In today's society of fast food and junk food it has been estimated that 15-20% of American children between the ages of 7 and 18 are either obese or overweight which has steadily increased since 1970. Statistics show that there are over 9 million children who are at risk of suffering long term health issues such as developing high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels or in some cases developing Type 2 Diabetes.
Along with health issues, overweight children in some cases develop low self-esteem and view themselves negatively which usually continues into adulthood. Recent studies have shown that a child who is obese at age six will have a 50% chance of developing into an obese adult. The chance of becoming an obese adult also increases if the child has a parent who is obese. The percentage of becoming an obese adult grows higher around 80% which is disheartening.
All is not lost, there are some positives and good news. With the help of adults in their lives or other trained professionals overweight children can make improvements in their eating habits. Improvements ca be made by increasing physical activity along with exercise and by changing their overall eating habits, and behaviors.
There are a myriad of reasons why children overeat and consume large quantities of food but by helping them to become more selective in their food choices and increasing their daily physical activity, positive results can be seen and measured.
Be mindful that most children are too young for fad diets of any type and they should be avoided. Also do not try and adhere to restrictive diets, they will become frustrated and the diets wont work. They will only become hungrier and overeat. Work with your child in preparing low calorie meals, allow them to be involve with and shop for great tasting healthy nutritious foods. Help them with cooking and preparing these tasteful dishes.
Children need to consume a certain amount of calories per day. Before you make any changes, it will be important to talk and discuss your concerns with your children's pediatrician. Making drastic changes can do more harm than good if not implemented properly.
Every parent loves their children and want a healthy and happy child. Make sure that your child understands that you want them to be physically fit, healthy and happy. Great health begins with learning to eat properly while consuming nutritious and delicious meals.


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Q: Sintaxis JQPL Filter list i need some help.
I have this two tables
public class Publication implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @Column(name = "idPublication")
    private Integer idPublication;

    @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy = "publication")
    private List<Question> questionList;

    ....
}

Tabla Question
public class Question implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Basic(optional = false)
    @Column(name = "idQuestion")
    private Integer idQuestion;

    @Basic(optional = false)
    @NotNull
    @Size(min = 1, max = 500)
    @Column(name = "pregunta")
    private String question;

    @JoinColumn(name = "publication", referencedColumnName = "idPublication")
    @ManyToOne(optional = false)
    private Publication publication;

    @NotNull
    private Boolean activo;

    ....
}

I need to get the publications with the questions who has active = true.
Example: i have publication A and publication B, where A has 5 questions with 2 active and B has 6 questions with 5 active.
I try to do "Select p from Publication p, Question que where p.idPublication = que.publication.idPublication and que.activo = 1" but it returns the publication with all their questions...
I cant finde a solution to this
please helps
Greets

A: You're not going to be able to do exactly what you want because the entities returned from a JPQL query reflect what is in the database (or persistence context). In other words, when you select an entity from a JPQL query, you're getting the entire entity -- you can't filter its relationships because then the entity wouldn't reflect whats in the database anymore.
In your example, you are essentially selecting Publications that have at least 1 active Question.
To solve your problem, you could build a Map of Publication to active Questions. Something like this:
TypedQuery<Question> query =
  em.createQuery("select q from Question q where q.activo = true", Question.class);
List<Question> activeQuestions = query.getResultList();

Map<Publication, List<Question>> publicationToActiveQuestions = new HashMap<>();
for (Question q : activeQuestions)
{
  List<Question> publicationQuestions = publicationToActiveQuestions.get(q.getPublication());
  if (publicationQuestions == null)
  {
    publicationQuestions = new ArrayList<>();
    publicationToActiveQuestions.put(q.getPublication(), publicationQuestions);
  }
  publicationQuestions.add(q);
}

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In Tahrir Square of Cairo freedom party begins
Jubilant Egyptians celebrate Hosni Mubarak's resignation
Jack Shenker in Cairo
Fri 11 Feb 2011 15.03 EST First published on Fri 11 Feb 2011 15.03 EST
Egyptians celebrate the news of the resignation of president Hosni Mubarak in Tahrir Square in Cairo. Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP
Cairo, in Arabic, means "victorious". Last night the Egyptian capital lived up to its name. After 30 years of dictatorship and 18 days of struggle, the end, when it came, took most people by surprise. The crowds that had been steadily gathering outside the presidential palace all afternoon were swaying with their normal rhythm of quietly controlled passion, pockets of singing here, flags waved there. Word spread an important announcement was expected, but few held out much hope. They had anticipated triumph the night before and seen it snatched from their hands. This time, though, it would be different.
At 6pm, beneath the belle epoque domes of the building from which President Hosni Mubarak had ruled for so long, a cry went out that he was gone. Most of those below have never known another leader, and in an instant the street was convulsed with a wild, directionless surge of energy.
For a few moments it was simply a wall of sound, and Egypt's national colours blurred through the sky from every angle. And then the world came back into focus. "Freedom," roared a jubilant crush of humanity as the party got under way.
Families and friends were separated in the throng, but it didn't matter; hugs and kisses and dances were thrown out indiscriminately. People bounced from one circle of cheering youths to another; some put their national flags on the floor and began to pray; others fainted, quite overcome with the emotion.
"For 18 days we have withstood teargas, rubber bullets, live ammunition, Molotov cocktails, thugs on horseback, the scepticism and fear of our loved ones, and the worst sort of ambivalence from an international community that claims to care about democracy," said Karim Medhat Ennarah, a protester with tears in his eyes. "But we held our ground. We did it.
"My late father was part of a sit-in at the faculty of engineering in Cairo University in 1968 – the first protest seen in Egypt since Nasser took over in 1952," he added. "His generation tell me that they were not as brave as us, but they started something and played their part. Today, we finished the job for them."
Soon the march back to Tahrir Square, in the centre of Cairo, was under way, serenaded by car horns, onlookers on their balconies punching the air, and a blast of amateur fireworks that shot through the crowd at just above head height and exploded to cheers.
Tariq Ashri, a 42-year-old administrative assistant, had spent the morning walking the 10 miles down the road to the palace in a mood of defiance. Now he was walking back in joy."I feel free at last," he said. "We've had 30 years of dreaming about democracy – now tomorrow the dreaming is over and the real work begins."
Around him, a chant went up in memory of the 300 people who have died at the hands of Mubarak's forces since the protests began last month, as the 82-year-old president tried desperately to cling on to power. "Be happy, martyrs, for today we feast at your victory," his ousters sang.
Military police in red berets were all smiles and thumbs-up to the crowd. Apprehension about what might happen next in a country now under army control was being pushed aside to allow for celebrations, but as the procession reached the high-walled ministry of defence, Egyptians could not resist reminding their new overlords of who now held the balance of power in the Arab world's most populous nation.
"Here, here, the Egyptians are here," they shouted up at the darkened building, pointing down to the street. From one window, a senior officer responded with a V-sign peace salute.
And so at last they reached Tahrir, sprawling, spiritual home of this revolution that showed the world not just how a western-backed strongman could be brought down by his own people, but how broad-based, non-sectarian and all-inclusive that population could be while doing it. The square had been threatening to burst its banks for days under the pressure of those who wished to stand inside it, and now it did, sending drums, flares and a restless, rousing euphoria pulsing through Cairo's downtown streets.
In the grassy circle itself, prayer caps mingled with guitars as pyrotechnics lit up the night and parents hoisted toddlers on shoulders so they could get a glimpse of what Tahrir, the Arabic word for "liberation", really looked like. The burnt-out police trucks that once served as the protesters' barricades against the attacks of Mubarak's baltagiya (thugs) were now pressed into use as impromptu dance floors. "Goodbye, o Pharaoh," bellowed a group jumping up and down on one.
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Q: How do I source javascript file on android? This is my html and javascript code.
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    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>

Hello world

function switchtest(){
    document.getElementById('test').innerHTML = 'Goodbye'
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It works on visual studio code live server, but when I transfer these 2 files to my phone and open it on chrome there, the onclick function stops working. It only works if function is in the same html file. The path to my html file is "/Internal storage/TestCode/phonetest.html" and the path to my javascript file is "/Internal storage/TestCode/phonetest.js"
I read that I might need to specify file location or that I may need a xml file, but I am not sure what I must do exactly. Does anyone know a fix?


