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Handbook of Research on Food Processing and Preservation Technologies
Volume 4: Design and Development of Specific Foods, Packaging Systems, and Food Safety
Megh R. Goyal
Monika Sharma
Preeti Birwal (Herausgeber)
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Verlag)
erschienen am 24. November 2021
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The Handbook of Research on Food Processing and Preservation Technologies is a valuable 5-volume collection that illustrates various design, development, and applications of novel and innovative strategies for food processing and preservation. The roles and applications of minimal processing techniques (such as ozone treatment, vacuum drying, osmotic dehydration, dense phase carbon dioxide treatment, pulsed electric field, and high-pressure assisted freezing) are discussed, along with a wide range of applications. The handbook also explores some exciting computer-aided techniques emerging in the food processing sector, such as robotics, radio frequency identification (RFID), three-dimensional food printing, artificial intelligence, etc. Some emphasis has also been given on nondestructive quality evaluation techniques (such as image processing, terahertz spectroscopy imaging technique, near infrared, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy technique, etc.) for food quality and safety evaluation. The significant roles of food properties in the design of specific foods and edible films have been elucidated as well.
Volume 4: Design and Development of Specific Foods, Packaging Systems, and Food Safety presents new research on health food formulation, advanced packaging systems, and toxicological studies for food safety. This volume covers in detail the design of functional foods for beneficial gut microflora, design of specific foods for gut microbiota, composite probiotic dairy products: concepts and design with a focus on millets, encapsulation technology for development of specific foods, prospects of edible and alternative food packaging technologies, recent advancements in edible and biodegradable materials for food packaging, potential of ozonation in surface modification of food packaging polymers, characterization applications and safety aspects of nanomaterials used in food and dairy industry, toxic effects of tinplate corrosion, and mitigation measures in canned foods.
Other volumes in the set include:
Volume 1: Nonthermal and Innovative Food Processing Methods
Volume 2: Nonthermal Food Preservation and Novel Processing Strategies
Volume 3: Computer-Aided Food Processing and Quality Evaluation Techniques
Volume 5: Emerging Techniques for Food Processing, Quality, and Safety Assurance
The book helps to provide an understanding of different food formulations and development of edible packaging techniques with emphasis on the assessment of food product safety and quality. The book also provides information on various methods of formulation for development of new and safe products. Together with the other volumes in the set, Handbook of Research on Food Processing and Preservation Technologies will be a valuable resource for researchers, scientists, students, growers, traders, processors, industries, and others.
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Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, and was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 52 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 75 books.
Monika Sharma, PhD, is working as a Scientist in the Dairy Technology Division at the Southern Regional Station of the ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Bengaluru, India, and is actively involved in teaching and research activities. She was formerly a scientist at ICAR-Central Institute of Postharvest Engineering & Technology, Ludhiana, Punjab, for more than five years. Dr. Sharma has more than ten years of research experience. She has worked in the area of convenience and ready-to-eat foods, functional foods, quality evaluation, composite dairy foods, starch modification and its application in dairy food products, etc. Presently, she is working in the area of functional and indigenous dairy foods. She has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals, edited books, technical bulletins, technology inventory books, book chapters, popular articles, and more than 20 conference papers. She has successfully guided six postgraduate students for their dissertation work. She has worked as a principal investigator of several research projects and has developed various technologies, for which she has also conducted entrepreneurship development programs. She has earned several awards, such as an ICAR-JRF award and fellowship, first rank in all India level Agricultural Research Services examination in the discipline of Food Science & Technology ICAR-NET, conference awards, institute awards, etc. She is a life member of the Indian Science Congress and the Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India). She received a degree in Food Science & Technology from Delhi University, New Delhi; an MSc in Food Technology from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar; and a PhD in Dairy Technology from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana, India.
Preeti Birwal, PhD, is working as a Scientist (processing and food engineering) in the Department of Processing and Food Engineering at the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India. She is currently working in the area of nonthermal food preservation, fermented beverages, food packaging, and technology of millet-based beer. She has served at Jain Deemed to be University, Bangalore, as a member of the board of examiners and placements. She has participated at several national and international conferences and seminars and has delivered lectures as a resource person on doubling farmers' income through dairy technology in training sponsored by the directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India. Dr. Birwal has published research papers, an edited book, book chapters, popular articles, conference papers, abstracts, and editorial opinions. She is advising several MTech scholars in food technology and has successfully guided five postgraduate students for their dissertation work. She also serves as an external examiner for various Indian state agricultural universities. She is also serving as editor and reviewer of several journals. Dr. Birwal has been named outstanding reviewer of the month by the online journal Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science. She has successfully completed AUTOCAD 2D & 3D certification. She is a life member of IDEA. She graduated with a degree in Dairy Technology from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India; a master's degree in Food Process Engineering and Management from NIFTEM, Haryana; and PhD (Dairy Engineering) from ICAR-NDRI, Bangalore, India. She is recipient of fellowships from MHRD, Nestle India, GATE, and UGC-RGNF.
1. Design of Specific Foods Favorable for Gut Microflora
Robin Alvin Wilson
2. Human Gut Microbiota: Designer Diet and Review of Techniques for Identification of Microflora
Akhlash Pratap Singh
3. Composite Probiotic Dairy Products: Concepts and Design with a Focus on Millets
Shubham Kumar and Monika Sharma
4. Encapsulation Technology for Development of Specific Foods
Pavuluri Pavani, S. Subhashini, S. Niveadhitha, and Challagali Gowtami Apurva
5. Recent Trends in Edible and Alternative Food Packaging Technologies
Ajay Yadav, Samlesh Kumari, and Dibyakanta Seth
6. Recent Advancements in Edible and Biodegradable Food Packaging
Gargi Ghoshal
7. Potential of Ozonation in Surface Modification of Food Packaging Polymers
R. Pandiselvam, B. L. Dinesha, Anjineyulu Kothakota, S. V. Ramesh, B. Kamalapreetha, and T. Rohit
8. Characterization, Applications, and Safety Aspects of Nanomaterials in the Food and Dairy Industries
Anu Kumari, Prachi Wasnik, Saurabh Shankar Patel, and Sandeep Kumar
9. Toxic Effects of Tinplate Corrosion and Mitigation Measures in Canned Foods
Shubhra Pareek, Deepti Jain, and Debasis Behera
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A number of political theorists have recently argued that group representation is essential to the achievement of social justice. However relatively little work exists on the institutional implications of such arguments beyond the analysis of electoral mechanisms to achieve greater representation within legislatures. This leaves unanswered one of the most difficult questions facing policy-makers– how to effectively engage the range of Black and minority ethnic (BME) communities in decision-making processes. Through a detailed analysis of the changing nature of the arrangements in place in Birmingham (UK) to engage BME communities, this paper is able to reflect on the theoretical and practical challenges of group representation in contemporary polities.


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The Healthy Aging Task Force (HATF) is a subcommittee of the Dukes County Health Council, and was formed in the spring of 2013. The Healthy Aging Task Force was created to strengthen the Health Council's Mission to create a supportive community for aging on the Vineyard, and to be responsible for addressing the recommendations of the UMass Rural Scholars. In October 2013 Rural Scholars studied the issues the Island will face with the dramatic increase in the needs of our elder population as baby boomers reach old age and boomer seasonal residents retire to the Vineyard. The HATF is a community coalition of 70+ people representing 36 non-profit and municipal organizations serving the needs of elders on Marthaís Vineyard. The goal of the HATF is to identify the needs of our rapidly growing elder population and develop collaborative programs to meet them.


