KUWAIT: Kuwait marks the 13th anniversary of its late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah's death today. All Kuwaitis have been recalling the deeds and achievements by the 'Amir of Hearts' who spent his life serving his country and people. Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who was born in 1926 in Kuwait and died on January 15, 2006 after being in power for 29 years, was the country's 13th ruler, and the third Amir in the state's constitutional era, which began with signing the Constitution on November 11, 1962, by the late Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.
Since he came to power in 1977, the late Amir Sheikh Jaber led the country to development and progress in all domains and on all levels, and enhanced its status on political, economic and charitable arenas across the globe. The late Amir was so keen to establish balanced bilateral relations with the world; his wise leadership helped Kuwait overcome challenges and address crises it faced, mainly in the 1980s and 1990s of the last century. During his tenure, Kuwait has remarkably witnessed an urban renaissance and development in all sectors and general utilities, with a successive pace. He paid much attention to the Kuwaiti youth. This was manifested in 1992, when the Public Authority for Youth and Sports was founded and entrusted with caring for the affairs of Kuwaiti young people and promoting their physical and mental capabilities.
On the plight of the Iraqi invasion 1990, Sheikh Jaber's wisdom and experience have managed to mobilize big support by sisterly and friendly countries to drive the Iraqi troops out of the country and liberate the entire homeland. Due to his wisdom and the support of Kuwaitis, the State of Kuwait resumed the renaissance march, achievements and reconstruction, and removed all traces of the Iraqi invasion. He paid much attention to the martyrs' children through establishing the Martyrs Bureau on June 19, 1991. He also spared no efforts on the release of Kuwaitis held by the Iraqi regime. He cared about Kuwaiti women, and issued in 1999 a decree giving women citizens' full political rights. Among the prominent institutions established during Sheikh Jaber's reign were the Public Authority for Social Insurance to secure dignified living conditions for the elderly, and the Reserve Fund for Future Generations, which benefited the Kuwaiti people during the Iraqi invasion.
On the political level, the late Amir launched several initiatives on Gulf, Arab and international levels, and suggested the idea of establishing the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which mirrored his keenness on the joint cohesion and common destiny to face foreign challenges and political blocs. In the 1996 GCC Doha Summit, Sheikh Jaber suggested the formation of a 30-member consultative council in order to provide proposals to the GCC leaders to promote the process of decision-making. The late Amir also prioritized Muslim and Arab issues as he proposed the establishment of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development in 1961. He chaired the board of directors of this institution, which offered financial support to development efforts not only in the Arab world but in many others. He also dropped interest of debts due on poor countries.
The late Amir was keen on taking part in several conferences and meetings across the globe, and paid many official visits to enhance Kuwait's status globally. In a poll conducted by a London-based media institution in 1995, Sheikh Jaber was chosen as the humanitarian personality of the year among five million Arabs, in recognition of his charitable actions and financial support for many global institutions. 'The Amir of Hearts' was engraved in all people's minds and hearts; as several places were named after him like Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Jaber Al-Ahmad Armed Forces Hospital, Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, Jaber Al-Ahmad City, Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center, Jaber Al-Ahmad Causeway and others. Furthermore, many places in several countries were named after him, in recognition of his status in the hearts of many people not only in Kuwait but also in many Arab and Muslim states.
Chairman and Director General of Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah affirmed that the march of the 'Amir of Hearts.' On the 13th anniversary of his passing, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij said that the late Amir was one of the most prominent founders of the State of Kuwait, as he contributed to building the modern state and establishing its foundations and consolidating its institutions since the early 1950s. During his ruling, Sheikh Jaber paid more attention to concerns of his people and the interests of his country, achieved security and stability of Kuwait, maintained its sovereignty and unity and strengthened its position in the world through the establishment of strong diplomatic relations with various countries.
History will remember with pride and appreciation that Kuwait got a high position among other world countries and got a strong and influential presence in international forums and global events during the rule of the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad, Sheikh Mubarak explained. The late Amir kept Kuwait safe with his wisdom and ability to overcome tribulations despite all challenges and difficulties experienced by the region during his reign and was keen to keep it away from the dangers and conflicts surrounding it, he noted.
Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij remembered the huge efforts made by late Sheikh Jaber with late father Amir Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah and His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during the Iraqi Invasion and how they managed to mobilize the world with the largest international coalition to expel the occupation forces and to liberate and reconstruct Kuwait. He pointed out that this coalition came as a result of Kuwait's wise policy and its close and balanced relations with various brotherly and friendly countries, and its efforts to achieve peace and stability in the world. He referred to the unique initiatives launched by the late Amir and had a great global impact, such as the establishment of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, which provided great economic assistance to many countries, the idea of establishing the Gulf Cooperation Council and its remarkable initiative to cancel the debts of poor countries. He also referred to Sheikh Jaber's initiatives to establish a reserve fund for future generations, Zakat House, Kuwait Finance House and other immortal historical achievements that reflect his deep insight and wisdom.