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Volume 5- Issue 4
Rim Antics
Expose of the Men's Basketball Team
feature, Matthew Thomas
During the recent spate of games known as this year's basketball season, it has become painfully apparent that our men's team couldn't shoot freethrows to save their Telebear dates much less to win a damn game, conference or non. Now, our players are all — Jaimo excluded — magnificiently gifted to play the game of basketball, and no one could deny that they have made the most of their pituitary disorders. The players all — Jaimo excluded again — run, jump, pass, dunk, block, strut, knit, and pearl with godlike ease, which confounds and frustrates us fans even more. For we know that when one of the players has to step up to the line to shoot a freethrow, be it one-and-one or to convert on a three point play, he faces a herculean task, not unlike his third crack at the SATS.
So what's to be done?
The team might adopt power forward Al Grigsby's approach. Grigsby, you recall, has missed fewer freethrows than any of his teammates this year; unfortunately, such a tactic would require the entire team to stay on the injured list for ever and ever and ever and ever. We'd end up with a bunch of 8th year juniors who own a lot of expensive suits, but then we couldn't really field a team this way.
What, you expected a legitimate solution? Hell I'd tell you if I knew, but then again if I knew, I'd be deep in hookers & gin care of the alumni slush fund. But failing to provide any such answer, I will at least reveal the findings of my bloodhounding efforts to discover why the Bears' foul shooting is so very very foul:
For starters, there's the "too much muscle theory," which purports that the players have so much muscle mass that the fluidity of their upper- body motions are restricted, which undermines the accuracy of their shot attempts. I saw this on ESPN. Grunt.
At the RSF, I learned about the playground/hardtop/innercity/no sissy boys basketball hypothesis. Supposedly, today's generation of players grew up playing a style of basketball that stipulates that when you got fouled, you'd take the ball at the top of the key, and so no one on the team knew what a foul line was much less how to use it until they began playing at the collegiate level.
Over in the Vermicology department they have a slightly more unorthodox angle. Their hypothesis, known as the ringworm theory, basically states that all the players are hopelessly infected with ringworms, and that anytime one of the players remains still for a moment, as is the case when they shoot foul shots, their ringworm flares up, disrupting their concentration. But then again, this is the Vermicology department's hypothesis for everthing, so I wouldn't pay too much attention to it.
Some conspiracy freaks on Sproul claim that the basketball team is a highly elite sect of Free masons and that their missing foul shots, by some incredibly indirect connection, is the only thing propping up the U.S. dollar and keeping the details of JFK's assassination under wraps.
I've also heard rumors to the effect that the players are too exhausted to shoot freethrows from the enormous strains of getting laid 24- 7, but then again the players don't expend energy by actually going to class, so that cancels out.
Perhaps it's Harmon gym itself. The players probably remember eating shit on a final they took in Harmon and they can't help but choke-up whenever they think about it. Granted, this relies on the assumption that members of the basketball have eaten shit on a final before, which in turn relies on the much more dubious assumption that members of the basketball team have taken a final before.
After hearing these and about 5,001 other theories, I started to get fed-up. Maybe that's why I've settled on what many people may consider to be a trite answer. Personally, I think what it all boils down to is that the players just like to rim. And so I sincerely hope that before the team ends the season without a trip to the NCAA's, Coach Bozeman will sit down with his players and remind them of the appropriate times and places to rim.
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The Future of Rowing at the Olympics
How Rowing Should Adapt to Stay Relevant—and Grow its Base—on the World's Grandest Stage
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The Future of Rowing at the OlympicsHow Rowing Should Adapt to Stay Relevant—and Grow its Base—on the World's Grandest Stage
THE OLYMPIC GAMES in Rio were the end of an era for international rowing. That era, which was in some ways defined by international expansion (thanks in part to lightweight events), served to greatly increase the number of nations competing at the elite level, while staying true to the history of the sport. However, with the IOC continuing to push for not only gender equality (something that rowing has at long last achieved) but also athlete quotas, the sport may well have to adapt beyond the solution it settled on for Tokyo (removing the lightweight men's four and adding the women's four), and work to increase its relevance not only within the Olympic Movement but also in sports culture writ large.
As many rowers know, rowing was not always an afterthought in the sports world. Go back 100 years, or even to the 1936 Olympic Games, and you'll find that was a great deal of enthusiasm about crew, far beyond The Boys in the Boat. But that changed as American sports culture evolved over the latter half of the 20th century, and football and basketball began to capture more and more hearts and minds across the country. The following isn't meant to suggest that rowing could reclaim its former position as a front-page news item next to Super Bowl results, but rather that it could do more to advance its interests both as a spectator sport and as an institution at the Olympics. Here's how.
There have been a slew of articles on this subject recently, and some very influential people have weighed in on the subject, including Sarah Cook (in a recent issue of Row360) and Matt Smith (in the latest issue of Rowing News). Similarly, I've interviewed USRowing's Mike Teti on the subject, and, in speaking with Teti about rowing and about the Olympic Movement, he's often come back to one point that has stuck with me: Basically, it's tied to the cult of Michael Phelps.
The way Teti phrases it, and I hope I'm doing it justice, is this: Swimming is no more visually interesting as a spectator than rowing, but people care about swimming during the Olympics. From an interview I did with Teti for Rowing News in March of 2017:
"I'm in a no-win situation here," Teti says with a laugh. "I tend to be a little more radical—I think one of the biggest problems with our sport is that we have all these events, and everyone competes in one event. What other sports, like swimming, have over us, they're able to have multi-medalists. If it were me, I'd reduce the number of athletes and make everybody double up or triple up—some kind of derivative of that."
Why is that? In Teti's view, and mine as well, it's because there are superstar athletes. It's the same reason behind the NBA's meteoric rise in popularity. Individuals make a huge difference.
Again, quoting Teti from my 2017 piece:
"To me, I'm a sports fan, but during the Olympics there are events that I watch because they pique my interest. I don't watch swimming, but now all of a sudden Katie Ledecky is going to win six medals, or Missy Franklin, or even the Winter Olympics is probably a better example. I've never skied in my life, and I don't really know a lot of these sports, but then, wow, this person is going to win three medals in cross country skiing, or this person is going to win the downhill and the Super G—that's what we don't have."
This flies in the face of the traditional rowing ethos of the collective before the individual. In rowing, the values are reversed: Sit down, shut up, and pull as hard as you possible can for the person in front of you. It's not about you.
While this is admirable, and perhaps more virtuous than what I'm about to suggest, it's also not really true about rowing. Individuals do matter, and some rowers are incredibly talented—the same way a LeBron James can instantly make a sub .500 basketball team into a playoff contender, so too can a Kjetil Borch or an Eleanor Logan make a tremendous difference, whether they're in a single or an eight. No, it's not exactly the same as basketball, but that's beside the point.