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The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller (A Netgalley Review)
The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (February 13, 2018)
Eighteen-year-old Robert Weekes is a practitioner of empirical philosophy—an arcane, female-dominated branch of science used to summon the wind, shape clouds of smoke, heal the injured, and even fly. Though he dreams of fighting in the Great War as the first male in the elite US Sigilry Corps Rescue and Evacuation Service—a team of flying medics—Robert is resigned to mixing batches of philosophical chemicals and keeping the books for the family business in rural Montana, where his mother, a former soldier and vigilante, aids the locals.
When a deadly accident puts his philosophical abilities to the test, Robert rises to the occasion and wins a scholarship to study at Radcliffe College, an all-women's school. At Radcliffe, Robert hones his skills and strives to win the respect of his classmates, a host of formidable, unruly women.
Robert falls hard for Danielle Hardin, a disillusioned young war hero turned political radical. However, Danielle's activism and Robert's recklessness attract the attention of the same fanatical anti-philosophical group that Robert's mother fought years before. With their lives in mounting danger, Robert and Danielle band together with a team of unlikely heroes to fight for Robert's place among the next generation of empirical philosophers—and for philosophy's very survival against the men who would destroy it.
First, I must say that I was pleasantly surprised to see this as a Book of the Month pick for February, as it's a little different and a lot of fun! I was on a streak of books that were dark in tone recently, and the description of this story sounded like the perfect reprieve.
Robert's character quickly wormed his way into my heart and is an underdog worth rooting for - in a world of magic dominated by women, this sole male prodigy is humble and quite obviously in a situation that would apply mainly to women or minorities in the real world. Miller holds a mirror to many familiar situations and really made me think about how things might be different if it were a 'woman's world.' Much of the book reads like a campus novel, where Robert has to manage ridicule, derision and perform twice as well as the women to get half the credit. Imagine!
I was also won over by the world building and the amount of detail that the author imbues into this story. The way society is impacted by 'empirical philosophers' affects how we approach medicine, war, travel, the economy, and of course, politics: there is a thinly veiled comparison to white nationalists in the so called 'trenchers' who are radically against this practice dominated by women. And although it touches on many layered and heavy subjects (sexism, racism, class, civil rights), the tone is very light and it's a quick read with something for everyone: humor, action and adventure, family and friendship, and romance.
If I had one complaint, I think that Miller tried to pack in a bit too much. There are so many sub plots and I would have liked him to pay closer attention to one, rather than a little bit to several. Since it's the beginning of a series, however, I think it sets the stage nicely for more in depth narratives.
I've seen this novel compared to The Magicians, which I didn't love - so, if that's holding you back, I'd still give this novel a try. I think they are similar in that it's a year at a magical school, mainly setting the stage for future stories. Yet the tone of The Philosopher's Flight is so much brighter and it also appeals to those who enjoy historical fiction.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster for an advance copy in exchange for my honest review!
And, if you use my referral link for Book of the Month, you can get this book, or another of your choosing for FREE when you sign up!
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Books I Read in January
What Happened by Hillary Clinton
Even though I purchased the book and got to shake Hillary's hand as I picked up my signed copy (!!!), I listened to this one on audio, which was enjoyable. Well, as much as re-living the 2016 election can be enjoyable. It adds more to the text, I think, when read by the author. Most of the accounts and facts are things I remember reading in the news (by actual journalists) so it felt slightly rehashed. I am glad I took it all in, and listening to her read what would have been her acceptance speech was so lovely and gut wrenching at the same time. Which, pretty much sums it up.
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
Well this was a rather melancholy read. I burned through it in nearly a day, as the main character's stint of staying alone in her dorm over Christmas break is a simultaneously alluring adventure and terrifyingly isolated situation. Why she isn't actually able to go home is vaguely laid out, but not entirely clear - she had no other family after her grandfather died. At first, it kept me turning the pages. Then it became kind of frustrating that there is CLEARLY something keeping this poor girl from returning home, even with her closest friend to stay with her family. It should have been revealed much earlier, and honestly, I didn't think it made a lot of sense to be that level of distraught over THE BIG SECRET SHE IS KEEPING. Alas, YA novels are about big melodramatic moments, and overall I thought it was a sweet and well written book.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
I thought that I read Anne when I was young, maybe around age 10, but all that is left in my memory are images of the amazing TV adaptation starring Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla. This is one that I have been meaning to read/re-read for ages, and as part of my goals for the year, I'm making more of an effort to get to these books. And oh my goodness, I loved every minute of it! We all know Anne stands the test of time, and now I think it's not just because of the wonderful storytelling, but because the viewpoints of the adults are just as easy to connect with as the children's. Laughing and crying with Anne is just as much fun, maybe more fun, as an adult than it was to swoon with her as a child.
I am heading off to Nashville next week and I thought it would be the perfect time to get in a new Patchett book, especially a collection of personal essays. State of Wonder is an all time favorite, I loved Commonwealth, and she has become one of my favorite authors. This was another excellent read, full of her pitch perfect writing on subjects close to her heart. My favorites were 'The Getaway Car' about becoming a writer, 'The Wall' which is her story about trying out for the LA Police Academy and scaling said wall. It is less about her physical prowess, although impressive, and more about her father - a longtime LAPD officer. And, the title story about the relationship with her husband and getting married after 11 years of dating. Oh, and, 'The Right to Read' - her convocation speech at Clemson University is a MUST. I just love her.
To the Bright Edge of the World by Eowyn Ivey
I received a complimentary review copy of this book as part of the Little, Brown and Company ambassador program, and was dubious at first, despite loving Ivey's debut novel The Snow Child. It's a fictitious account of a late 1800s exploration into Alaska, told through letters and journal entries of Colonel Forrester and his pregnant wife left behind in Washington state, as well as present day letters between the great nephew who inherited these journals and the museum curator to whom he sent them. Before I knew it, I was entranced by the story in the same way the men in the present have become. It is stark, visceral and mysterious, while also being lyrical and otherworldly - much like The Snow Child. I highly recommend it, and give it a good 100 pages to get your bearings among the many pieces of the narrative.
I was certainly taken in by the creepy atmosphere and mystery of this novel. I do have a soft spot for a good sci-fi yarn. But, usually, they are very plot driven stories. Once I finished, I still don't know what really even happened in this book! I honestly can't describe it, other than a band of scientists go into a secret government program to explore Area X (or do they?) to find out more about it? Maybe? I am VERY curious about how it will translate to the big screen later this month. On one hand, I wanted more plot and resolution in my reading experience. On the other, I think I'd be annoyed if they add it to the film and prefer integrity of the book in my viewing experience! It's not a novel I'll recommend widely, but it does make for great dinner table conversation with my husband - it'd be a great book club or buddy read pick, for sure. There is a lot to contemplate, and it will stay with me for a long time.
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January Monthly Meal Wrap Up
This month was ALL ABOUT the Half Baked Harvest Cookbook by Teghan Gerard, of the excellent blog with the same name. This is the most appealing and most flagged recipes of any cookbook I've had in recent memory.
We've tackled two dinner recipes this month, since I tend to only have the gumption to introduce a new recipe into rotation every week or two. Both were quite tasty and I have at least two more that we will try soon - her mac n' cheese recipe and a pasta sauce that calls for a CUP of olive oil. Yes, please.
First up, we made the Caprese Quinoa Bake.
This dish was super simple and a great make-ahead meal, of which I am a fan. I would reduce the amount of quinoa by about a half cup in the future, to give it a little more creaminess.
Most recently, we tried the Slow Cooker Butter Chicken - yet another easy and make-ahead meal.
I have a 'thing' about attempting Indian food at home. It's just never the same. Now, I'm not saying this was quite at restaurant quality, but it was delicious and definitely going into the regular rotation.
I also put together one of her refrigerated overnight oats recipes, the Pecan Banana Bread, which I'd also give a thumbs up!
We also tried a new General Tso's chicken stir fry recipe, via Delish, which was indeed delicious.
Also worth noting, the new slaw/salad kits at Trader Joe's are SO GOOD.
An easy lunch option, and a good way to eat your veggies.
Next month, I will be eating my way through NASHVILLE and oversharing everything I eat there, and hopefully some equally delicious new at-home recipes!
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Throughout her entertainment career as an accomplished actress, Jane Hoffman graced the silver screen many times. Hoffman started her entertainment career by acting in comedies like the George Segal film "Where's Poppa?" (1970), "They Might Be Giants" (1971) with George C Scott and Joanne Woodward and "Up the Sandbox" (1972). She worked in series television while getting her start in acting, including a part on "Love of Life" (CBS, 1951-1980). She kept working in film throughout the seventies and the eighties, starring in the Chris Sarandon thriller "The Sentinel" (1977), the thriller "Tattoo" (1981) with Bruce Dern and the Keith Gordon comedy "Static" (1986). She also appeared in the fantastical comedy "Batteries Not Included" (1987) with Hume Cronyn. Nearing the end of her career, she tackled roles in the drama "Me & Veronica" (1993) with Elizabeth McGovern, the Kevin Kline comedy "In & Out" (1997) and "Deconstructing Harry" (1997). Hoffman last acted in the Jodie Markell dramedy "Easter" (2003). Hoffman passed away in July 2004 at the age of 93.