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IPL Fashion will comprise an audience of global trendsetters, business and political stalwarts, cultural tastemakers and influencers. We had the great opportunity to attend last year for the phenomenal show, where the guest list included personalities such as Marco Pierre White Jr, Olivia Bentley, Emma Mc Vey, Sandra and Sandy from Gogglebox, andveteran Pakistani TV and film personality Javed Sheikh.
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Codebase Subsidiary, Code Cannabis Investments Appoints Mr. Zach Stadnyk, President & CEO
22 Aug 2019, 17:01 GMT+10
Former Supreme Cannabis Company and FSD Pharma Management to Lead Growth and Development of Early Stage Investment Portfolio
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 22, 2019 / Codebase Ventures Inc. ('Codebase' or the 'Company') (CSE:CODE)(FSE: C5B)(OTCQB:BKLLF), is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Zach Stadnyk as President and CEO of Code Cannabis Investments, a subsidiary of Codebase Ventures Inc.
"Code Cannabis Investments presents an exciting proposition at this stage of maturity in the legal cannabis industry, globally," said Mr. Stadnyk. "Code Cannabis will be seeking opportunities to invest in and grow early stage companies that are looking to innovate and disrupt in what is a very new and fast developing industry."
Zach Stadnyk is a corporate finance and advisory professional. Previously, Zach held management positions in Corporate Finance at Supreme Cannabis (TSE: FIRE), Investor Relations and Corporate Finance at FSD Pharma (CSE: HUGE) and served on the Advisory Board for 1933 Industries (CSE: TGIF). Mr. Stadnyk specializes in corporate finance and going-public transactions and holds a BCom in entrepreneurial management.
"Zach Stadnyk's experience, relationships and knowledge of the cannabis industry is ideally suited to the effort that is required for Code Cannabis to make highly strategic early stage investments that will increase shareholder value in the short and long-term," said Codebase Ventures Director, Mr. Brian Keane.
About Codebase Ventures Inc.
The Company's mission is to make strategic investments in emerging sectors and markets, including cannabis and technologies such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies, where innovative business models and technologies have the potential to be transformative and deliver the greatest value to shareholders.
Codebase Ventures Inc. is a hands-on team of entrepreneurial and technology experts who invest early in great ideas. The Company operates from the understanding that emerging sectors including cannabis and technology are evolving rapidly, bringing early opportunities for strategic investments that can deliver the exponential returns to shareholders.
Brian Keane, Director
Telephone: 1 (778) 806-5150 - TOLL FREE (877) 806-CODE (2633)
E-mail: IR@codebase.ventures
Certain information set forth in this news release may contain forward-looking statements that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding future financial position, business strategy, use of proceeds, corporate vision, proposed acquisitions, partnerships, joint-ventures and strategic alliances and co-operations, budgets, cost and plans and objectives of or involving the Company. Such forward-looking information reflects management's current beliefs and is based on information currently available to management. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as 'plans', 'expects', 'is expected', 'budget', 'scheduled', 'estimates', 'forecasts', 'predicts', 'intends', 'targets', 'aims', 'anticipates' or 'believes' or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases or may be identified by statements to the effect that certain actions 'may', 'could', 'should', 'would', 'might' or 'will' be taken, occur or be achieved. A number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause the actual results or performance to materially differ from any future results or performance expressed or implied by the forward-looking information. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the control of the Company including, but not limited to, the impact of general economic conditions, industry conditions and dependence upon regulatory approvals. Readers are cautioned that the assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. The Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by securities laws.
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Q: TSQL transaction checking both @@ERROR and @@ROWCOUNT after a statement I can rollback a transaction if an error occurs:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[MySproc]
(
   @Param1  [int]
)
AS
BEGIN TRAN
SET NOCOUNT ON;

SELECT @Param1
UPDATE [dbo].[Table1]
SET    Col2 = 'something'
WHERE Col1 = @Param1

IF @@ERROR <> 0
BEGIN
    ROLLBACK TRAN
    RETURN -12
END
...

But if there are no entries in the Table1 with the Col1 = @Param1 transaction commits successfully, which is bad for me. I'd like to check if Col2 = 'something' is really done. If not, then rollback with a particular return code.
If I try to insert @@rowcount check after @@error check, like the following:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[MySproc]
(
   @Param1  [int]
)
AS
BEGIN TRAN
SET NOCOUNT ON;

SELECT @Param1
UPDATE [dbo].[Table1]
SET    Col2 = 'something'
WHERE Col1 = @Param1

IF @@ERROR <> 0
BEGIN
    ROLLBACK TRAN
    RETURN -12
END

IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0
BEGIN
    ROLLBACK TRAN
    RETURN -27
END
...

it always rollbacks at this point, because @@rowcount evaluates the very last statement so it always equals 0.
How in such a case to check both the @@error and the number of rows affected?

A: Store both into your own variables in a single query, then check:
DECLARE @rc int
DECLARE @err int
SELECT @Param1
UPDATE [dbo].[Table1]
SET    Col2 = 'something'
WHERE Col1 = @Param1
SELECT @rc = @@ROWCOUNT,@err = @@ERROR