What that means is that there are individuals who are capable of being 'stars' in rowing, but right now, the way the events and international regattas are structured, they have trouble shining as bright as they could (yes, there are examples like Kim Brennan, but rowing multi-medalists at a single Olympic Games are exceedingly rare, and the sport more obscure because of it).
How can they achieve that potential?
Embracing the IOC's push for athlete quotas, FISA could effectively solidify rowing's standing in the Olympic Movement for the foreseeable future, as well as greatly increase the popularity of the sport by generating 'star' athletes, by having each nation represented by a much smaller number of rowers, and having them compete in multiple events.
That's why Katie Ledecky & Michael Phelps are household names.
(Swimming is more popular than rowing, but so is cycling—when was the last time you read a headline about cycling in a U.S. paper since the fall of Lance Armstrong?)
Imagine this: Instead of competing once and winning a single, albeit incredibly thrilling, gold medal in Rio, Mahé Drysdale could have also had a shot at the podium in the double, or the four, or the eight. Imagine again if he had won three, four, or five medals at Rio—he would have become a recognizable figure outside the sport, and the sport more well known as a result.
So, not only would the above address the issue of the IOC's push for athlete quotas in the short term, it would likely also increase the sport's popularity within the Olympic Movement, as recognizable, international superstars began to emerge.
While the lower number of athletes would mean (obviously) that there were fewer opportunities to reach the Olympics, that seems unlikely to hurt the sport in terms of growth. The potential to reach the Olympics is certainly a driving force behind interest in Olympic sports, but think of the infinitesimal chances for would-be 100m sprinters—those odds haven't slowed interest in track & field. Far more important is the visibility of superstar athletes like Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Usain Bolt.
Also, smaller teams may have the side effect of making the sport more accessible to a wider number of competing countries, thereby preserving some of the benefits reaped from the era of the lightweight four.
At this point, you might ask, 'but won't asking athletes to double- or triple-up during competition be an issue given the difficulty of racing 2,000 meters?'
Yes, but hear me out. Let's talk specifics:
First, keep all the same events, but the quad and the eight become 'team' events (athletes must double up to race in the large boats). No restrictions regarding how many events athletes can compete in—that is left up to the coaches & federations.
Second, the race distance should vary—there should be multiple race distances, in addition to the 'regular' 2,000m race:
The race program should include 1,000m and 500m sprint events. Not only would this make the racing program more manageable for the athletes competing in multiple events, but also it would align rowing with the canoe & kayak program.
That would also help to 'future proof' rowing at the Olympic Games, because it would show that the sport is willing to adapt to the IOC's vision, as well as prepare the rowing community for the possibility of removing the 2k distance at some stage (right now, rowing makes itself something of a nuisance by requiring a racecourse that is inconveniently long & generally isn't used—at least in full—for other competition).
Both of the above changes would improve the spectator experience, since a) spectators would have recognizable stars to root for, or b) the races would be shorter. Changing the race distance would break with recent tradition at the Olympics and World Championships, but remember: The U.S. collegiate national champion used to be decided over a 3-mile course, and the Olympic Regatta has taken place at Henley-on-Thames on more than one occasion.
It's not a perfect solution, but it does solve a lot of problems for the sport in a world where kids can now get scholarships to play video games, and has the potential to grow rowing's influence within the very movement that sustains it. Also, it sounds fun.
Illustration by the author.
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Bob MaddenDec 21, 2018Liked by Bryan
Interesting approach to securing the long term survival of rowing. While it's tough to accept change, rowing would do well to accept the IOC vision. Of special concern to me is the expense associated with course construction. The notion of various race distances, like swimming, would add a new dimension. Sports need to be TV friendly for mass appeal. To do nothing, is to wither and possibly die.
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This article is about the storage block. For the hostile End city mob, see Shulker. For the item that drops from the mob, see Shulker Shell.
A shulker box is a block that can store and transport items.
Shulker Boxes can be mined with any tool or by hand, but using a pickaxe is the quickest method.
When instantly mined in Creative mode, shulker boxes will drop as an item if there are items stored within, unless /gamerule doTileDrops is set to "false". In Legacy Console Edition, this is only the case if it is renamed.
A shulker box has 27 inventory slots, the same as a chest.
Shulker boxes keep their items when broken, which can be retrieved when placed again. This is different from other containers, which drop their contained items as item entities when broken. Shulker boxes will drop themselves as an item if pushed by pistons, and can be placed using dispensers. When a shulker box with items inside is held or in a container's inventory, the items will be listed as properties.
Items inside the shulker box are listed below the block type properties.
A shulker box's item can be fed or removed by a hopper.
Shulker boxes can be stored in all containers except for other shulker boxes.
When placed on a wall or ceiling, shulker boxes will face and open sideways/upside-down. Shulker boxes cannot be opened if a solid opaque block is on their top surface, similar to a chest. For example, if a shulker box is facing upside-down and a solid opaque block is below it, the shulker box cannot be opened.
Shulker boxes, unlike chests, cannot be opened with a transparent block above them.
By default, the GUI of a shulker box is labeled "Shulker Box", which can be changed by naming it in an anvil or by changing the CustomName tag using the /data command.
Dyed shulker boxes can be undyed using a cauldron. To do this, use a dyed shulker box on a cauldron that has water in it. This will cause the cauldron's water level to decrease by 1, and the shulker box will turn into an undyed one.
west The direction the shulker box is pointing.
The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the shulker box.
A shulker box has a block entity associated with it that identifies its contents.
Shulker boxes, as items, use an NBT tag BlockEntityTag to indicate the contents and details of the box when it is placed.
The following NBT structure is provided to show how the BlockEntityTag tag is organized, and is not comprehensive above the tag tag. The full NBT for an item can be found here.
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Silver shulker boxes are now called light gray, in keeping with naming consistencies across dyed blocks.
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With 37 shulker boxes in a player's inventory, hotbar and off-hand slot, 999 stacks of up to 64 items (up to 63936 total items) can be held. With 36 shulker boxes and an ender chest with 27 shulker boxes in it, 1701 stacks (up to 108864 items) can be held.
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A Monster Calls Review
One of the most personal reviews I'll ever write – The story of a boy who uses his imagination to cope with his mothers terminal illness.
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"I know everything about you. The truth that you hide. The truth in your dreams."
Release Date: January 6, 2017.
I subscribe to a bunch of different movie trailer YouTube channels, and one day I saw that a trailer for a film called "A Monster Calls" was added to their channel, I thought it was going to be a trailer for a horror/thriller movie, but I was pleasantly surprised to see that t was much bigger than that. I was a story of hope, about illness, about life, about living, and I knew that I had to see it. It was immediately on my radar and I knew I had to see this movie. It looked to transcend just being a movie, as it is a story and a lesson in life.