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Frisco Fighters partner with Dallas Stars for Business Operations
FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars announced today a new partnership with the Steve Germain Family, owners of the Frisco Fighters of the Indoor Football League (IFL), to manage the Fighters' business operations for the 2022 season.
Per the agreement, the Dallas Stars will manage sales and marketing of the Fighters franchise, which will be entering its second season playing home games at Comerica Center in Frisco, Texas. The venue is owned and operated by the Dallas Stars organization.
"My family loves the indoor football game for its entertainment, affordability and family-oriented experience," said Steve Germain. "There's no question that the expertise and talent of the Dallas Stars organization will help us provide world-class entertainment in Frisco."
"This partnership is a win for everyone involved," said IFL Commissioner Todd Tryon. "I'm excited to see the value that the Stars will not only bring to the Frisco Fighters but to the IFL!"
Season ticket memberships and single game tickets will go on sale at a later date. Until then, fans can sign up for the Frisco Fighters "Takeoff" Priority List by visiting FriscoFighters.com/Takeoff. Takeoff Priority List members will be automatically included in future Frisco Fighters email notifications and gain access to ticket pre-sales prior to the general public.
The Frisco Fighters kick off their 2022 season on the road against the reigning champion Massachusetts Pirates on March 12. The first Frisco Fighters home game at Comerica Center will be Friday, April 1 at 7:35 p.m. against the Bismarck Bucks.
ABOUT THE GERMAIN FAMILY
The Steve Germain Family is in its fourth generation of owning and operating car dealerships, and has 20 dealerships in its portfolio spread across the United States. Since 2010, Germain Motor Company has been named the Best Auto Dealer by readers of 614 Magazine. Germain is also listed on the Wards e-Dealer Top 100 list, which ranks dealerships across the entire U.S. based on total internet sales volume for both new and used vehicles. Germain is the only dealership group in Columbus, OH to receive top honors.
ABOUT THE INDOOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE (GOIFL.com)
The Indoor Football League is the highest level of professional indoor football in the United States. The IFL is America's longest continuously-running indoor football league and is the second-longest running professional football league in the U.S., after only the National Football League. The IFL was founded in 2009 and begins its 14th season of play in 2022.
The IFL is the undisputed leader among professional indoor football leagues worldwide, featuring the world's best indoor football players and coaches. More than 100 players from the IFL have signed contracts with NFL or CFL teams, by far the most among any indoor football league. The IFL attracts higher caliber athletes than any American football league other than the NFL.
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It looks like forest, but it's a palm oil plantation... photo: sampsadaily via flickr.
The small victory first: Mongabay reports that at a meeting this week of the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia palm oil producers in the rest of the world -- that is, everyone but Indonesia and Malaysia -- have agreed to strop developing new plantations on peatlands.
The decision goes into effect immediate, with concerns over the massive greenhouse gas emissions that occur when forests are cleared from peatlands being cited as the reason for the move.
Which is great news in theory, but remember that about 88% of the world's palm oil is produced in Indonesia and Malaysia, and a good portion of new plantations are planned for peatlands. So it's a good step, but a much larger one is needed to rein in the massive emissions from deforestation for palm oil.
A good stat to remember: A recent survey of biofuels by UNEP shows that in the worst conditions,palm oil biodiesel can have 2000% the emissions of petro-diesel.
Deforestation in Malaysia, photo: Ben Sutherland via flickr.
Which brings us to part two: On the sidelines of the Barcelona climate talks, scientists are highlighting the large role that emissions from deforestation on peatlands have in climate change -- and which are largely being overlooked in discussions of how to stop forest clearing.
Though some 175 countries have peatlands -- which store three times as much carbon as the world's forests, it should be pointed out -- slightly less than half of these emissions from clearing them are in Southeast Asia.
Last year about 1.3 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions came from peatlands, with some 580 million tons coming from just three countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea.
But back to the ground level: A three year study in Malaysian Borneo reveals that palm oil plantations are driving habitat loss that threatens four out of five rare cat species.
The study was done by the Global Canopy Program's Bornean Wild Cat and Clouded Leopard Project. Researchers examined the Sunda clouded leopard, the bay cat, the marbled cat, the leopard cat, and the flat-headed cat.
While all five cat species were found in primary forests and recently logged forests, only the leopard cat was found to inhabit palm oil plantations. Those cats which shun the plantations were found to avoid even migrating through them.


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Q: SQLiteException - only happens on some devices I recently published an app to the market place. From the developers console it seems about 1-2% of my users are having this issue. 1-2% is small but people are more inclined to leave comments when something doesn't work rather than when it does which could negatively effect downloads.
Unfortunately the developers console only lists the platform as 'other', but my app is available to those with SDK 1.6+. I'm also unable to recreate this issue and no user has contacted me directly so I'm unable to get any more information about the devices it fails on.
Here is the stack
android.database.sqlite.SQLiteException: no such table: QUESTIONS: , while compiling: SELECT * FROM QUESTIONS WHERE DIFFICULTY=2 ORDER BY RANDOM() LIMIT 20
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCompiledSql.native_compile(Native Method)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCompiledSql.compile(SQLiteCompiledSql.java:91)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCompiledSql.<init>(SQLiteCompiledSql.java:64)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteProgram.<init>(SQLiteProgram.java:80)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteQuery.<init>(SQLiteQuery.java:46)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.query(SQLiteDirectCursorDriver.java:53)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.rawQueryWithFactory(SQLiteDatabase.java:1434)
at android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase.rawQuery(SQLiteDatabase.java:1404)
at com.app.myapp.db.DBHelper.getQuestionSet(DBHelper.java:140)
at com.app.myapp.SplashActivity.getQuestionSetFromDb(SplashActivity.java:109)
at com.app.myapp.SplashActivity.onClick(SplashActivity.java:58)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2421)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:8867)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:143)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5068)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:858)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)
at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

getQuestionSetFromDb(SplashActivity.java:109) refers to
List<Question> questions = myDbHelper.getQuestionSet(diff, numQuestions);

Which refers to
public List<Question> getQuestionSet(int difficulty, int numQ){
    List<Question> questionSet = new ArrayList<Question>();
    Cursor c = myDataBase.rawQuery("SELECT * FROM QUESTIONS WHERE DIFFICULTY=" + difficulty +
            " ORDER BY RANDOM() LIMIT " + numQ, null);
    while (c.moveToNext()){
        //Log.d("QUESTION", "Question Found in DB: " + c.getString(1));
        Question q = new Question();
        q.setQuestion(c.getString(1));
        q.setAnswer(c.getString(2));
        q.setOption1(c.getString(3));
        q.setOption2(c.getString(4));
        q.setOption3(c.getString(5));
        q.setRating(difficulty);
        questionSet.add(q);
    }
    return questionSet;
}