IF @err <> 0
BEGIN
    ROLLBACK TRAN
    RETURN -12
END

IF @rc = 0
BEGIN
    ROLLBACK TRAN
    RETURN -27
END

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HCA Healthcare's approach to ensuring high-quality care is rooted in our belief of always doing what is right for our patients. From our more than 36 million annual patient encounters, we develop and share best practices across our enterprise that help continuously improve patient care, using evidence-based guidance, tools, measurement, advanced analytics and data science to support safe, effective, compassionate care.
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HCA Healthcare's Enhanced Surgical Recovery (ESR) program is a patient-centered, research-based, multidisciplinary approach to surgical recovery that allows patients to play an active role in managing their own care and recovery plan. The program implements select interventions before, during and after surgeries to improve patient outcomes.
Based on data collected from more than 140,000 joint replacement, gynecologic oncology, colorectal and bariatric surgeries in 2021, the ESR protocol has shown to be a proven roadmap to help improve surgical results, including:
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Hospitals across HCA Healthcare have dedicated quality teams that help ensure we are monitoring multiple patient care elements, quality metrics and outcome measures for the delivery of safe, high-quality care. These teams evaluate and ensure that evidence-based clinical practices are implemented – and reinforce HCA Healthcare's commitment to continuous improvement in patient care.
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Elizabeth began her career as a registered nurse and was introduced early in her career to the incredible impact a quality initiative can have while working on efforts around newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease (CCHD). "I worked with a team to research and develop tools to support CCHD screening, which was ultimately implemented around the world and improved detection of CCHD," said Elizabeth. "Through this work I realized I wanted to pursue roles in healthcare quality, where you can impact large populations of patients at a time."
Today, Elizabeth leads the continuing development of the quality infrastructure across HCA Healthcare's Capital Division, which is comprised of 18 facilities in Virginia, Indiana and New Hampshire. She works alongside the Division Chief Medical Officer and Quality Team to oversee clinical operations including direction, analysis and management of initiatives and projects at the system and facility level, with a specific focus on coordinating system regulatory compliance and support of quality-related teams. "Our leaders at the bedside and in the administrative offices are incredibly smart and passionate," adds Elizabeth. "I am energized by and learn from them on a daily basis."
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Blackmail at the Barbican
November 1, 2010 By urbanora in Music, Screenings Tags: Silent films	3 Comments
Extract from Neil Brand's orchestra score of Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail
Your scribe journeyed last night to the vasty cavern that is London's Barbican Hall to witness something of a landmark event – the first British silent drama to be newly scored for full orchestra since the advent of the sound film. The film was Alfred Hitchcock's Blackmail (1929), the score was by Neil Brand, the orchestrator and conductor was Timothy Brock, and the music was played by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. (The qualification of 'silent drama' needs to be added, because the documentary The Battle of the Somme (1916) was given the full orchestral treatment back in 2006, with score by Laura Rossi, played by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.)
Blackmail has a place in every film history book as the 'first' British sound film (it all depends on how you define things as to whether you agree with that or not), but a silent film version was made virtually the same time and with almost the same cast, for all those cinemas that had yet to convert to sound. For many years the silent version was forgotten about, but screenings in recent years have brought it increasing recognition, to the point where we are ready to agree with Hitchcock himself that the film is superior to the sound version. Whether it is Hitchcock's best silent film is a matter for debate, but it certainly shows his mastery of the silent film form. It flows along with an easy, artful flow; it is choc-a-bloc full of memorable pictorial compositions; and it sets up complexities of relationships and moral dilemmas that make one disappointed when the film ends relatively tamely, albeit with hero and heroine nurturing their guilty secret that is left strikingly unresolved.
Anyway, back to the show, which was pretty much a triumph. Neil Brand's score is lush and loud, filled with a tense energy and engrossing musical ideas. It was not an obviously 'silent era' score but instead consciously echoed the Hitchcock scores of later years from Bernard Hermann and Miklós Rózsa. It was knowing in other respects, with some great musical jokes such as the Alfred Hitchcock Presents theme when Hitch makes his customary cameo, as a passenger on an Underground train, or the introduction of the Dixon of Dock Green theme tune (for our younger and non-British readers, this was a British TV series of yesteryear with a rather cosy view of policing). The orchestra was on fine form, indeed enjoying itself, while conductor Brock had to demonstrate pin-point precision to make sure the orchestra hit its cues for such key points as door bells ringing, or laughter-like sounds when the creepy painting of the jester is shown.
Anny Ondra as Alice White in Blackmail
The score for Blackmail was commissioned and premiered at Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna in 2008 and it has taken two years of pleading and negotiating to get it shown in London, for which Neil deserves quite as much praise as he does for having written the score in the first place. A debate which took place after the screening, with Neil, Timothy Brock, the BFI's silent film curator Bryony Dixon, and omnipresent film guru Ian Christie, raised some interesting issues but didn't quite address the matter of whether this would be both the first and the last British silent drama with full orchestra score to be shown since the silent era. Will other films follow?
The screening had been enthusiastically introduced by film critic (and occasional silent film accompanist) Mark Kermode, who called for more British silent films to be seen, pointing out the great work that the BFI has done in championing this largely forgotten corner of film history. The idea of a full orchestral score for any British silent would have seemed ridiculous only a few years ago. Now a growing wave of critical interest has provided us with a number of strong candidates: Shooting Stars, Underground, Piccadilly, Moulin Rouge, Hindle Wakes, The First Born, A Cottage on Dartmoor, The Lodger, The Ring and several more.
I'm not particularly a fan of orchestral scores for silent film myself. I prefer the improvising pianist or the small ensemble. But the big gesture brings in the big audiences. Although the Barbican Hall wasn't completely full last night, it was fairly full, and there were several hundred people there who would never have seen a silent film with live orchestra before – or indeed with any form of music – and a good many of them had been made enthusiastic converts to the cause, to judge from the applause and the conversations I overheard afterwards.
The Carl Davis scores to Photoplay prints of the 1980s were media events. They generated popular interest and a general understanding of what silent films could be. They created a momentum which drove support for silent films, though that momentum has died down in recent years. Unfortunately orchestral presentations do not come cheap, and silent film screenings are viewed as a risk by programmers outside of specialist cinematheques. But it only takes one or two successful events to build up audience understanding and a thirst for more. The idea of rediscovering unknown British silents films, of reclaiming a neglected history, has strong appeal. Blackmail could point the way forward – because the audience is there.
The silent Blackmail is available on DVD from Arthaus in Germany. (Not with the Neil Brand score, fairly obviously)
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John Beatty says:
In 1999 Kathy Majewska commissioned Robert Israel to compose a score for Hitchcock's Blackmail which was performed by the Pine Bluff Symphony Orchestra that year Here is the web site for the Pine Bluff Film Festival
http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jbeatty/pinebluff/index.htm
(Go to "past performances") or directly here:
http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jbeatty/pinebluff/perform.htm
As you can see, they also did The Wedding March before the one done in London.
Thank you for this information – a lesson never to say anything is first, because there's always going to be something that precedes it. So the laurels go to Robert Israel. I'm not able to access your weblinks, but here's the Wayback Machine link:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050414122728/http://userhome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/anthro/jbeatty/pinebluff/perform.htm
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The organisation's primary aims are to benefit the community by advancing research in Irish archaeology along with other disciplines such as archival studies, history and modern technology, and sharing this knowledge with a wide range of audiences. Established in 1991, over twenty-five years of research, it has worked on the great ceremonial complex of Tara, Co. Meath, Dún Aonghasa on the Aran Islands, the medieval rural landscape of Roscommon and the medieval economy of Dublin and its hinterland. It has also pioneered technical advances in archaeological surveying and visualisation and is a leading partner in a number of European networks in this field.