This a story that was personal for me as I will get into in a bit, and to me, this is probably the most important reviews I've written so far. I hope this isn't written as weirdly as I think, as this started as an inspirational movie Monday, then I sat on it for a couple days and it turned into this.
A Monster Calls is a Drama and Fantasy film about a boy who seeks the help of a monster to cope with his single mother's terminal illness.
The film is directed by J.A. Bayona. I have seen one other film of his called The Orphanage (2007). Bayona is an interesting director, as his films are not quite what they seem and they go a lot deeper into human emotion. On the surface they're one film, but after watching them and you dive into the layers the films transcend just being a movie, they're about human interaction. Even when I watched The Orphanage I expected a thriller/horror movie, but it went a lot deeper and a lot more human than I expected. After I heard he was directing A Monster Calls, I knew it would be something special and I was right. His directing reminds me a lot of Guillermo Del Toro, which is interesting as Del Toro produced The Orphanage. I say that they're similar in the style they create their films, they have an interesting filter over their shots, and their monster designs are similar. I also felt like this movie was a lot like Guillermo Del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth" – In Pan's Labyrinth, Ofelia escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world to cope with the changes going on in her life. In A Monster Calls, Conor creates this alternative world around him to cope with the changes going on in his life. I felt like I was watching a very human fairy tale and only with subtle directing and great visual style that Bayona brought to the table, could this story come off as human and as amazing as it does.
The screenplay is written by Patrick Ness. Which is interesting because he was the author of the book upon which the movie is based on. When an author decides to adapt his own work into a screenplay it is always better as it is originally their thoughts and their ideas that are being adapted into a book, but less gets lost in the translation to film. I think this story was too important to be adapted by anyone else. The screenplay was as I previously said, like a fairy tale. It was a brilliant mix of Drama and Fantasy, it had heart, it had emotion and it turned out to be something really special that transcends just being a film. All the characters, even the smaller characters without a lot of screen time were well written. The best part about the story is that it was human, there was no suspension of disbelief, it was human.
The film stars Lewis MacDougall as Conor, Felicity Jones as Mum, Sigourney Weaver as Grandma and Liam Neeson as The Monster.
Lewis MacDougall's only other film he was in was Pan in 2015 before doing this role. Which is insane to me, I honestly thought that this 14 year old boy was a child actor thats been acting since a young age, but no, he was only in one other film. His portrayal of Conor was amazing, I was really surprised how well he can act. He captivated me as a viewer of the film and I really saw a lot of myself in him, and I engrossed in his acting. Every emotion he felt, sadness, anger, hope, acceptance, I felt it all through his portrayal. His chemistry with Felicity Jones was just engrossing and captivating, it was genuine. MacDougall if he continues to act and choose these kinds of roles, he will be a huge star one day.
Felicity Jones' filmography consists of Like Crazy (2011), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), The Theory Of Everything (2014), True Story (2015) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). Jones is an absolute master of her craft. All of her roles that I have seen her in are amazing, she always chooses these really interesting roles that you can tell she really sinks her teeth into and really dips into everyone of her characters with both feet. As great as MacDougall is in this movie, I really thought Jones stole the show. I think she can really play any character, she was fantastic in Rogue One, but for her to be able not only to star in a action/adventure sci-fi movie, but also star in a biopic and be fantastic in that and then play a very important role in a fantasy drama picture is just crazy to me. I can't wait to see what she does next, and if she wasn't one to watch before, theres absolutely no question that she's on my radar for anything she's in after A Monster Calls.
Sigourney Weaver's filmography consists of the Alien franchise (1979, 1986, 1992, 1997), Ghostbusters (1984), Ghostbusters II (1989), Galaxy Quest (1999), Paul (2011), The Cabin In The Woods (2012), and Chappie (2015). It's always a pleasure to see Weaver act, everything she's been in she's commanded the screen. It was interesting to see her play a completely different role in this movie though, it was different than anything I have ever seen her do before. I thought she really hit all the emotional strides very well in this movie, even when she was silent, you could see the emotion on her face. She was excellent in this movie.
Lastly, Liam Neeson's filmography consists of Darkman (1990), Schindler's List (1993), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Love Actually (2003), Batman Begins (2005), Taken Series (2008, 2012, 2014), The Next Three Days (2010), Unknown (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014), and Non-Stop (2014). Liam Neeson is the definition of a chameleon. He can do any role, any genre, and any genre. He can be hilarious, he can be pent up with anger, he can do action, he can do drama, he can play anyone or anything. It was cool to just hear his voice in the movie, as I've never heard him portray just a voice. Its always a pleasure to even hear Liam Neeson's voice, and I thought he did very well as the monster.
I thought all these characters had great chemistry. It felt like a real life family, even when they were at odds with each other, it was still amazing.
This story really hit home for me on many levels , as my mother had cancer a couple of years ago but went into full remission when I was in high school. I felt a personal attachment to the movie and exactly the same way that Conor felt , all the different emotions, all the different changes and all the unexpected events that could occur. I went through the phase of anger for a while, I stuck to myself, but I was always hopeful. The bond that Conor and his mum that was portrayed in the movie, I felt was very similar to myself and my mom. I also had two aunts on both sides of my family who have battled cancer, unfortunately one aunt passed away in my first year of university. But she always was extremely optimistic and hopeful. My other aunt is still kicking and is sassy as ever, but she was full of hope. I think the underlying message of this movie is that no matter what happens, you always need to have a positive outlook and be hopeful, you can be angry and sad, but you can't give up, no matter how much the odds are stacked against you or someone you love.
This film can be applied to any relationship, as everyone deals with things in a different way no matter who it is. I found solace in this story.
So is it inspiring on the surface? No, but I think it is a tunnel for people to find solace, to those that are dealing with love ones who have cancer or have had cancer and survived. That's one of the reasons that it transcends just being a film, because I felt like it was more than just a story, it was life. Life is too short to not hope and to not love with every ounce of your being.
This movie is life-changing, its just an experience that needs to be seen, and it is definitely one of the best films I've seen in a while. I also have never moved closer to a television to be closer to a film before this one, and when I watched it, I felt compelled to do so.
This movie captivated me, it moved me in multiple ways. I haven't been moved that way in a long while.
A Monster Calls gets a 5/5 from me. This film sucked me in from beginning to end, and I will be returning to it in the near future. I highly recommend it.
I really hope that the Oscars give this movie something, because it definitely deserves it.
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Q: Use a different matplotlibrc for savefig I am using Jupyter Notebook, with a matplotlibrc style that's consistent with its theme set using jupyterthemes.  That plotting style however does not look good if I want to export it to PNG to use it within my other documents.
How do I specify a different matplotlibrc when I do a savefig?