}
Does anyone know of a probable cause? It's strange this is only happening with a small amount of installs and being unable to determine the SDK level/device they are using makes it more difficult.
Any help is appreciated
EDIT: Due to the responses I'm including how the db is created.
First, my activity has this (this is the same method which causes the crash)
    private List<Question> getQuestionSetFromDb() throws Error {
    int diff = getDifficultySettings();
    int numQuestions = getNumQuestions();
    DBHelper myDbHelper = new DBHelper(this);
    try {
        myDbHelper.createDataBase();
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
        throw new Error("Unable to create database");
    }
    try {
        myDbHelper.openDataBase();
    }catch(SQLException sqle){
        throw sqle;
    }
    List<Question> questions = myDbHelper.getQuestionSet(diff, numQuestions);
    myDbHelper.close();
    return questions;
}

myDBhelper.createdatabase() calls
public void createDataBase() throws IOException{

    boolean dbExist = checkDataBase();
    if(!dbExist)
    {
        //By calling this method and empty database will be created into the default system path
        //of your application so we are gonna be able to overwrite that database with our database.
        this.getReadableDatabase();

        try {
            copyDataBase();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new Error("Error copying database");
        }
    }
}

checkDatabase()
    private boolean checkDataBase(){
    SQLiteDatabase checkDB = null;
    try{
        String myPath = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;
        checkDB = SQLiteDatabase.openDatabase(myPath, null, SQLiteDatabase.OPEN_READONLY);
    }catch(SQLiteException e){
        //database does't exist yet.
    }
    if(checkDB != null){
        checkDB.close();
    }

    return checkDB != null ? true : false;
}

copyDatabase()
    private void copyDataBase() throws IOException{

    //Open your local db as the input stream
    InputStream myInput = myContext.getAssets().open(DB_NAME);

    // Path to the just created empty db
    String outFileName = DB_PATH + DB_NAME;

    //Open the empty db as the output stream
    OutputStream myOutput = new FileOutputStream(outFileName);

    //transfer bytes from the inputfile to the outputfile
    byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
    int length;
    while ((length = myInput.read(buffer))>0){
        myOutput.write(buffer, 0, length);
    }

    //Close the streams
    myOutput.flush();
    myOutput.close();
    myInput.close();

}

Variables
    private static String DB_PATH = "/data/data/com.app.myapp/databases/";
private static String DB_NAME = "questionsDb";
private SQLiteDatabase myDataBase;
private final Context myContext;

Apoligies, I really should have included this initially

A: The error reports about a missing "QUESTIONS" database. DB_NAME is "questionsDb".
The int difficulty, appended with + to a string, puzzles me too (was already reported from another user earlier in this thread).

A: I just feel the way you are creating the database is causing the problem. There is nothing wrong with it; as you said it works on 98% of the devices.
In my opinion, you are probably better off extending SQLiteOpenHelper. This takes care of creating your database if it doesn't exist and you don't have to do any checks manually that you do.

