates like donkeys" means that men will have intercourse with women in the presence of other people, as donkeys do.
We ask Allaah to help us and you to do that which He loves and which pleases Him.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah's Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
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Q: Success PresignedPost uploads on HTML but failed in Postman So I just tried PresignedPost from AWS Documentation and have this code

    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />

  <form action="http://sigv4examplebucket.s3.amazonaws.com/" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    Key to upload:
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    Content-Type:
    <input type="input"  name="Content-Type" value="image/jpeg" />

    <input type="text"   name="X-Amz-Credential" value="AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE/20151229/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request" />
    <input type="text"   name="X-Amz-Algorithm" value="AWS4-HMAC-SHA256" />
    <input type="text"   name="X-Amz-Date" value="20151229T000000Z" />

    Tags for File:

    <input type="hidden" name="Policy" value='<Base64-encoded policy string>' />
    <input type="hidden" name="X-Amz-Signature" value="<signature-value>" />
    File:
    <input type="file"   name="file" />

    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Upload to Amazon S3" />
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And my conditions I have set to
 Conditions: [
    ['content-length-range', 1, 10 * 1024 * 1024],
    ['starts-with', '$Content-Type', 'image/'],
  ],

When I send it from HTML file, the upload success with 204 Status Code. But when I try from Postman I have error with the message:
Invalid according to Policy: Policy Condition failed: ["starts-with", "$Content-Type", "image/"]

Even I already included "Content-Type" field and still get Error. I wondering what the problem is.

A: I found the solution. It's the order of fields.
When Content-Type is set before file then the upload success, But when Content-Type set after file then the error show up.
I confirm this behavior in the HTML file too.

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Gintama°: Aizome Kaori-hen is an OVA of some unadapted manga chapters. Nothing different from the typical Gintama comedy arcs, with hilarious situations and touching moments towards the end.
The story is nothing special, even i would say it's rather confusing, i felt the "main antagonist" just as a plot device to start the situation shown. Her reasons to do what she do are not reliable at all, but in the end the show knows how to fix it.
This OVA is hilarious. It certainly lacks the typical referential jokes which Gintama abuses day by day and has a lot of sexual jokes and crazy situations related to that instead. I'll always be amazed by how Gintama manages to go insane in just a second. This OVA is full of it.
However, the show is not full of humour: The romance used to build the plot and the character herself are not good per se, if she lived in Yoshiwara all this time they could show her us previously to develop her well; however, the ending of this situation is good enough.
The animation is the same as usual Gintama TV adaptation, as well as the sound, using powerful and well known tracks and the OP16, which was the last in Gintama° before things turned serious so it is appropiate for this OVA.
Overall i enjoyed this just as much as Gintama TV series, but the plot is not that good (just one comedy arc and not amazing though) and it's just two episodes. But is fun as hell, so, if you like Gintama watch it, recommended.
Any Subs yet for the second OVA ?