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Area farmers begin making other plans for planting after repetitive rains
Jillian Ellison
Out of the 1,200 acres of land Dan Lahrman cutlivates each year, not a single inch of it has been planted so far.
"We haven't sprayed or been out on any of the fields," he said. "And rapidly approaching is the prevented planting date for crop insurance."
Lahrman, an area farmer located primarily in Clinton County with some land in Tippecanoe County, said in his nearly 40 years as a farmer, this is the worst year he has seen, never having gone this far into the season without planting an acre.
"Usually if you were patient, the weather would change, and there have been several times were were able to finish within a small amount of time in the first few days of June," Lahrman said. "But to be at this point and to not have even started, we are looking at multiple days of drying needed."
The likeliness any corn will be planted in his fields is slim, Lahrman said.
But Andy Bailey, an area farmer primarily located in Clinton County with some land in Carroll County, said he isn't giving up hope on corn quite yet, although he hasn't been able to get into the 1,600 acres of land he and his father cultivate, either.
"Historically, we are above normal precipitation amounts, but not by a whopping amount. The frequencies of rain we have been seeing is what is causing the delay," Bailey said. "Right now, we are hopeful we can get in and get some corn planted."
As of May 26, only 22 percent of Indiana's corn acreage had been planted, according to the most recent USDA report. With the low percentage of acres planted, Bailey said the markets are reacting, which he hopes to be able to take advantage of in the upswing.
A shift in operations
Despite the inability to plant corn this year, Lahrman said financially his farm operation will be fine because of a high level of crop insurance purchased.
"We won't lose money, but earnings will definitely be down," he said. "Most farmers I know are handling this situation pretty well. I think many are still optimistic they will get majority of their corn and beans planted, but at some point you have to face reality that they level of profits on late planted corn, which will produce lower yields, isn't too exciting compared to taking the prevented corn on an insurance policy."
Though he will be financially stable, however, Lahrman said he will still have to pay rent on some acreage he leases each year, which is another area where crop insurance comes in handy.
"I know many farmers who cash rent from area land lords," he said. "Knowing you are going to be renting land and not using it is something that would keep you up at night."
With the money left after paying those expenses, Lahrman said hopefully there will be some funds remaining to control tweeds in his fields, expecting to get all of his soy beans planted eventually.
"Even if you don't plant, you still have to manage the weeds that take over the fields, which we will spray once or twice to prevent them from going to seed, likely planting a cover crop."
Bailey said he would like to think most farmers will try to plant something in their fields, whether it be soy beans or a various cover crop.
"We have some acres that are set for corn that will probably move to soy," Bailey said. "But there are some we don't think we could get in and do a nice job on. You don't want to plant a crop and get it off on the wrong foot."
The change from corn to soy beans isn't anything strenuous, Bailey said, rather it is a matter of being able to get the seed in order to do so.
"If everyone does the same thing, there could be a shortage," he said. "But I don't think that is likely."
A waiting game with a dash of wonder
Wally Tyner, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, said a potential problem for farmers utilizing crop insurance will be whether or not they will receive any of the aid announced by the USDA for farmers impacted by China's halt on purchasing soy.
"The stipulation was on acreage for 2019," Tyner said. "It isn't clear yet if those who opt for preventive planting insurance would be able to get that payment from the additional assistance. This puts farmers in a difficult position because they don't know what the payments would be."
But on Thursday, Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue said he expects farmers to file prevented planting claims on their crop insurance policies as they normally would, but he added that they could get more, according to a report by agri-pulse.com.
"If we see any opportunity to use the Market Facilitation Program to enhance or to help that, we will consider that," Perdue said to agri-pulse.com.
No decision has been made yet on whether the MFP payments would be restricted to planted acreage, however.
"If I was a producer, I wouldn't want to bet either way," Perdue said to agri-pulse.com after stopping to talk to farmers in New Holland, Pa. "We want to encourage producers to plant for the market regardless of government programs. Don't try to harvest a government program … Do what you feel like you've got to do."
For now, Lahrman said he is looking at the "yellow rocket" coating his fields, knowing it won't be beautiful all summer long.
"Every farmer has a unique situation as far as their own strategies and choices in front of us," Lahrman said. "Many of us talk to friends in the mornings who stop in at our farm shops, and we compare notes, which most farmers have similar thoughts in the Clinton County area that has virtually nothing done. We are just about out of time for corn planting though."
Contact reporter Jillian Ellison at 765-420-5228 or at jeellison@gannett.com.
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Color is the aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of light being reflected or emitted by them. To see color, you have to have light. When light hits objects, some of the wavelengths are absorbed and some are reflected, depending on the materials in the object.
The reflected wavelengths are what we perceive as the object's color. The world is full of light. Visible light is made of seven wavelength groups. These are the colors you see in a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—VIBGYOR.
All light rays contain color. Light is made of electromagnetic waves. Different colors have different wavelengths, which is the distance between corresponding parts of two of the waves. The longest wavelength of light that humans can see is red. The shortest is violet. Ultraviolet has an even shorter wavelength, but humans cannot see it. Some birds and bees can see ultraviolet light. Infrared has a longer wavelength than red light, and humans can't see this light but can feel the heating infrared generates.
From the standpoint of physics, our perceptions are inherently false. What we see as a cell phone or a tiger are really just clouds of tiny particles held together by powerful electrical forces. But in spite of our disconnect from the true nature of reality, our perceptions are probably the most important condition of being alive. The magic of perception is that each person creates his or her own meaning through perception. And although our perception is personal, underlying much of it is a common thread that runs throughout humanity, and may also extend to other animals, as well.
Take the color red. Unless you are color blind, the wavelengths of light that correspond to what we perceive as red will produce similar effects on people. The power of red also extends to the realm of sexual attraction. So, our perceptions of red are more than a conscious acknowledgment of a color found on tomatoes or roses or blood. There's a subtle—often unconscious—act of creation that occurs every time red flashes before our eyes.
The only information that our color vision can use as an input is essentially the three red, green and blue filtered black and white images that we see. The colors we see do not exist in the physical world, rather, the physical world only has the light of different wavelengths.
Color psychology is the study of hues as a determinant of human behavior. It influences perceptions that are not obvious, such as the taste of food. It can also enhance the effectiveness of placebos. For example, red or orange pills are generally used as stimulants. It can indeed influence a person; however, it is important to remember that these effects differ between people. Factors such as gender, age, and culture can influence how an individual perceives color.
Colors have deep subliminal meanings that affect our thinking and rational. They have symbolic meaning that changes among different cultures and countries and can create different moods and emotions.
Companies also use color when deciding on brand logos. These logos seem to attract more customers when the color of the brand logo matches the personality of the goods or services. However, colors are not only important for logos and products, but also for window displays in stores. Research shows that warm colors tended to attract spontaneous purchasers, despite cooler colors being more favorable.
The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light. It's all in the mind!
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On September 14, the Public University of Navarra (UPNA) hosted the Navarra LAN Party, which included a hackathon featuring a proposal for a Gaming Tool to be developed afterwards within STARDUST. It was organised by the project fellows, STARDUST's Lighthouse city of Pamplona (Spain) and the Institute of Smart Cities (ISC) of UPNA. The aim of the event was to inspire the inhabitants of Pamplona to adapt a more sustainable lifestyle in a smart city environment. On the other hand, the tool will set as an example for local entrepreneurs to invest on new and smart business models that promote sustainable consumption.
The IT manager of STARDUST's partner Pamplona City Council, Luis Tarrafeta, presented what the STARDUST project is about and what the Gaming Tool can offer. Participants had the chance to brainstorm ideas and develop proposals under the supervision of a gaming expert.
Luis Tarrafeta, the IT manager of the City of Pamplona, presenting what the STARDUST project is about and what the Gaming Tool will be used for.
The theme of the Gaming Tool is "the shopping list" wherein the proposals have to address three key issues, namely: the type of production, the distance proximity from where the product is made to where it arrives and the possibility of recycling or reusing packaging in order to reduce the waste disposed. By targeting these aspects, the city of Pamplona hopes to change the consumption habits of its locals.
The overall winner of the hackathon is Miguel Pradini for his proposal entitled, "Duelo de sabios" (Duel of Sages). Also being recognised as the most creative solution, this game makes use of QR codes that are attached on the shelves of the supermarkets. These will provide additional information about the products regarding conscious consumption criteria such as, distance to the place of production, packaging, and healthy nutrition.
The connected mobile app is a videogame in which the character development is tied to the products chosen. When placing an item into the shopping basket, the user scans the QR code and the game rewards the player according to their fitness choices regarding the previously defined criteria. The app ranks the products in comparison to the other alternatives of the same product category that were available in the supermarket and the player could have chosen instead.
In addition, Iván Pérez and Diego Trueba got the price to the best technical solution. Also with the goal of changing consumption behaviour among the citizens, they developed a reward system in which users have the chance to evaluate the sustainability of each item available in supermarkets or small shops. The products' scores were allocated by experts in the field; these will be issued as tickets for consumers to think twice on whether to purchase the product-at-hand. The sustainability scoring system will be made available to the public as this shows how the collective behaviour of the citizens' actions can affect society as a whole.
The local hackathon challenge gave the Pamplona City Council the opportunity to gather together its citizens (especially the youth) and make use of their creativity to promote a smart collective behaviour among them, and thus promoting the participatory involvement of the ICT community. The winning proposals may be used to develop a Gaming tool by a professional expert in the context of STARDUST.