A: Most matplotlib style settings are applied at the moment the object they apply to is created.
You would hence need to create two different plots, one with the usual style of your notebook and another one with the style from the style file. The latter one would be the one to save.
A decent solution would be to create a plot in a function. You can then call this function within a context, with plt.style.context(<your style>): to give the figure a different style.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

def plot():
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.plot([2,3,4], label="label")
    ax.legend()

# Plot with general style of the notebook
plot()

# Plot with your chosen style for saved figures
with plt.style.context('ggplot'):
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    #plt.close(plt.gcf()) # if you don't want to show this figure on screen

plt.show()

Relevant here: The matplotlib customizing guide.

A: Perusing matplotlib/__init__.py reveals a number of functions used for managing rcParams. To update rcParams from a file, use matplotlib.rc_file:
import matplotlib as mpl
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

mpl.rc_file('/tmp/matplotlibrc')
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plt.savefig('/tmp/out.png')

with /tmp/matplotlibrc containing
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yields

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Maven: Growth in GDP Coverage
The business media are learning not to present the initial reading as the final take.
Marek Fuchs
Apr 28, 2007 1:12 PM EDT
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Hell hath no fury like a Business Press Maven spurned, but heaven hath -- uh, well, look: When you do as The Business Press Maven says, I wipe little tears of joy from my eyes. So let's get right down to business, a tissue in one hand and brass tacks in the other. Reporting of the Commerce Department's gross domestic product, my arch nemesis, came our way Friday morning.
The first stab at the first-quarter GDP came out at 1.3%. But Business Press Maven readers and now an impressively growing share of the business media know that this number has to be looked at with caution. It is due to be revised twice and might end up 50% higher or even lower.
That means that you can't go too far in drawing conclusions about what this number says about the economy. Or, if you want to, go ahead and draw. But just make
sure the reader knows in no uncertain terms that this 1.3% number may have the lifespan of a June bug.
So how'd the business media do? With some glaring and pathetically inexcusable exceptions, much, much better. What a welcome departure. In the second sentence of its
described the number as "the first estimate." At the
, dynamic duo Howard Schnieder and Nell Henderson
use the word "preliminary" in the very first sentence
and include this wonderful paragraph only four down:
"Today's GDP report is preliminary: A similar report on slow growth last year was ultimately revised sharply upward."
has taken to letting readers know when the revisions are due to be issued, in May and June, and called this first estimate "the advance report." True 'dat.
Those of you who got it right, on behalf of investors I award you the coveted Business Press Maven "Nod of Approval" this week.
As for my dreaded "Back of the Hand" award: Compare all this good sense and responsible reporting to
CNBC's
. Then we have the
, all of which draw all manner of conclusions about this preliminary, advanced number without letting the reader know that, like fashion, you might just blink and find it gone. These journalists seem not to care, inclined to keep on as they have. And I'd bet that when new GDP numbers come out, these same folks will run with a whole new thesis, complete with passively constructed (read: tush-covering) lines like, "the economy was hotter (or colder) than previously thought." Than previously thought by whom?, I ask.
Now, I'm more lover than fighter, but all journalists who set up investors for confusion should know that, once again, The Business Press Maven will make them the subjects -- by name -- of a highly insulting and incredibly poorly written limerick, to appear in a future column. I hate to take measures this drastic, but once again they've forced my hand. And for all of you who did a good job, thanks for the good cry.
On a tangentially related topic, it has been like a reflex, a throat clearing, for many business journalists to say that the housing market is everything in the American economy. The latest entry, one of so many, came this week from a
. "No doubt about it, the housing industry is in trouble," he led, getting no argument from The Business Press Maven, before starting a big one: "And as housing goes, so goes the national economy."
Uh, not quite.
Housing -- as we may have seen in a GDP number that may or may not hold --
have slowed the American economy. In truth, even assuming a heavy upward revision, it
did. But as far as investors are concerned, companies have been making money on international trade hand over fist, head over foot, elbow over knee.
As Business Press Maven readers well know, there is nothing I have been more positive about than the long-term economic effects of international trade. As I
wrote a while back:
One of the biggest long-term positives of the American economy -- and one of its least noted -- is the potential for lasting increases in exports thanks to globalization. The American economy will still feel the positive effects of this ultimate trend when our children's children are pontificating about stock market movement.
Along with capital spending by businesses, this is the reason (as all you
letter writers
know) that I have long made the case that while the housing market will be grim, stock pickers will still find it a good period.
But even in my uncanny wisdom and foresight, I did not anticipate the additionally positive effects on American-based multinationals of burgeoning international trade with a weak dollar. Which is why, as much as I like to gloat -- vanity becomes me -- we now have to shift gears, or rather keep ongoing track of how much the weak dollar is adding a lift.
We need to be careful, going forward, of what might happen to all of our investments if the dollar fluctuates. A stronger dollar could mean less benefit, in some cases. An even weaker dollar could scare away foreigners. Again, no imminent concerns.
But as The Business Press Maven
remarked earlier this week when
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reported good results, we need to have a constant working knowledge of how much strength was the result of currency. And business media, you gained a bit of currency with The Business Press Maven with your improved handling of the GDP numbers.
As for those who clung to the dumb past -- well, I'm ignoring my family and God this weekend to immortalize you in a limerick.
At the time of publication, Fuchs had no positions in any of the stocks mentioned in this column.
A journalist with a background on Wall Street, Marek Fuchs has written the County Lines column for The New York Times for the past five years. He also contributes regular breaking news and feature stories to many of the paper's other sections, including Metro, National and Sports. Fuchs was the editor-in-chief of Fertilemind.net, a financial Web site twice named "Best of the Web" by Forbes Magazine. He was also a stockbroker with Shearson Lehman Brothers in Manhattan and a money manager. He is currently writing a chapter for a book coming out in early 2007 on a really embarrassing subject. He lives in a loud house with three children. Fuchs appreciates your feedback;
to send him an email.
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Staff, Idaho Freedom to Work Committee, Boise, 1978-1979; executive director, Idaho Freedom to Work Committee, Boise, 1980-1986; president, Free Congress PAC, Washington, 1987; executive vice president, Idaho Cattle Association, Boise, 1988-1990; county commissioner, American Dental Association County, Idaho., since 1991. Congressional lobbyist National Right to Work Committee, Springfield, Virginia, 1983.
Gary Richard Glenn, American county commissioner. Named Freedom Fighter of Year, Center for Study of Market Alternatives, 1987, Citizen of Year, Idaho Family Forum, 1994.
Glenn, Gary Richard was born on June 16, 1958 in Hickory, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Richard and Johnnie (Cash) Glenn.
Bachelor in Political Science with honors, Lenoir-Rhyne College, 1982.
Region chairman Idaho Republican Party, 1987-1992. Alternate Republican National Convention, New Orleans, 1988. Candidate for United States Congress 2d District, Idaho, 1992.
With Army National Guard, 1990-1994. Member Idaho Cattle Association, National Cattlemen's Association, Idaho Association Counties, National Conf.Rep. County Officials (chairman Idaho chapter 1991-1993).
Avocations: basketball, reading American history.
Married Annette Williams, March 4, 1983. Children: Heston David, Robert Harrison, Hunter James, Reagan Elizabeth.
Named Freedom Fighter of Year, Center for Study Named Freedom Fighter of Year, Center for Study of Market Alternatives, 1987, Citizen of Year, Idaho Family Forum, 1994.


April 17, 2017 April 17, 2017 Joanna V.
I know it's been quiet over here for a couple of weeks, but life has been moving at breakneck speed, leaving me very little time to blog anything for a bit. I've got another post coming on Thursday where I'll talk a little about PCSing with my cats (which is always the most stressful part of moving but I've also gotten fairly practiced at it) but in the meantime how about a life update?
As of last week, I am officially signed with 50/50 Press to publish my debut novel, Threadwalkers. Yay!!
I don't have any more details just yet as I still need to go through the editing process, not to mention formatting and cover design and all kinds of things I probably haven't thought of yet, much less setting a publication date, but trust me that I will keep you posted.
A little about the book: Threadwalkers is a YA science-fiction time travel story, told from the point of view of a 16 year old girl whose life starts to unravel around her as small changes in her past have big implications in the present. And that's all I'll say for now! There will be more as I can share it, I promise.
I'm excited to share this story with all of you, and hope that you enjoy it as much as I do.
ALSO check out this AMAZING family portrait by my friend Em Somerville!
I love it so much! It's now the featured photo on my "About" page. She even included my dinosaur necklace. ^_^ Thanks, Emma!!
Congratulations on publishing your work!
WOW!!!! SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!! CONGRATS!!
I'm so excited about this huge accomplishment! Finally, your creativity will be recognized. Congratulations!