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SLA Industries: The Truth by Traveller
1 Chibi Slayer knows ALL
2 Strap in, kids...
3 Not Iron Maiden, but Shoji Meguro
Chibi Slayer knows ALL
posted by Traveller Original SA post
SLA Industries: THE TRUTH
It's on.
So, THE TRUTH! Yes, there is a rhyme and reason for SLA Industries' bizarre universe, one that brings everything together and makes things make sense without making sense itself. This does not make any sense but that's how Nightfall rolls. One thing to keep in mind is that THE TRUTH is not a sourcebook in the way that, say, Dirty Secrets of the Black Hand is. THE TRUTH is an in-house document, written to keep the fluff straight and to keep freelancers from screwing with the direction Dave Allsop and his merry band wanted to take SLA Industries into. Now, of course, said freelancers were bound by strict NDAs, but as it happened, THE TRUTH was released to the SLA mailing list in the late nineties/early '00s. Reactions were mixed, to say the least, and it was made very clear that THE TRUTH was not meant to leave the mailing list. Which, as I understand, did not happen. Eventually, in early to mid-'00s, with the Stormer now well out of the bag, THE TRUTH was posted in its entirety in Team8's forums, with the understanding that it was not THE TRUTH SLA's writing team were working with from then on. So theoretically there is another TRUTH out there that only Nightfall knows about and that informs current SLA products, but this document is what people normally talk about when they talk about THE TRUTH of SLA Industries. The books I have reviewed should all fall under it.
THE TRUTH is divided in two parts: the Writer's Bible and The Truth itself. If it sounds even more disjointed than the corebook, remember that this was not for public consumption.
General Style posted:
IT ISN'T ABOUT BIG GUNS!!!
SLA Industries is about horror, paranoia and oppression. The guns just
up the stakes. We do not want to promote SLA as a gunfest, and material
which focuses heavily on combat, the war worlds or plain violence will, in
all likelihood, be rejected.
MATURE GAME FOR MATURE GAMERS. Yes, Nightfall does take their game seriously. There are warnings about being too witty and judgmental in one's writing, to keep humor in short, dark doses, and so on. Some guidelines on how to write Corporates (hint: not stupid) and Operatives (players should not feel they are forced to play amoral psychopaths), as well as civilians and Shivers (who have very little respect for Slops). Obtaining a BPN should be more than PRESS BUTAN, RECEIVE MISSION: going into Slayer's Crib to get one should be a harrowing experience, like Paranoia only played absolutely straight.
War Worlds! They're not like the 'Nam. You sign up for 6-month tours (what happened to all those War Criminals and their 10-year tours, anyway?) and regular troops have an average survival time of 28 hours. Hey, it's better than joining the Imperial Guard. War Worlds exist because they hold some rare resource, because one of the major powers has an important outpost there, or because the planet simply managed to piss everyone off, like Cross. Wars may end if the world loses its precious resource, or if a power actually manages to score a decisive enough victory, or they may end up intensifying like in Dante. Not all War Worlds are Dante-style fuckfests, though - Charlie's Point is more about light skirmishing and ambushes, for instance.
About them SLA spooks ! Cloak Division are the public face, and then the ONLY public face. Dark Finders are elite troubleshooters, Internal Affairs are a rumor and Stigmartyr are a barely-whispered source of terror. IA agents will not identify themselves as such (masquerading as Cloak Division if necessary), and only brought in when there is serious corruption involved. Dark Finders are used as hitmen, outranking Shivers and Slops, while Stigmartyr agents actively suppress The Truth from leaking out. Life expectancies when meeting Stigmartyr goons are of two seconds at best.
The SLA power structure: at the top is Mr. Slayer, of course, assisted by his inner circle of thugs - Intruder, Senti, Teeth and Taarnish. Preceptor Teeth is his closest confidant. These all have SCL1 and are aware of The Truth. The following power tier is the Illuminati: Commander Cradle, Dr. Hagen, and such. They get to talk with Slayer if it has been a particularly bad week, and they are constantly jockeying for power against each other. The Illuminati are very powerful, but they are not aware of The Truth. Beneath the Illuminati are the Influential - lesser department heads, university deans, city governors and such. Lord Shahanti is an example of this type. This tier is supposed to be the highest level of power PCs can aspire to. Beneath them is anyone with even the slightest whiff of power, and this tier is where most of the regular game politicking will take place.
A comparison of SLA security forces: Monarchs are basically mall cops. Insignificant power, at the beck and call of almost anyone. Shivers and SCAFs are the county police, keeping their turf running and making sure good citizens feel they are protected. Ops are kind of a freelance FBI, taking on subversives, terrorists and such, but they get to be bossed around by the same people that boss Shivers around too.
Cloak Division is the CIA, handling jobs that require a degree of central coordination and those delicate assignments that the "unenlightened" have no business knowing about - like running guns for the Contras in our world. They work with the Influential and are represented in the Illuminati. Dispersal Shivers are like the national guard, there to keep the public in their place. They answer to the Influential, and have a very narrow mandate. Enforcer Shivers are a Black Ops hit squad, used when the Illuminati need to get killing done. Internal Affairs are the NSA. Theoretically they try to make sure everyone is a loyal citizen, but in practice they are ones handling Black projects, internal surveillance operations, and all that jazz. The Illuminati controls them, and they are supposed to be secret the way MI6 is - they don't exist but everyone knows where their offices are anyway. I don't know how this is supposed to jive with the "IA are only a rumor" thing. Dark Finders are to Cloak and IA investigators what Slops are to Shivers: the ones that get shit done. For real emergencies there are hulking Darkfinder Stormers, deployed only when absolutely necessary. Dark Finders do not know The Truth.
The Ebon Guard get little mention in the books, but they are SLA's special Ebb-using forces. They are kind of Ebb-using Dark Finders, with specially modified deathsuits that ensure their loyalty to SLA. Ebon Guard are explicitly not Necanthropes - Necs in the intelligence community work for Cloak, IA, Stigmartyr or the Black Chapter. The Ebon Guard reports to Teeth, but are at the disposal of the Illuminati, and they do not know The Truth.
Stigmartyr are like the British military intelligence agency SI-8. Which I had never heard of prior to this, and the only reference I can find is to MI8, a WW2 signals agency. Their existence is almost completely unknown, and even within the Illuminati knowledge of them is scarce. They report only to Preceptor Teeth and they have a James Bond-style 000 rating - they can kill, steal and seize anything they want without the slightest shred of reason. All Stigmartyr agents know The Truth: the only SLA-loyal individuals that know the Truth aside from the legends are Stigmartyr or dead. There is no middle ground. Their only concern is keeping The Truth suppressed. Finally, the Black Chapter are Slayer's personal bodyguards, fanatically loyal to him. Whether they even have minds is open to question. They will refuse to even talk to anyone that is not Slayer, much less take orders from them.
On the most comical side of things, Doobries ! Freelancers are warned that they will probably never make it into a product and they should only be mentioned tangentially. Essentially, Doobries are chibi-sized biogenetic mascots made from leftover Vevaphon material. There are of all types and forms, some even emulating famous figures like Mr. Slayer, Delia, Halloween Jack and such. They are semi-intelligent, will show affection and clean up your place for you, as well as representing the character they are patterned off (a chibi-Slayer will boss other Doobries around, for instance) They are also programmed to review a Doobrie accessory catalog every month, select some items, and sulk until their owner buys them.
Ebb! FLUX is instability in the fabric of reality, created by possibilities that did not happen. The Ebon mind can tap into this quantum uncertainty, and use it for its own ends. Too much FLUX would destroy the Ebon mind, so the subconscious only allows it to draw as much as safely possible. Non-Ebon minds that managed to open themselves to the quantum probabilities of the universe would end up turning to mush. Ebb Formulae work, in great part, because they are expected to work: they have a long heritage and history, which is why inventing new Formulae is incredibly hard. There is a pretty long example on how Dark Lament would go on about creating a food-making Formula that reminds me uncomfortably of HAP/HOP/HYP oMage discussions. So yeah, the developers kind of dislike the idea of Feral Ebons just making up their own powers without recurring to Glyph cards. FLUX is a natural effect of the Known Universe, and has nothing to do with The Truth.
And speaking of that, secrets! Carriens are an SLA experiment gone horribly wrong. They were going to be genetic soldiers similar to current Stormers, originally created by crude mutation techniques used on humans, but the Carriens were too uncontrollable and wild. They were released into the Cannibal Sectors to save the Company's face, but they proved to be too resilient to be wiped off, and are now an even greater plague than the cannibals and mutants. Domino Dogs will also be a failure in the future, on a day that will be known as the Day of the Dog. See, they store memories of each target they face forever. When they run out of room in about two years time, the memories will start encroaching into their core memories - like, say, the ones that distinguish friend from foe. When that happens all hell will break loose in the Sectors and Lower Downtown.
DarkNight, as some of you may have already surmised, is a giant false flag operation by SLA. This is top shelf information, only known by DarkNight's leader, Mr. Slayer, Intruder and Senti. They are also behind almost all of the Soft Companies in the universe. Slayer created DarkNight as a convenient scapegoat for SLA's failures, as an unofficial hit squad for SLA employees seen as too successful and dangerous, as a way to keep actual subversives in check where they can be seen and manipulated, and most importantly, as a way to train operatives. Slayer wants his army to be ready when the time comes, and DarkNight helps him weed out the weak and keep the strong. Thresher , on the other hand, is legit - their threat against SLA is genuine. Their only secret is something not even themselves know: their technology does not date back to the Conflict Wars.
So, Stormers! Remember when I said Deathwake was the most stupid thing? Well, it is. Basically, Deathwake lifts a soul at the moment of death and uses it to create biogenetic creatures. Senti used to do it manually before the creation of the Deathwake Device (oh, that's the difference.) The Deathwake Device was too dangerous and vital, and so it was stored where no one would think of looking: in the Cannibal Sectors. Specifically, within Digger, the first and deadliest Manchine, and one made by Slayer and Senti in person. Digger will keep the Deathwake secret forever, and while already invincible when made, over the years of soulsucking it has grown even stronger. Alas, Deathwake is not perfect - the souls sometimes have memories of their pasts, and Stormers will malfunction due to memories that are not their own. In only one recorded case the soul remembered everything, and unable to live as a Stormer, it committed suicide.