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Centuries-old gravestones were uncovered in the ninth district's Jewish cemetery in July 2013, prompting speculation that the site may be one of Europe's most historically significant burial grounds.
In July 2013 restoration work at the Jewish cemetery on Seegasse in the ninth district revealed headstones dating back up to 500 years. Their original positions have been determined with the help of a plan made in 1917, making this the only Jewish cemetery in the world which has been preserved in its pre-World War II state.
Numerous Jewish cemeteries were desecrated by the Nazis, who used the stones for the war effort or as building materials. In 1943 members of the Jewish community hid headstones from Seegasse under a mound of earth in Vienna's Central Cemetery. But it's only now that buried stones have been discovered about a meter beneath the ground in Seegasse itself. Restoration work on the 2000 square meter graveyard, which lies in the courtyard of a retirement home, is being carried out in accordance with Jewish rituals. The project has been under way for nine years and is not expected to be completed until 2018 at the earliest.
The Jewish Cemetery in the ninth district dates back to the mid-16th century, and is Vienna's oldest preserved Jewish cemetery. It remained in use until 1783 and was left unchanged until 1943. After World War II 280 of the original 931 gravestones were re-erected. The historic site is maintained by Vienna's Jewish Community organization, and around 350 of the graves can be viewed by the public.
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Wages in Russia Catch Up to Wages in Romania
Anastasia Manuylova
Wages in Russia are higher than those in the other CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries and comparable with those in Central and Eastern European countries. Those are the findings of the experts at the Higher School of Economics (HSE) who have issued the report "Wage Comparisons among Countries in 2011–2017." They used purchasing power parity (PPP) indicators to do their calculations.
As 2017 came to a close, Russia was the leader in terms of wages among the CIS countries. Taking PPP into account, the average monthly wage in Russia last year amounted to $671. Kazakhstan lagged behind this benchmark less than the other CIS countries. Its average monthly wage in 2016–2017 was $459 and thus lower than the average wage in Russia by 30–40%. Tajikistan was the farthest behind, with an average monthly wage of $147. The study's authors note the wage gap between Russia and the other CIS countries has continued to widen since 2011. In particular, this has been due to a deterioration of economic conditions in Azerbaijan, Belarus, and Kazakhstan in 2015–2017.
However, Russia's position looks less attractive when compared with other groups of countries. Thus, among the countries of Central Europe, the level of wages in Russia is comparable only with Romania ($678 a month) and Bulgaria ($602 a month). The average monthly wages in Czech Republic and Croatia, for example, are considerably higher than the average monthly wage in Russia (by 80–90%), despite a downward trend in wages that has been observed since 2011. There is also a considerable gap between wages in Russia and wages in Poland and Hungary. In 2017, they outpaced Russia by 60–70%.
Among the BRICS countries, Russia exceeds the same indicator for Brazil by 5%. This gap has been narrowing in recent years, however. Wages in China outpaced wages in Russia as early as 2014, and the gap between the two countries is now almost 30%. In the long term, as the HSE's Svetlana Biryukova, the report's co-author, explains, if the current wage trends in all the countries, including Russia, continue, Russia would retain its leadership only among the CIS countries, but would find itself in last place among Central and Eastern European countries.
Translated by the Russian Reader. Photo courtesy of romaniatourism.com
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Medvedev: A Bad Cop Setting Losers Straight in the Kleptocratic Police State
"Bad cop" Dmitry Medvedev at Terra Scientia youth forum. Photo courtesy of Zebra TV
Medvedev: It Is Wrong to Compare Low Salaries of Schoolteachers and High Salaries of the Security Services
This was the premier's reply to complaint from resident of Dagestan at Terra Scientia
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Russian Federation Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made a bold statement at the youth forum Terra Scientia on the Klyazma River. Replying to the question of why a teacher's salary in Dagestan is four or five times lower than that of a security services officer, the politician said it was wrong to compare the two professions.
As reported by Zebra TV, a young man from the Caucasian republic posed the question to the premier. According to the young man, a teacher in Dagestan might earn 10,000 to 15,000 rubles a month [approx. 130 to 200 euros a month], while an employee of a law enforcement agency could earn 50,000 rubles a month [approx. 675 euros a month].
In response, Medvedev noted the two professions were not comparable. As an example, he cited his own experience. When he finished university, his monthly salary [during Soviet times] was 90 rubles a month, as opposed to 250 rubles a month for policemen.
However, noted Medvedev, his priority was graduate school, not a career in the Interior Ministry or the prosecutor's office, although he had received an offer.
Ultimately, Medvedev concluded, an "energetic" teacher will always find an opportunity to supplement his salary. The premier advised young people to follow their vocations. Such was his reply to another question, about whether it was worth going into social work given the extremely low wages in the field.
Earlier at Terra Scientia, a female participant had complained about her inability to get a mortgage although she had two university degrees and worked in an orphanage. The discussion's moderator chided the young woman for asking such a question while holding an iPhone. The woman claimed the smartphone had been a gift. However, she never did get an answer to her question.
Translated by the Russian Reader. PM Medvedev's "outrageous" behavior in this case is wholly consistent with Nikolai Mironov's analysis, two months ago in the same newspaper, of Putin's need for a "bad" prime minister, a fall guy and scapegoat for all purposes and seasons.
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Arthur is a village in, and the county seat of Arthur County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 117 at the 2010 census.