Seriously, though, I haven't been able to figure out what's going on in the picture of Duncan. My wife took them to the photographer without me, so I wasn't there. I'm assuming it's a trick of the light or something, but I can't figure out what direction the light is coming from in that case.
Re: Could paleolithic babies levitate?
Perhaps the picture was taken while he was falling on his rump?
Same thing happened to Betty and Barney Hill.


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Public Consultation on the proposed introduction of a Community Dispute Resolution Tribunals Act and a new right to seek remedies to protect enjoyment of one's residence
Consultation Period:
10 Nov 2014 to 30 Nov 2014
When disputes arise between neighbours, they are often difficult to untangle. Tensions rise as anti-social acts cause frustration on a daily basis. Some people may also have unreasonable expectations of their neighbours.
When such problems arise, neighbours should resolve their disputes by negotiating a mutually acceptable compromise. However, some people may require a little more help than others to resolve their dispute. In these situations, it may be useful if a neutral party adjudicated on the dispute.
Today, we could file a Magistrate's Complaint with the State Courts to initiate criminal proceedings against our neighbour if a criminal offence is involved. In some cases, we may also file a civil suit. However, filing a court case should be seen as a last resort as the process can be costly and time consuming. Furthermore, taking our neighbours to court is likely to permanently damage relations with someone who may continue to live right beside us. Often, the sense of community in the broader neighbourhood suffers when such disputes are brought to court, more so when it becomes widely reported in the media.
For these reasons, neighbours should try to resolve matters amicably among themselves and if they cannot do so, mediation should be the preferred means of addressing difficult disputes. However, to deal with extreme cases, when all attempts to seek a mediated solution have failed, there appears to be need for a tribunal to provide affordable adjudication.
A public consultation was conducted from 9 March to 21 April 2014 to seek views on how to encourage good neighbourliness and to improve the management of disputes between neighbours. A majority of respondents supported having a tribunal as a last resort where other means of intervention have been attempted and failed.
A Community Dispute Resolution Tribunals Bill has been drafted to create Community Dispute Resolution Tribunals. The Tribunal will have customised processes to resolve community disputes. The Civil Law (Amendment) Bill will also establish a new cause of action that will give a person the right to seek remedies for disturbances and interferences with the enjoyment of his residence.
New Community Dispute Resolution Tribunals
Emphasis on mediation
In order to encourage parties to resolve their differences amicably, the applicant must first attempt mediation with the respondent before a Tribunal case can be started. Even after a case has started, the Registrar can order the parties to attend a pre-hearing mediation. Any settlement reached at this stage can be recorded as a consent order of the Tribunal, which can then be enforced accordingly.
Characteristics of Tribunal hearings
Pre-hearing processes will be kept minimal so that hearings can be fixed before the Tribunal quickly. This is unlike normal civil proceedings where there are generally more interlocutory processes.
Tribunal hearings will be judge-led and kept informal. Lawyers will not be permitted to represent the parties unless both parties agree to it, and the Registrar or Tribunal permits it. The Tribunal will not be bound by the traditional rules of evidence. Court procedure will be simple to understand and streamlined. This will encourage frank discussion between the parties and help keep costs low.
Only claims relating to the new cause of action can be brought to the Tribunal. Given the simplified nature of the proceedings, it would not be appropriate for the Tribunal to hear disputes involving other kinds of claims, such as nuisance, which should be brought before the normal civil courts.
Due to the informal nature of hearings, this will not be a suitable forum for complicated claims where large sums of money are involved or where there are different types of damages being claimed. There will therefore be a cap of $20,000 on the amount of monetary damages the Tribunal can award.
The Tribunal can order a person to do or refrain from doing the act that is interfering with his neighbour's enjoyment of property (e.g. an order that items placed on the common corridor be removed; no loud music to be played between stipulated times).
There will only be limited provision for appealing against the decision of the Tribunal, and only when the appellant has obtained the permission of the court. This promotes finality and avoids the high costs that may be incurred through appeals. This is similar to the position for decisions of the Small Claims Tribunal.
New right to seek remedies to protect enjoyment of residence
Currently, there are various common law and statutory causes of action that a person can avail himself to when he has a dispute with his neighbour relating to the enjoyment of his property. The availability of some of these remedies could also depend on the type of property a person resides in. For example, the recourse available to a person residing in a HDB flat governed by the Town Councils Act would be different from the recourse available to a person residing in a condominium unit governed by the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act.
We propose to introduce a new cause of action that will give a person the right to seek remedies for disturbances and interferences with the enjoyment of his residence. The Civil Law (Amendment) Bill describes the provisions and examples of such behaviour. This new cause of action would not be dependent on the type of property a person resides in.
Types of disputes covered
New provisions will be introduced to establish that a person's enjoyment of his residence should not be disturbed or interfered with by his neighbour. This would include disputes relating to the following:
causing excessive noise, smell, light or vibration;
littering at or near the person's place of residence;
obstructing the person's place of residence;
interfering with the person or the person's property, at or near the person's place of residence; and
communication with or surveillance on a person or the person's property at or near the person's place of residence.
A person whose enjoyment of his residence has been disturbed or interfered with may bring civil proceedings against the neighbour either in the Tribunal or other civil courts.
Types of court orders
If the court is satisfied that there has been disturbance to or interference with a person's enjoyment of his place of residence, the court can make one or more of the following orders (or decline to make any order):
an order for the neighbour to pay damages or compensation;
an order for the neighbour to refrain from doing anything;
an order for the neighbour to do something;
an order that the neighbour provide an apology to the person;
any other order as may be necessary to give effect to any of the court's orders.
In deciding on the appropriate order, the court will factor in considerations such as the impact the order could have on any person who stays with the neighbour, as well as the ordinary circumstances of daily living in Singapore that should reasonably be expected to be tolerated.
Where the neighbour is below 16 and staying with his parent or guardian, the court will make an order against the parent or guardian as well.
Enforcement of court orders
If the neighbour breaches a court order in relation to the statutory tort, the person in whose favour the order is given may enforce the court order through the normal civil enforcement route.
Breach of the court order can result in criminal liability. If the person proves on a balance of probabilities that the neighbour has breached the order once, the Tribunal will first issue a direction for the neighbour to comply with the order. It is a criminal offence for the neighbour to breach the court order and direction.
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Members of the public are invited to share their views on the draft Bills. The consultation period is from 10 November 2014 to 30 November 2014. Views and suggestions may be submitted in electronic form or hard copy form to:
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Today, after the emergence of so called dot com and internet revolution, electronic commerce has remained new, emerging as well as constantly changing area that is related withbusiness management and information technology. Prior to the development of e-commerce, the marketing process and selling was mass marketing and sales force driven process. The emergence of e-commerce has changed the entire process of trading. The concept of electronic commerce is referred to as sharing of business information, maintenance of business relationship as well as conducting transactions of the firm through means of telecommunication networks. E-commerce has been in existence for over 40 years which has emerged from the electronic transmission of the message (Grant and Meadows, 2013). After the era of electronic data exchange, next in the series was the stage of e-commerce development. Electronic commerce defines buying and selling of products, services as well as information through computer networks including internet. The role of internet has been enhanced greatly towards advertising and distribution of product information with the aim to enable complete business transaction. The technology of internet has gained greater depth as well as power as more than 42 million households possess broadband cable or DSL access to internet in the year 2005. With the increase in number of people purchasing online, there has been significant rise in the trend of e-commerce which has made trade much easier than even before (Francois, Martens and Yang, 2014). The major focus of e-commerce is on digitally enabled commercial transactions between organizations and individuals. The technology of e-commerce is unique and more powerful than any other technologies that have been seen in the past century.