Necanthropes are dead, which is why they don't age. They are souls dragged back from the afterlife to do Slayer's bidding. Most are loyal to him, and few have any respect for the living.
Now we get into the fun stuff. Remember poor Wave Lyndsay, and how his Integration Twenty article would destroy the World of Progress? Well, turns out that after Downtown Phoenix was firebombed, its staff killed and Lyndsay disappeared, a new killer appeared in Mort. None other than Halloween Jack himself. Yes, Lyndsay has returned as Mort's premier serial killer - at least, what was left of him after the fire. He is that hard to kill because an entity called Bitterness brought him back to serve as his avatar. Halloween Jack is a vessel for a portion of Bitterness's wrath, and simply cannot die by normal means, and will remain that way until Bitterness gets tired of him. The only reason Bitterness chose Lyndsay is because he could: Bitterness is Slayer's one real enemy, the cause of most of his problems, and the ruler of White Earth itself.
Why does Bitterness hate Slayer that much?
The answer does not lie in White Earth. It does not lie in the Known Universe at all.
The answer is here, in our world.
Strap in, kids...
In the immortal words of the Drakengard LP, it's gonna get fucking weird.
Realities are not born in fire, as our physicists currently think. They
grow from seeds planted in earlier, already-finished ones. They
germinate and develop, and then finally, when the time is right, they spring out
into the multiverse from the parent universe, as solid and real as any
other. The ground that a fledgeling universe grows within is consciousness,
and its germination occurs when that consciousness dies in its original
reality, and becomes the god -- the True Creator -- of the new one.
In our world, hereafter referred to as Real Time , there was once a young man named Brent Walker , from a small town outside of Glasgow. His world was empty, and lifeless, and his only real friend was a voice in his head that he called Tide . The fantasy world Brent built around him and Tide's voice were the only things that held him together, and protected him from the harshness of life. So Brent and Tide lived, isolating themselves until Brent barely even left his room, wanting no part of the outside world. His father denied him treatment, expecting him to "grow out of it", but after they had an argument about Brent getting a job, the kid tried to kill him, prompting him to find him medical assistance.
The psychiatrist that treated Brent, Dr. Burnen , was fascinated by the kid. Brent made practically no progress in his treatment, as Tide guarded him and told him what to say to dodge around Dr. Burnen's "psychobabble." The psychiatrist knew that there was more to Brent than the reserved, silent young man he appeared to be, so he approached the hospital board for help - and got more than he bargained for. The next day, a new research team appeared in Dr. Walker's office, led by one Dr. Crantham , a man in a black suit and poppy-red tie who in no uncertain terms told Burnen he was immediately off Walker's case. Crantham had power and government clearance up the wazoo, so Burnen was in no position to object. Crantham then had a long talk with Brent, telling him exactly what he wanted to hear - that he was a precious soul, gifted with the visions of his restricted world. Dr. Crantham had been gathering 'gifted' people like him in a foundation of his making, the Crantham Foundation , and told Brent that in the long run it would be better to develop his 'gift' than trying to cure it. Tide warned Brent not to trust the man: the voice suspected a trap, and for his sins, he was right.
Crantham gave Brent his first dose of Reathanol , a psychoactive stimulant like no other. Brent's world started to change, becoming more nightmarish and unpleasant. Reathanol increased the creative potential of the mind: in the hands of writers or artists, it would allow them to come up with new ideas every minute, and keep them from feeling fatigue or tiredness until they were complete. Reathanol was also deadly addictive, causing insanity and death within six months.
The Foundation turned out to be an asylum in the outskirts of Glasgow, where Brent was put into a straitjacket and tossed in a padded cell. Abandoned, he retreated even further in his fantasy world, fueled by Reathanol. Tide became scared as Brent's world took on more and more detail: would he disappear if Brent actually succeeded in creating it? As he did before, Tide took over Brent's body, but he was not ready for Crantham's response. The good doctor told Tide that Brent had abandoned him, retreating into a world he would not share with anyone. With his world and Reathanol, Tide was no longer necessary. But all would be alright, for Crantham was on Tide's side, and if he did what he asked of him, Tide could become independent from Brent. Tide made the mistake of his life: he trusted him.
Brent was allowed to leave his cell, and he met the other five inhabitants of the asylum: they were from all over the world, and there were other sites like the Crantham Foundation throughout the world. There were people like Gideon Dean , a middle aged failed priest; Romane Bourareff , a Hungarian serial killer; and Jeff Marceau , an 8-year old French boy. He became friends with Jane Burrows (drug addict that made regular escape attempts) and Harvey Everton (young rebel with extensive criminal records) but found out he was having spells of lost time, periods he remembered nothing about. It was Tide, taking over his body and mind. During one of his Reathanol trips, he met Tide again, but his friend now had a menacing posture, and told Brent he no longer needed him. Brent now feared Tide: he knew his voice had power, but nothing like this. Brent asked Tide how he had become like this, and Tide was all too pleased to reveal Crantham's plans.
All the inmates were part of something called the Real Time Project , a project backed by the government and the military but essentially run by Dr. Crantham. Each of the participants would go on to create their own universe, from their delusions and fantasies, after their deaths. But the one that outlived the others would make the strongest, most stable universe. Crantham needed a stable universe to make use of it, and convinced each participant that they had the greatest potential for it. Their final objective, he told them, would be killing all the other inmates.
Crantham first started with Gideon Dean. The priest knew about Tide, and was convinced he stood against everything he believed in, so he talked Romane into murdering him with the promise of sharing his universe with him. At the same time, Crantham talked Tide into killing the others, something he had little problem with. They were in the way of something he called 'The Big Picture.'
Oh, yes, this is going where you think this is going.
The next day, Gideon was found hung in his cell, a suicide note claiming he had heard the 'sweet truth of God' and decided to transcend this world. The 'sweet truth' came from Jeff Marceau, who could not remember how he had gotten to Gideon's cell. It had been Tide that filled Jean's mind with dark thoughts, and Crantham had the boy removed from the program, sent back to Paris to die. The next target was Harvey: he knew that Crantham was setting them all up and did not believe a word he said, so Crantham had him removed from the program too, never to be seen again. With so much death around him, Brent became even more brooding and retired, fighting against Tide's malign influence. Tide's dark thoughts influenced Brent's world, making it even more corrupt and twisted. Brent did not want to create a place like that.
Tide decided to save Jane for last as she presented no immediate peril, but Romane wanted Brent dead. The Hungarian could present some trouble, so Tide thought it was time to take matters into his own hands. He forced Brent's body to overdose on Reathanol, pushing Brent's mind to his limits. Brent's world finally clicked, but it was not what Brent wanted: it was the World of Progress , a cruel realm of sorrow. As Brent's mind created histories, worlds and people, breathing life into the universe, Crantham decided to speed up the conclusion of the project, releasing Romane from his cell. Armed with a makeshift flail, he stepped into Brent's room, where he was waiting for him, a wicked grin on his lips.
The screams were heard for hours. When the orderlies opened the door, they found Romane's body, chained to the light fittings by his legs, his blood all over the walls, each drop marking a place in the World of Progress. All that was left was Jane. Crantham locked her and Brent in the recreation room, where they sat waiting for the end. Sleep soon overtook them, but Tide decided not to kill her after all. Destroying her mind and her world would be more amusing.
Brent woke up in a beach he did not recognize. It was a twisted place, blood-drenched bodies floating on a sea of broken glass, like a child's dream gone horribly wrong. Brent recognized Tide's doing: it was Jeff Marceau's world, corrupted by Tide. He heard a scream, and followed it to an old barber's shop, where he found Tide. Jane was tied with razor wire to a chair, her body butchered without mercy. No damage would come to her body, Tide crooned, it was all in her mind. And, polite fellow that he was, he had saved the final cut for Brent! Brent took the knife Tide offered him... and used his creative powers to trap Tide in the chair. He slashed Tide's face, skinning it almost to the bone in places. That was no longer his caring friend, but a monster. A slayer, if you will.
When Slayer looked at his new face, he screamed in horror for the first time in his life, and a lock of his mane turned white forever. Brent told Slayer he could have his damned world, for all that he cared, but he could do nothing for Jane. She was too gone into shock. Brent woke up, the asylum abandoned, and only found a note and a bundle.
Dr. Crantham posted:
I knew it would be you.
The bundle contained a dagger Brent's parents had brought him from Paris years before. He decided to walk home. Eventually, Brent's body was found in a ditch, his wrists slashed. A man in a black suit and poppy-red tie claimed the body from the authorities, and days later a still-comatose Jane Burrows died of cardiac arrest. But it was not over.
Brent woke up again in another world, a world of bleached sand in all directions. It was Slayer's final trap: he would keep Brent there, chained by arcane rules of existence. Brent could not exist in his own world, and it mutated him painfully. Eventually, all that was left in his mind was bitterness at Slayer, his thoughts destroying everything they touched. He had become Bitterness , both physically and mentally.
Next: and you thought that was weird.
Not Iron Maiden, but Shoji Meguro
The original cover for the first edition. That guy? Bitterness.
What does this means for the PCs? Well, first we need to understand the current state of affairs. I'll try to edit this part as best I can, because here is where THE TRUTH basically starts throwing shit at you without even trying to make it cohesive.
Bitterness is batshit fucking loco. He has twisted the world he landed in into his own realm of nightmares, White Earth, and built a pocket dimension of his own known as the Black Stump (more on this, later.) Bitterness can only think in terms of death and destruction: he wants both Real Time and this universe to be obliterated. Rarely does he leave White Earth, because one of the rules is that if Bitterness is not there, Slayer can strike freely. When he does, though, it is to sow misery and corruption, but above all, to create paradoxes. For instance, it was Bitterness who was behind Icon's murder of Delia the Destroyer, because a common street kid killing the top Contract Killer is the kind of thing that makes people question their reality. He is basically a chaos god.