History
Arthur was founded in 1913 to be the seat of Arthur County, then just organizing. The town and county were both named for President Chester A. Arthur. Arthur was incorporated as a village in 1944.  The first county office was a covered wagon, with a one-room courthouse being built in 1915.  A year before that, in the Spring, a general store was constructed, and afterward a newspaper, the first church and the post office were established. A one-room highschool was also built in 1914, expanding to two rooms in 1920.  In 1916 the Arthur State Bank was founded.  Into the 1920s, Arthur continued to be built. The town got electricity in 1926, though most of the county would not have it until the early 1950s.

Then in 1932, the Great Depression struck Arthur, closing its bank, which was not replaced until 1939 with the Arthur County Co-op Credit Association.  Following WWII, in 1950 construction of a new, large and modern highschool was completed.  A new courthouse was built in 1960-1961.  In 1980, the census population was 125.

Historic sites
Two sites in Arthur are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.  The Pilgrim Holiness Church was built in 1928 out of straw bales, in response to the region's dearth of trees or construction sod.  The First Arthur County Courthouse and Jail complex was built in 1914-15; the courthouse is billed as the smallest ever built in the United States.  Both sites are now maintained by the Arthur County Historical Society.

Geography
Arthur is located at  (41.572244, −101.690738), in the Nebraska Sandhills.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land.