In the proposed research, greater emphasis has been given on analyzing the ways in which e-commerce affects individuals' habits and spending. Such has been discussed with reference to entire e-commerce industry so as to gain deeper knowledge regarding the phenomenon under subject matter. The present report includes discussion on several research tools and techniques that can be used by the researcher to attain aims and objectives of the investigation.
The issue in the proposed research is related with changing habits of the individuals that is affecting performance of the business to a greater extent. Further, with the inclination in the sales of the retail outlets due to e-commerce there is greater need for the modern business to bring alterations in their strategies so as to gain an edge over competitors (Sun, 2012).
Such is an issue because now days the individuals are located at distinct places and have busy working schedules. Due to this, they are not able to devote maximum time towards purchasing goods and services from retail outlets. Thus, this has reduced sales as well as profitability of the physical shops. This has affected survival of the firms to a greater extent.
It has become an issue now due to increasing competition among firms which are making sales through internet. As such, this results in fulfilling the demand of the customers in an effective manner. Moreover with this, the individuals residing at remote location can gain benefit through e-commerce.
The present research sheds light on the changes in the individuals' habits and spending with the emergence of e-commerce. Along with this, the proposed investigation would present major drivers for e-commerce. Further, the study also includes the benefits of the e-commerce for the customers which can assist the organization in developing strategies accordingly.
The proposed investigation would act as an aid for academicians in carrying out further research that includes PH.D. This is because present research offers sufficient amount of knowledge with respect to e-commerce and ways in which it affects customer's habit and spending.
The present investigation would play an imperative role for the e-commerce industry in getting deeper knowledge regarding carrying out business transactions with greater ease. In addition to this, it is effective in developing suitable understanding on whether or not it positively affects the business.
The present research can be of greater assistance for other researchers who are conducting investigation in the similar field. Through this, they can gain adequate information with respect to ways in which it affects individuals' habit and spending.
The proposed research has potential significance for the thinkers as it demonstrates innovative knowledge regarding tools and techniques that would be employed while carrying out the investigation.
One of the significant activities on web is shopping. History of E-commerce has been regarded as one of the most progressive sector in the economy. The evolution with the electronic commerce is emerging at a greater speed. E-commerce has changed the way in which business carries out transaction whether in retail or business to business, locally or globally. Before the emergence of internet, the success of the retail business was attach with location. In the present time, internet has become global market place which supports smallest retailer. It is difficult to measure the scope of e-commerce within the market place. Vital importance is gained by e-commerce within the economy which is difficult to pinpoint exactly from where e-commerce starts and the old world economy ends (Solomon, Russell-Bennett and Previte, 2012). One of the largest segments of e-commerce is regarded as online retail sector which is dominated by the sales of customer electronics, apparel as well as accessories. The industry of online shopping in early stage was just means of shopping that offers lesser options. The orders were placed by the customers and on the delivery of the product cash was paid. But, from the last few years such field has modernized to a greater extent. This has fascinated customers and has increased their interest towards e-commerce. With the changes in the industry the number of customers availing services has increased. This has further created demand for more business to enter into particular sector.
In the present era, shopping through online means has become major trend as a reason of attractiveness that is being offered by the online websites. Further, it also offers greater benefits to customers that includes user friendly interface, bulky online stores with latest fashion, no conjugation on the quality and quantity as well as easy payment method. This has increased e sales of the e-commerce business and resulted in enhancing their image in the market place in an effective manner. There is existence of several tools which have helped industry in increasing trade opportunities within the market place (Nica, 2015). This includes role of social media, mobile commerce, engines that supports price comparison, online grocery stores as well as innovation in logistics. History of e-commerce reflects the old notion of selling and buying. In 1991, e-commerce was made possible which resulted in increasing usage of internet for commercial purpose. Since then, number of firms has taken place over website. At initial stage, the concept of e-commerce has been defined as the process of executing commercial transactions electronically with the assistance of leading technologies that includes Electronic data interchange as well as electronic fund transfer. This was assisted by business in sharing their information and carrying out electronic transaction. The potential for using such technology has emerged in the late 1970s as well as provided the business with a chance to send their commercial documentation with electronic means.
E-commerce industry has offered greater benefits over brick and mortar stores as well as mail order catalogs. Customers can carry out search from large database of products and services. With the assistance of e-commerce, the actual prices can be seen and comparison can be made among prices of different brand at just a mouse click. This has ensured selection of best product at reasonable prices (Shaftoe, 2015). History of e-commerce cannot be thought without Amazon and Ebay which are among the first internet organizations which have offered electronic transactions. In accordance with the statistics, the most popular category of products that are sold on World Wide Web includes music, books, office supplies, computers as well as other customer electronics. In present time, there are five largest and famous worldwide retailers that are Amazon, Dell, Staples, Office Depot as well as Hewlett Packard.
The concept of electronic commerce is referred to as the utilization of the electronic medium with an aim to carry out commercial transactions. In accordance with the views of Pelet and Papadopoulou, 2012 it has been examined that; e-commerce includes sales of the product through internet (Pelet and Papadopoulou, 2012). In addition to this it has been gained that, the role of e-commerce is not just limited to online sales but it also includes online payment, after sale service, provision related to online catalog as well as delivery tracking. Leonard, 2012 asserts that, there are greater benefits of e-commerce for the customers which attract them in making purchase through online means (Leonard, 2012). The applications related with e-commerce offers customers' large number of options thus the users can make choices by making effective comparisons. Moreover, it enables in making quick delivery of the products. E-commerce has greater advantage of 24*7 which implies that, customers can make transactions at any point of time from anywhere.
Technological factors: With the increase in degree of advancement of telecommunication infrastructure greater access has been offered to the business and consumers towards the new technology.
Political factors: The role of regulatory body in developing government legislation, initiatives and funding with the aim to assist the use as well as development of e-commerce as well as information technology is the major driver which has enhanced the role of e-commerce within business (Pozzi, 2013).
Social factors: With the increase in IT education and training, the potential buyers as well as workforce possess the ability to gain insight to use of the new technology. This has resulted in increasing role of e-commerce for the organization and customers.
Economic factors: The general wealth and commercial health of the firm has increased (Cao, 2012). This has contributed towards development of e-commerce within the business for the purpose of enabling transaction with greater ease.
The habits and the pattern of spending of the individuals are changing. In the past years, the customers were inclined towards making purchase of the products from retail outlets. But such does not allow them to make greater comparisons. In accordance with the views of Clark, 2014 it has been examined that; with the increase in awareness among customers regarding online purchasing their interest has been diverted towards e-commerce.. This is due to the reason that, it is less time consuming and allows greater opportunity for making comparison of products belonging to different brands (Clark, 2014). Thus, the customers are able to purchase products in accordance with their needs which offer them greater satisfaction. In the present time, the customers' habits and spending are increasing towards online purchasing due to convenience it offers.