Oh, and he is "a dedicated super-sadistic rapist" for some reason.
Here is the thing: the World of Progress is literally only nine hundred years old. The pre-SLA background fluff (the Conflict Wars, SLA's beginnings as an arms dealer and mercenary company, the execution of the Big Picture) is just that, background fluff and nothing more. Slayer spun it out of whole cloth, to give the reality he was making a base to be pinned on. The Wars never happened; there never were aliens other than Ebons, Shaktars and Wraith Raiders; the technology found by Thresher were stage props . Knowing that the universe is so much younger than you think, that everything was created as the figment of someone else's imagination - in other words, to know The Truth, for this is what SLA Industries has tried to keep a cover on for centuries - has a deleterious effect on a person. The strongest minds are merely driven insane. The weaker ones... vanish. Disappear. They are unmade.
When they said Wave Lindsay's Integration Twenty would destroy the World of Progress, it was a literal statement.
Everything Slayer does is ultimately to keep the Truth from destroying reality, and to make reality strong enough to resist the paradoxes. Stigmartyr goons can and will kill anyone in the course of their duties, but their objective is to protect everyone from obliteration - and even then, though they are specially trained to resist The Truth, all Stigmartyr agents eventually lose contact with reality and are unmade. Ideally, Slayer would love the World of Progress to just work , without paradoxes, intrusions from Real Time or crude reality patches.
For instance, Mort? It's an impossibility. It's a planet larger than Earth but with the same gravity. It's a world where it's always raining, all the time. Mort cannot exist, but it's held in place through the use of the "atmosphere generators" that actually do nothing, just so much window dressing. The White, that mystical place where Ebons go to become Necanthropes? Fucking goggles. Slayer has enough power to turn an Ebon into a Necanthrope by just wishing so, but surrounding the process with mysticism and ritual makes it more palatable to everyone's minds. Life after Death? That was Slayer editing Delia's character sheet and setting her hit points to maximum, masquerading as miraculous surgery, all to keep the World of Progress from collapsing on itself. But not everything works like Slayer wants: in forming DarkNight, he creates true subversives that believe the fake propaganda. In increasing the general level of violence as a distraction, he creates more and more serial killers and worse creatures. Slayer is holding on to the reins of power, but only barely, and he knows this cannot hold forever: someday, he and Bitterness will go head to head, but he intends to be ready when the time comes.
Being the Demiurge isn't all that it's cracked up to be.
Bitterness, meanwhile, bides his time. He uses his agents to create chaos and paradoxes throughout the World of Progress: The Order of the Shard are a crazed blood cult that enforce his will and defend his faith. The Shard Angels are his true chosen, his lovers and confidants, feeding him their pain and sorrow because IT'S THE '90s, BABY. Monitors are spies and investigators, keeping Bitterness abreast of what goes on in the World of Progress. Anyone can become a Monitor by swearing allegiance to Bitterness and White Earth, if they survive the trip and meeting the bastard in the first place.
Slight detour to The Black Stump! Bitterness' playground, he does not keep a tight leash on it like Slayer does with the World of Progress, preferring to leave it to its own devices. Many factions fight here: Bitterness' own minions perform savage assaults on the others, but they are not the only ones. Remember Mandrake , that one Ebon guy from the corebook? The one with the stupid love triangle? He was part of an SLA Industries expedition to White Earth. Bitterness' planet twisted him and his crew, making them basically super Necanthropes, and Mandrake decided he would take the Black Stump for himself. The Cadavarous are the followers of Cadavar, the mercenary warlord obsessed with biogenetics. They also fled to White Earth, and now fight here for their own goals. If push comes to shove, Cadavar would side with Bitterness because of a promise he made with him a long time ago, but if all the reality holes were patched up and RT influence cut off forever, he would basically start fighting for himself alone. He is still obsessed with biogenetics, but cannot really wrap his head around reality grafting. The Root Dogs are another of Slayer's failures, though by no fault of his own. They were part of the pre-SLA background fluff, one of the myriad races that supposedly fell before SLA's armies and the World of Progress. Bitterness made them real a hundred years into the timeline, and put into them hatred of Slayer due to his "betrayal." EDIT: Most of these factions are fighting for an artifact called The Bloodbound Book because we haven't gotten our Clive Barker on yet. It is an artifact made of the skin, flesh and blood of an RT woman somehow pulled by Bitterness from Real Time into the World of Progress. If it is ever found and opened, the World of Progress will be unmade for good, and Bitterness will be able to escape back to Real Time. It is... somewhere out there.
And then there is the Kilneck. The Kilneck are only seven warriors (plus Intruder), but they are special in that they are real people form Real Time. They are Brent Walker's few original friends, who suspected Dr. Crantham was abusing him. The doctor had them killed to isolate Brent more, but both him and Tide were so angry at that that they basically made them be reborn in their fantasy world. The Kilneck know the score, and they know how bad things are getting in Bitterness land: one day, they will travel back to Mort, and warn Slayer one last time. If negotiations work out, they will ride with him one last time for the final battle. Slayer is not doing nothing, either: he plans to "soul graft" his best operatives to protect them against the ravages of Real Time and the Truth.
See, it's not just The Truth that unmakes the World of Progress: objects and people from Real Time can enter this universe (and others: see below), and they are seriously powerful. Now, this doesn't mean Joe Q Public could just jump into the World of Progress and play god: sure, he would be as hard to kill as Bitterness or Slayer, but nothing else. The World of Progress would probably drive him mad. The really powerful RT creatures like Bitterness and the Kilneck can actually use Real Time reality as a weapon. So can Bitterness' Monitors and Stigmartyr agents, but fucking with RT when you are not RT is very dangerous. This is why Slayer needs his people soul grafted for when Ragnarok comes a-callin'. How, then, would he do that? Deathwake. It's not just pulling souls at the moment of death: most of them come from Real Time itself. Souls transcend time and space, and they can be harvested more than once.
What else is left... oh, yes. Intruder! He is basically Slayer's final fuck you to Bitterness. Intruder is everything that was good and kind about Brent Walker, coalesced into a single entity, and then forced to do everything Slayer orders him to do. Intruder has been going mad for the last nine hundred years, all too aware of what really goes on but powerless to do anything about it, and coverup operations have had to be called the times he snaps. It's really not pretty at all. If somehow his agency were to be restored, he would be as powerful as Slayer or Bitterness. Senti is a RT woman named Jan Forest, who had the same affliction as Brent Walker, only her voice was named Senti. He met her after he escaped from the asylum, and told her about the World of Progress. Time later, after she killed herself by hanging, her spirit is reborn in SLA Industries. (Time in RT and the WoP doesn't match up: sometimes it goes faster, sometimes it goes slower.) She is what Brent/Tide should have been all along - a perfect meld of the RT human and his Voice.
Speaking about Inception, yes, theoretically a being of the World of Progress can create their own universe like Brent did. They would need to have a Voice like all the asylum inmates did, to consume Reathanol and most importantly, to have the necessary guidance. Unfortunately, the only known person that knows the right Reathanol doses and how to compile the new world is Dr. Crantham, and he isn't much available for someone in, say, Downtown. But theoretically, it is possible to have nested universes like that. The worlds created by the other Real Time Project patients can also be accessed, though they are incredibly dangerous places since they are not completely formed (think Jeff Marceau's world, seas of broken glass).
THE TRUTH warns that this is not the 'all just a dream' cop-out, though: the World of Progress is real. Its people are real. Not all the souls used by Deathwake come from RT. It's just that the WoP is much, much younger than our universe, and it hasn't had enough time to iron out all the paradoxes and reality wrinkles. In the end, though, the big question: how does this all affect regular SLA games?
Well, it doesn't.
Well, the PCs continue trudging along, fighting SLA's good fight. DarkNight are still legit bad guys, even if they are being controlled by SLA at the very top of things. Serial killers and mutants are still serial killers and mutants. There are real, innocent people to defend. Escaping shitty lives in Downtown is a worthwhile goal. Their ultimate objective, though, if the game does get up to EPIC levels, will be the defense of reality against obliteration: THE TRUTH assumes that, in principle, characters will follow Slayer. He is a son of a bitch and so much of the World of Progress's misery can be traced back to him, but he is also the main pillar of reality's defenses. Of course, if you want to ignore all this bullshit, or just keep it deep in the background as justification for outré shit , hey, it's your game.
Conclusion: SLA Industries is not 2000AD The RPG. It's Shin Megami Tensei via Morrowind.
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'Doctor Strange' IMAX Featurette Pushes Mind-Bending Visuals on the Giant Screen
Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2016 by Ethan Anderton
We're just a few days out from seeing what Marvel Studios has to offer with their latest entry in the Marvel cinematic universe, Doctor Strange. So far the early buzz has been mostly positive with plenty of praise surrounding the visuals and action of the movie, despite the fact that the movie does hit some of the tired tropes of the origin story and introduces a character not wholly dissimilar from Robert Downey Jr.'s take on Tony Stark.
At the very least, we're getting the beginning of a new Marvel franchise that brings us into a completely different realm of the Marvel cinematic universe. Helping with that is the IMAX 3D format that allows trippy, mystical visuals to come to life in a big way. Check out a new Doctor Strange IMAX featurette after the jump to see what we're talking about.
Normally I'm not that excited when the default way to see a new blockbuster is in IMAX 3D, especially when the movie wasn't shot that way. But the in case of Doctor Strange, not only was over an hour of footage specially formatted for IMAX, but the visuals themselves appear to really enhance the 3D and play with your mind. Even if you're not the biggest 3D fan, the size of the IMAX footage should be enough to convince you to give it another shot.