Climate
Arthur has a borderline humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa/Dwa) just wet enough to avoid being classed as a cool semi-arid climate (BSk). Like most of the High Plains, winters vary from frigid due to incursions of Arctic air, to an average of six afternoons between December and February of  or higher during the afternoon due to chinook winds off the Rocky Mountains. In contrast, 18.2 mornings below  can be expected each winter, alongside 176.5 mornings below freezing and 38.6 afternoons that do not top freezing. Snowfall is moderate in winter due to dryness: the median between 1971 and 2000 being  and no day having median snow cover over .

Spring warms up steadily but erratically: although the first afternoon over  can be expected on March 13, the last morning below freezing is not expected until May 14, and the first fall morning below freezing can be expected on September 26, giving a frost-free season of only 134 days. Most precipitation falls as rain from late spring and summer thunderstorms: the wettest month on record is June 2014 with  and the wettest calendar year 2009 with , whilst the driest year on record has been 1931 with . The wettest day on record has been September 4, 1937 with . During dry spells with the upper subtropical ridge is pushed northwards, heatwaves and droughts can occur:  was recorded during the infamous 1936 heat wave, when Arthur averaged  as monthly maximum; in contrast, the wet month of July 1958 had an average maximum of only .

Demographics

2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 117 people, 61 households, and 35 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 82 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.1% White and 0.9% Asian.

There were 61 households, of which 23.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.6% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 1.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.6% were non-families. 42.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 23% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.92 and the average family size was 2.60.

The median age in the village was 52.5 years. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 13.7% were from 25 to 44; 34.2% were from 45 to 64; and 28.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the village was 51.3% male and 48.7% female.

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 145 people, 62 households, and 43 families residing in the village. The population density was 460.5 people per square mile (180.6/km2). There were 88 housing units at an average density of 279.5 per square mile (109.6/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 97.93% White, 0.69% Native American, 0.69% Asian, 0.69% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.07% of the population.

There were 62 households, out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.2% were married couples living together, 12.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.5% under the age of 18, 2.8% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 17.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $24,821, and the median income for a family was $31,458. Males had a median income of $25,417 versus $15,625 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,196. There were 13.7% of families and 18.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including 20.8% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

Transportation
The Arthur Municipal Airport is located about one mile (about a kilometer and a half) southwest of Arthur's central business district.  The runways are unpaved.  The airport handles about 25 operations per year.

References

External links
 Arthur County High School
 Nebraska Life Article

Villages in Arthur County, Nebraska
Villages in Nebraska
County seats in Nebraska

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Q: How to get the list of adjacent items with the same name only I have a list that looks like this :
public static void main {
   int itemToBeSearched = 4;

   List<Item> list = new List<Item>();
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 1, Name = "name1" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 2, Name = "name2" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 3, Name = "name1" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 4, Name = "name1" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 5, Name = "name1" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 6, Name = "name3" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 7, Name = "name1" });

    //I need help in getting a return here
    var subList = GetAdjacentList(list, itemToBeSearched);
}

public List<Item> GetAdjacentList(List list, int itemToBeSearched)
{
    //Need help with the logic or linq here that would give a return such as
    return List<Item> list = new List<Item>();
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 3, Name = "name1" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 4, Name = "name1" });
        list.Add(new Item { Id = 5, Name = "name1" });
}

And the desired output should be: a sublist out of this that only contains Item2, Item3 and Item4.
I only wanted a return of a sublist that only contains Item3, Item4 and Item5 because they are adjacent to each other with the same name which is name1.
Item1 and Item7 are not included even though they have the name as name1 because it isn't close to the adjacent group.
Can someone help me solve this using Linq or otherwise?

A: There's probably a simpler way of doing it, but I came up with this. It doesn't use any LINQ, but it does maintain the order of the list items (assuming that's important).
public static List<Item> GetAdjacentList(List<Item> list, int itemToBeSearched)
{
    List<Item> result = new List<Item>();
    // find the index of the item we're searching for
    int itemIdx = list.FindIndex(i => i.Id == itemToBeSearched);
    if (itemIdx == -1)
    {
        return result; // not found, return empty list
    }

    // store the item for comparisons
    Item item = list[itemIdx];

    // loop backwards starting from the current item ann going to the 0th element
    for (int i = itemIdx; i >= 0; --i)
    {
        // if this item is the search item, or the name matches, add it to the list
        if (i == itemIdx || list[i].Name == item.Name)
        {
            result.Add(list[i]);
        }
        else
        {
            // exit the loop as we've run out of items with the same name
            break;
        }
    }

    if (result.Count > 0)
    {
        result.Reverse(); // we've added items in reverse order, so reverse the list
    }

    // loop through all the items from the next item to the end of the list
    for (int i = itemIdx + 1; i < list.Count; ++i)
    {
        // if the name matches add it to the result list
        if (list[i].Name == item.Name)
        {
            result.Add(list[i]);
        }
        else
        {
            // we've reached the end of matching names so break
            break;
        }
    }
    // return the result
    return result;
}

A: You haven't mentioned what happens when there are two groups of consecutive Ids. For example,

Case 1 : Retrieve as two separate groups
Assuming you could like to retrieve both islands of groups as separate collections, you could modify the method as following.
public IEnumerable<IEnumerable<Item>> GetAdjacentList(List<Item> list, int itemToBeSearched)
{
    var nameToBeSearched = list.First(x=>x.Id==itemToBeSearched).Name;
    return list.Where(x=>x.Name.Equals(nameToBeSearched))
                .GroupWhile((x, y) => y.Id - x.Id == 1)
                .Where(x=>x.Count()>1);
}