The impact of e-commerce is greater on the individual habits as well as their spending. In accordance with the views of Giovanis and Athanasopoulou, 2014 it has been determined that, with advancement in the technology customers strives towards understanding new technology and making its use in order to gain convenience. E-commerce has helped people in fulfilling their demand with greater ease. In order to experience online purchasing more and more customers are shifting their interest towards buying through internet as it saves lot of time (Giovanis and Athanasopoulou, 2014). Further, it assists in gaining reasonable products by making comparison among choices available.
Research philosophy is referred to as the development of research background, research knowledge as well as its nature. It consists of the manner in which individual looks at several aspects in the different manner. There is existence of two philosophies related with research which involves interpretivism and positivism. The later philosophy presents suitable justification to the issue under investigation (Flick, 2011). With the assistance of research philosophy, researcher can demonstrate facts and figures that are associated with research issue. In contrast to this, positivism research philosophy is the one that relates with the generation of hypothesis which can be tested. Along with this, it provides opportunity for explanation which can be determined against the knowledge that is accepted across the globe.
In the proposed research, it aims at analyzing the impact of E-commerce on Individual habits and spending positivism research philosophy will be employed. Through this, the researcher would be able to provide his own views with the aim to evaluate the social world. Further, the researcher will demonstrate interest in collecting general data from the social sample. The researcher under this is independent from investigation. Thus, it allows the scholar to concentrate on the facts which ensures suitability of the particular approach for the proposed study.
The concept of research approach is defined as the way in which researcher carries out further study. . Research approach is categorized into two that includes deductive and inductive approach. Deductive approach is the one which begins with the statement and further investigation is conducted in order to respond towards to the statement. The major objective is to conclude with yes or no response to the question (Franklin, 2012). The deduction procedure moves from theory to research questions, to data collection, findings to rejection or confirmation of research questions. On the other hand, inductive research approach moves from specific condition with the aim to develop broad general ideas as well as theories.
For the proposed research that aims at analyzing the impact of E-commerce on Individual habits and spending deductive approach will be used. This is because it offers opportunity to the researcher regarding development of hypothesis by using the theory. Under this, wide range of information is being gathered by the researcher so as to reject or confirm the hypothesis so as to resolve the issue.
It is considered as the most essential aspect of every research. This presents that, suitable techniques are utilized by the scholar so as to collect data in order to achieve research aim and objectives. Data collection can be carried out by using two sources. This includes primary and secondary data collection sources. For the proposed research on analyzing the impact of E-commerce on Individual habits and spending both primary and secondary data collection methods will be used. Primary technique involves collecting information for the first time. Under this, researcher collects new data by himself in an effective manner (Goddard and Melville, 2004). The tools of collecting primary data involve interviews, focus group, surveys, questionnaire etc. The present research entails to understand the impact of e-commerce for which the information will be gathered through primary method that is survey. Under this, questionnaire will be provided to the customers who are involved in making online purchase.
In addition to this, another data collection technique is secondary. In this, the data is gathered from the published studies. It is comprised of information that has already been gathered and used by other researchers in their studies (Remelts, 2015). It is also known as second hand tool. The tools for collecting secondary data include online, blogs, censuses and government reports.
Sampling is regarded as the technique which is employed for the purpose of studying few selected items. The small selection is defined as sample. For the proposed study on analyzing the impact of E-commerce on Individual habits and spending the technique of sampling that will be used is probability sampling. While the research is being carried out it becomes difficult for the scholar to collect data from entire universe. With the aim to resolve such an issue sample is selected. Such technique of sampling is effective for the present research (Kothari, 2011). This is due to the reason that, it provides equal opportunity to all the customers using E-commerce in getting selected as sample for investigation. Another major aspect related with sampling is finding out the sample size. It is referred to as the number of units which are involved in becoming part of study. It presents the respondents number from whom the data will be gathered with an aim to conduct the research. For the proposed thesis that aims at analyzing the impact of E-commerce on Individual habits and spending sample size of 50 customers will be taken. This consists of consumers who are using online services for the purpose of satisfying their requirements.
Following the data collection from different sources another aspect of investigation is related with the analysis and evaluation of information that will be gathered. Data analysis is defined as the process which acts as an aid in application of logical and statistical tool in an effective way. This is carried out for the purpose of describing, condensing, illustrating and evaluating the data (Hogg, 2008). With this, the researcher is able to inspect, transform as well as clean the data for the purpose of reaching at valid judgment. For the analysis of the data there are two techniques which are qualitative and quantitative method.
For the present research that aims at analyzing the impact of E-commerce quantitative method of analyzing data will be used. The aim of this is to quantify the information. Such is conducted for the purpose of generalizing outcomes to the population of interest. For the present study, quantitative method would make use of statistical tools that includes SPSS as well as Excel.
There is greater need towards implementation of suitable tools and techniques in order to conduct the investigation in an appropriate manner. For this reason, the concept of validity and reliability has emerged within the process of research. Validity is referred to as the quality of being sound in terms of logic and facts. It is referred to as the degree to which the investigation evaluates what is needed to assessed within the research. Validity will be maintained in the present investigation by ensuring collection of information from valid primary and secondary data collection tools (Grafton, Lillis and Mahama, 2011). With these tools, information can be gathered from the customers in an effective manner. The method of questionnaire will be used in the proposed research as it would serve the purpose because of which it has been utilized.
Reliability is referred to as another major concept of the research. It presents the extent to which consistent and stable results are obtained through assessment tools. With this concept, determination can be made on whether the study would yield similar outcomes if it is conducted again. Reliability for the present research would be maintained by gathering data from authenticated sources as it ensures that investigation is free from any biasness.
Prior approval- In such type of ethical consideration, it is essential for the researcher to undertake prior approval from the respondents to take part in the research. Thus, for this scholar is required to take prior permission from respondents to provide their best suggestions. No participants should be forcefully involved in carrying out the research otherwise it will not provide valuable suggestions to researcher.
Confidentiality- The scholar is required to assure confidentiality of the information obtained from the respondents and they should not share it with anyone else (Guercini, 2014). Thus, through complying with such type of principle, it helps in ensuring that respondents remain anonymous in the whole research.
Proper citation of work- It is essential for the scholar to undertake proper citation of relevant authors. Ethical consideration ensures the proper citation of work in the research to obtain results (Nalzaro, 2012). However, due care is required to be provided as no matter has been copied and pasted from another research. Also, rephrasing of the content is not allowed and therefore, researcher has to write the research in their own words.
Financial resources: In order to carry out the proposed investigation that aims at analyzing the impact of E-commerce on Individual habits and spending financial resources are needed to a greater extent. Through sufficient amount of financial resources researcher can conduct investigation in an effective manner. Greater amount of financial resources are needed while collecting data from several sources.
Human resources: There is greater need for proper human resources so that, investigation that is being carried out can be analyzed in an effective manner. Further, they are major part who assists in examining the research outcome to draw valid conclusion from the investigation (Leonard, 2012). It is important that, human resources to possess sufficient knowledge that can be used for the purpose of analyzing findings gained while carrying out research.
Technological resources: Technology plays a vital role in carrying out the investigation with effectiveness. With the use of software, graphical presentation of the data can be ensured. This would assist in presenting the research outcomes in a systematic manner.
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