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Design Report: The store of the future
What are the conditions that will shape the retail environment? We take a look at the biggest factors, and some retailers that are already addressing them.
Retail prognosticator Keith Anderson and creative strategist Brian Priest have a theory, which they've been sharing with retailers and shopper marketing execs at various industry think-fests. They're telling everyone to start planning now for five drivers of change set to throw a proverbial wrench into the works for retailers designing stores.
They reckon the strongest forces affecting retail business models – from merchandising to marketing – are society, technology, economy, industry and political systems (STEIP). Within this framework, Anderson, VP at RetailNet Group and Priest, SVP creative at Upshot in the U.S., point to the exodus of suburbanites to cities, acculturation of immigrants and high-speed advancements in technology as a few influencers driving change on retail store blueprints.
Retailers also need to design their stores to more specifically target each of the different generational cohorts – Boomers, Gen X and Millennials, Priest says. Expect to see more stores overtly designed to meet the needs of an aging population, just as some Asian retailers have done with shopping carts that double as walkers or magnifying glasses on shelves, adds Anderson.
While such offbeat tactics aren't as prevalent in Canadian retail today, strategy looks at retailers that are introducing more forward-thinking elements of design in their stores such as smaller footprint shops, customization tools and even cultural hubs.
Sport Chek techs up
It's the end of the brand-driven retail world as we know it.
"Back in the '90s, it was always about the brand driving the design [of a store]," says Priest. "Now, it's the shopper." Technology has equipped them with the tools to shop whenever and wherever they please, and retailers are instinctively responding with retail design that provides the same fundamental experiences they'd find in the online world, he adds.
For Canadian retailer Sport Chek, that means constructing a 12,000-square-foot store wired with digital screens from end to end, as well as installing tools that enable shoppers to design their own products, such as shoes, sunglasses and hockey jerseys. When the FGL Sports-owned retailer launched its first Retail Lab in Toronto earlier this year, Michael Medline, president and CEO of the company, said the store was built to be a "conduit between customers and their favourite brands" and a hub for the retailer to test and learn from the latest in technology.
The store is a digital mecca with its 140 Samsung screens, ranging from small tiles in tables to larger 55″ screens that demonstrate product features. Consumers can scan for coupons using NFC and interact with, for example, Adidas-created content such as its Twitter feed and product features through touch-screen tech.
However, it's the customization tools, such as the "build your own Reebok" shoe kiosk where customers can design the look and feel of their shoe, or the Sidas ski and snowboard boot insert tool that makes a 3D map of a person's foot to create a custom-made boot insert, which Priest says will drive customer "assurance and confidence" in the store's ability to provide them with bespoke products. "They're tools that educate and help define choice by making customized products for you," he says. "It's the sort of technology that makes selection easier."
Clearly Contacts launches a social store
Online retailer ClearlyContacts.ca plans to launch a store in Vancouver with a similar personalized approach to Sport Chek. The company's first physical shop will open this spring with a service that the brand already offers online. Inside, there will be a "virtual station" with a webcam for people to have their picture taken and uploaded. From there, they can (virtually) try any frame in the database and share their images with friends on social media, says Aaron Magness, VP marketing at the company.
"We've found that over 10% of glasses [are purchased] after a person uses the virtual station," he notes, adding that the store will help to educate shoppers of the tool that already exists online and hopefully lead them to make their second and third purchases on the website.
That's Italy (in a store)
When in Vaughan, ON, there's plenty opportunity to do as the Italians do. That's because in the culture-rich city of roughly 300,000 residents, 15% speak the mother tongue, compared to an average of 2% across Ontario. This makes it a favourable destination for Italian fashion and clothing distributor Lino Grasso to set up his first Canadian shop.
That's Italy will open its doors on March 28 in a 15,000-square-foot retail space featuring 16 mid- to high-end Italian designer brands. In the centre of the store, surrounded by each brand's shop-in-shop, will be a café and cocktail lounge area. The store is meant to mimic Milan's famous "quadrilatero della moda" (Italian fashion district) with its streets lined with stores and cafés.
"We're trying to capture the culture through fashion and lifestyle, and this includes the clothing as well as food, drink and music," says Phil Falcone, director, strategy and creative, Zebra Design Studios. Falcone's agency was tasked with bringing the store (which was designed by Italy-based Brugnotto Shop Interiors) to life through its branding, marketing and promotional efforts.
The "society" driver of change in Anderson's framework identifies diversity as being a high-impact force on how retailers design stores today, from adding bilingual signage to celebrating cultural holidays. He believes big chains looking to target ethnic groups can learn from smaller, independent stores that "hire from the community, stock the brands that their shoppers grew up with, and celebrate the same cultural calendar and family milestones" – most of which That's Italy plans to do.
Each brand in the store is new to Canada, but well recognized by Italians, and the staff is of Italian descent or has some connection with the community, Falcone says.
A Toronto DJ with ties in the Italian community is working with the retailer to program music to play in the store, and the retailer is working closely with the clothing brands to keep prices at a comparable level. "We don't want to give the Italian experience at Canadian prices."
The store certainly isn't exclusive to Italians, says Falcone, hoping to win over those not from the community with a relaxed atmosphere created by a staff of personal shoppers who help customers put together outfits while they wait. "This is the Italian way of living, taking things slower and enjoying life, and it really transcends the shopping experience."
Big boxes take on the city
Rona's next generation of "satellite" stores puts your local hardware shop to shame. Coming in at an average of 6,000 square feet (comparable to the old Blockbuster stores) with a modest selection of about 7,500 products, online kiosks to access another 30,000 SKUs, as well as specialized services such as installation, project design and financing – these small stores certainly have big bite.
By the end of the year, Rona will have 10 of the smaller footprint stores in market, with four already up-and-running in Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and B.C. "We have plans to open [satellite] stores in key downtown areas around the country," says Karim Salabi, EVP marketing at the retailer.
And with nearly seven out of 10 Canadians living in one of the country's 33 metropolitan areas, and with Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver accounting for 35% of the population (according to the 2011 Canadian Census) – Rona's timing couldn't be better.
"The population migrations are not favourable for larger retailers," says Anderson of the biggest issue reflected in the "economic" driver of change. Higher real-estate costs in cities, compared to the 'burbs, can be a disincentive for some retailers looking to downsize, he says. So to get the biggest bang for their buck, retailers are challenged to design stores that most efficiently use the limited retail space.
Sobeys Urban Fresh stores, placed in smaller downtown city locations, best utilized the space by introducing vertical merchandising and scaled-down carts.
Best Buy is also downsizing, having recently shuttered 15 big-box stores with plans to open small-concept "web stores" and kiosks dedicated to its mobile products and services.
Rona's urban satellite store was designed (with Sid Lee Architecture) to speak to the mission-oriented shopper, imitating a convenience store layout with its cash counter and service desk sitting at the entranceway and aisles running perpendicular. It also only stocks top-selling items, and caters to homeowners who need paint, hardware and electrical tools to do quick house repairs.
But what about bulkier items such as windows and doors not able to fit in the smaller floor space? To keep these big-ticket items moving, Rona has special order desks for shoppers to browse thousands of items online and have them delivered to their home within 24 to 48 hours. "The real game-changer is that the physical inventory no longer determines the store offering," says Salabi.
The retailer's shift away from the big-box store format (of which it currently has 80), also includes an upward adoption of small suburban "proximity" stores, says Salabi. In these 35,000-square-foot locations, shoppers can wander about a wider space, and speak with more qualified staff on the floor and behind a service desk that sits at the heart of the store. Salabi notes the hitch of larger big-box stores with about 100,000 square feet of retail space is that it can be "challenging for the consumer to really feel like there's service available, no matter how many people you put on the floor."
With files from Grant Surridge
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