Where GroupWhile is defined as
public static class Extensions
{
    public static IEnumerable<IEnumerable<T>> GroupWhile<T>(this IEnumerable<T> seq, Func<T,T,bool> condition)
    {
        T prev = seq.First();
        List<T> list = new List<T>() { prev };

        foreach(T item in seq.Skip(1))
        {
            if(condition(prev,item)==false)
            {
                yield return list;
                list = new List<T>();
            }
            list.Add(item);
            prev = item;
        }

        yield return list;
    }
}

Output

Case 2 : Retrieve as a single merged group
In case you want to the two island groups to be merged as one, then you could modify the above method as
public IEnumerable<Item> GetAdjacentList(List<Item> list, int itemToBeSearched)
{
    var nameToBeSearched = list.First(x=>x.Id==itemToBeSearched).Name;
    return list.Where(x=>x.Name.Equals(nameToBeSearched))
                .GroupWhile((x, y) => y.Id - x.Id == 1)
                .Where(x=>x.Count()>1).SelectMany(x=>x);
}

Output

A: You can use simple backward and forward loops to find the adjacent items of a specific name within a given range and return a List<Item> with the same order of the items:
public List<Item> GetAdjacentList(List<Item> list, int itemToBeSearched, int range)
{
    var result = new List<Item>();
    var tar = list.FirstOrDefault(x => x.Id == itemToBeSearched);

    if (tar == null) return result;

    var indx = list.IndexOf(tar);

    for (var i = indx - 1; i >= (indx - range); i--)
    {
        if (i >= 0 && list[i].Name.Equals(tar.Name,
            StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
            result.Insert(0, list[i]);
        else
            break;
    }

    result.Add(list[indx]);

    for (var i = indx + 1; i <= (indx + range) ; i++)
    {
        if (i < list.Count() && list[i].Name.Equals(tar.Name,
            StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase))
            result.Add(list[i]);
        else
            break;
    }
    return result;
}

The outputs of the given List<Item> example (rang = 1):
The adjacent items of ID 1 => 1       (name1)
The adjacent items of ID 2 => 2       (name2)
The adjacent items of ID 3 => 3, 4    (name1)
The adjacent items of ID 4 => 3, 4, 5 (name1)
The adjacent items of ID 5 => 4, 5    (name1)
The adjacent items of ID 6 => 6       (name3)
The adjacent items of ID 7 => 7       (name1)


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How an anti--Tiger Mother approach to education helps Finland turn out a better-than-average workforce
By Joshua Levine Monday, Apr. 11, 2011
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Finnish students take part in an outdoor math class by measuring tree trunks
Tiger Moms: Does Tough Parenting Really Help?
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Correction Appended: May 16, 2011
Spring may be just around the corner in this poor part of Helsinki known as the Deep East, but the ground is still mostly snow-covered and the air has a dry, cold bite. In a clearing outside the Kallahti Comprehensive School, a handful of 9-year-olds are sitting back to back, arranging sticks, pinecones, stones and berries into shapes on the frozen ground. The arrangers will then have to describe these shapes using geometric terms so the kids who can't see them can say what they are.
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Q: How to visualize joins between inner queries to their respective outer queries? I seem to always have trouble visualizing what the meaning is when an inner query is joined to it's outer query.
Here's an example:
SELECT NM.MovieId, NM.MovieTitle
FROM NinjaMovies AS NM
WHERE EXISTS
(
    SELECT TOP 1
    FROM Ninjas AS N
    INNER JOIN NinjaWeapons AS NW
        ON N.WeaponId = NW.WeaponId
    WHERE N.NinjaId = NM.NinjaId
)

Is there a way to represent this (or a similar kind of inner query joined to outer query) in a table or diagram of sorts?

A: Just break it down into stages and consider what the output of each stage represents
SELECT *
FROM Ninjas AS N
INNER JOIN NinjaWeapons AS NW
    ON N.WeaponId = NW.WeaponId

This can be thought of as "all ninjas with at least one weapon along with their weapons". The data model does not appear to tie weapons to particular movies.
So you are now left with the simpler query to analyse (there is no value in including TOP 1 in an EXISTS so that has also been removed.)
SELECT NM.MovieId, NM.MovieTitle
FROM NinjaMovies AS NM
WHERE EXISTS
(
    SELECT *
    FROM WeaponOwningNinjasWithTheirWeapons AS N
    WHERE N.NinjaId = NM.NinjaId
)

There seems to be a normalisation issue here as apparently NinjaMovies will contain multiple rows for the same movie starring more than one Ninja and repeats the title in each one - but perhaps NinjaMovies is itself a view resulting from a join of normalised tables.
In any event SELECT NM.MovieId, NM.MovieTitle clearly selects the Movie Ids and Title from it so the only thing left to analyse is the EXISTS.
This simply says to only return rows where the corresponding Ninja exists in the WeaponOwningNinjasWithTheirWeapons result set.
So to sum up. The query returns all rows in NinjaMovies where the corresponding Ninja has at least one weapon.
The semantics of the query seem a bit odd as NM.NinjaId is not projected so in the event that the movie stars multiple ninjas - some with weapons and some without - there is no indication as to which led to the inclusion of the row. If you don't care about this then you should probably add a DISTINCT to remove duplicates in the event that the movie stars multiple weapon bearing ninjas.

A: An equivalent query:
SELECT NM.MovieId,
       NM.MovieTitle
FROM NinjaMovies        AS NM
INNER JOIN Ninjas       AS N
    ON N.NinjaId  = NM.NinjaId
INNER JOIN NinjaWeapons AS NW
    ON N.WeaponId = NW.WeaponId

A: In the past I have utilised Venn Diagrams. I will try and post a sample later.

A: This is helpful to me: also thinking of joins as putting two tables together side by side, whereas something like a union is more like adding one table to the bottom of another table(I say table but it's really your result set).