Be sure to check out the first reviews of Doctor Strange in our round-up of extended reactions from the movie. We're bound to be talking about this Marvel movie for awhile with Benedict Cumberbatch's new role in the Marvel cinematic universe becoming more important in the future with an appearance in Thor: Ragnarok on the way, as well as The Avengers: Infinity War.
From Marvel Studios comes "Doctor Strange," the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident robs him of the use of his hands. When traditional medicine fails him, he is forced to look for healing, and hope, in an unlikely place—a mysterious enclave known as Kamar-Taj. He quickly learns that this is not just a center for healing but also the front line of a battle against unseen dark forces bent on destroying our reality. Before long Strange—armed with newly acquired magical powers—is forced to choose whether to return to his life of fortune and status or leave it all behind to defend the world as the most powerful sorcerer in existence.
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Best known for his role in the TV series Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Nate Richert is also famous for his music. He released his first album entitled 'Tone Control' in 2004.
The very talented artist gained a huge following as well as fame from his career. And many can't help but wonder about his love life. Is Nate Richert married or still single? Or is he dating a girlfriend? Further, what about his net worth? Read all about his personal life down below in this article.
The multi-talented artist, Nate Richert' marital status is concealed. Currently, he could either be leading a happy single life, or he could be dating someone in secret. Furthermore, all of his past affairs remain hidden from the world.
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Nate is currently living a normal life, doing the normal jobs to pay his bills. Likewise, he disappeared from the limelight making it harder to know his current relationships. With no solid evidence to prove otherwise, Nate Richert remains single as of 2019.
Wikipedia says I'm married, but I've never heard of her. I guess my question is: Can I get Wikidivorced and am I entitled to Wikialimony?
— Nate Richert (@NateRichert) May 17, 2017
On top of that, he took to his Twitter to address the fan of his single status. In contrast, some wiki sites wrongly announced that he already married. In response, Richert joked about if he could get Wikidivored to the woman he never met.
Nate Richert holds an estimated net worth of $150k as of 2019. Although the talented actor and musician lead a successful career in the late 90s and the early 2000s he could not keep his career as an actor going. Furthermore, after the end of Sabrina the Teenage Witch he released an album which also did not succeed as he hoped it would.
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Moving on to his income, the average income of a TV actor was way lower than what it is today. Some of the most successful actors on the small screen can earn up to $1 million per episode. Likewise, others can make at least $200k per episodes nowadays. However, back in the 90s, the highest pay used to be $100k and the minimal to $10k for one episode.
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As of 2019, Nate lives a normal life with no glam and fame at all, although some loyal fans do recognize him. As for his assets, he must own a decent house and might drive a normal car.
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North High School in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Stacey Skoretz awarded funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation's John R. Evans Leaders Fund
By Reyhana Heatherington | March 13, 2019
Dr. Stacey Skoretz, an Assistant Professor in the School of Audiology and Speech Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine, was awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
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Skoretz, also Director of the Swallowing Innovations Lab at UBC, received $101,500 for her project entitled "A Cross-systems Investigation of Swallowing Following Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation."
This funding was part of more than $1.4 million awarded to 12 projects led by UBC researchers and part of more than $2.9 million contributed to projects across B.C.
The awards were announced by the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, as part of a larger announcement of a boost in funding for the CFI of $763 million over the next five years and $462 million per year starting in 2023-24.
"The Canada Foundation for Innovation has ensured Canadian researchers have the tools they need to push the frontiers of knowledge in all disciplines since 1997," Duncan said in a statement. "Today's announcement of stable, long-term funding will help Canada continue to be an international destination for research and innovation."
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Are adult incontinence pads/nappies available in Corralejo ?
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Holiday shoppers at a Ross department store in the greater Seattle area got more than the gifts they were shopping for when a van crashed through the store on Monday night.
According to reports appearing on the websites of ABC and CNN, 11 people were injured when a white van crashed through the Ross Dress for Less store in Burien, Washington. At least three of the victims, one of them a two-year-old, were left in critical condition.
The Burien County Sheriff's Department said in a statement that the incident happened at approximately 9:15 p.m. when a female suspect was shoplifting inside of the Ross store. The woman attempted to run out of the store and into the passenger seat of a waiting white van that was the getaway vehicle.
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In the getaway attempt, the male driver of the van took off at a high rate of speed and then hit another unoccupied vehicle. The van then bounced off the other car and crashed through the front of the store, sending cashiers, customers, and broken debris in all directions.
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A total of 11 people were hurt in the crash. Three of the crash victims, a two-year-old child in a stroller, a 41-year-old man, and another man in his late 30's or early 40's were left critically injured and were taken to Harborview Medical Center. Another three people hurt in the crash were taken to area hospitals for treatment. Their current condition is not known.
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In an interview with ABC News in Seattle, KOMO, Sgt. Ryan Abbott, with the King County Sheriff's Department, told reporters that the male driver was placed under arrest under suspicion of DUI and vehicular assault. The female passenger was arrested for shoplifting and an outstanding warrant. Authorities have not released her identity.
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This week's round-up includes news of £1bn of funding for housing in London, data on planning permissions for new housing, and the Historic England project to list 2,500 memorials across the country to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
"Sadiq Khan has allocated £1bn of funding to local authorities under his ground-breaking council housebuilding fund which will allow them to build 14,700 new homes in London.
Twenty-six London boroughs have received funds from City Hall as part of the programme, which aims to fund 11,000 new low-rent council homes at London Affordable Rent over the next four years.
City Hall estimated that the plans will see councils increase their building rates by five times over the next four years compared with the previous four.
The funds come out of the £1.67bn of grant the mayor received at the Spring Statement earlier in the year and will pay for 11,154 homes at London Affordable Rent as well as 3,570 other homes, some of which will be for London Living Rent, which is set at a third of local incomes.
Mr Khan said: "Londoners need more council homes that they can genuinely afford, and local authorities have a fundamental role to play in getting London building the homes we need for the future.
A number of boroughs, including: Brent, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Hounslow and Lewisham, received significantly less than it bid for, with Havering receiving only 20% of the money it bid for.
Mr Khan said London needs "at least four times the amount of money we currently get from government" to build council housing.
"Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a £10 million fund that aims to 'beef' up councils' housing and planning teams to help them build more homes.
Council budgets in London have fallen by 50 per cent in London, which Khan says has prevented housing growth and planning for new council homes.
The Homebuilding Capacity Fund will see council bid for up to £750,000 each to boost housing and planning teams. The money can be used for hiring new staff.
Khan will also consider bids that help to deliver a new generation of council homes, social rented and other affordable homes on small sites, masterplans in areas that have significant growth potential, and optimal density across new residential development in an area.
The fund will work alongside a number of the other schemes that aim to deliver council housing, including a new council-led housing forum, run by Future of London, which will provide technical advice to practitioners involved in council-led delivery of homes.
"Planning permissions, a strong indicator of future housing supply, continue to be granted at record high levels HBF/Glenigan's latest Housing Pipeline report shows.
Permission for more than 350,000 new homes were granted in the year to June, as housebuilders continue to invest.
Housing supply climbed to 217k in 2016/17, a 74% increase in just four years, but still well short of the 300k new homes a year target set by Government.
Today's Pipeline report shows that for the year up to June 2018, the picture was very positive with 354,646 plots granted planning permission on 20,076 sites. This is the first time for a decade that more than 20,000 sites have been granted planning permission in a 12-month period. Over the course of the past 10 years, the average permissioned site has increased in size by 58% from 19 units to 30. Today's figures reflect the first fall in average site size for annualised planning permissions for almost five years (Q4 2013).
This should assist SME builders and better enable them to play their part in delivering increases in supply. The last few years has seen a massive reduction in the number of SME developers and a greater supply base is needed if the 300k target is to be achieved.
"Gatwick Airport has outlined plans that could see its standby runway being used routinely to increase operational resilience.
The current planning agreement dictates that the runway is only used when the main runway is closed for maintenance or emergencies. This 40-year agreement ends in 2019.
A draft masterplan, put together by the airport for the independent consultative committee GATCOM, sets out how the standby runway could be used routinely for departing flights by 2020.
The airport notes that this would be delivered without increasing its noise footprint and would provide "greater operational resilience". It is confident that such a project would remain within the existing airport footprint, and if the airport went ahead with the plan it would apply for a Development Consent Order (DCO) from the Planning Inspectorate.
The draft masterplan satisfies a Department for Transport requirement that the airport should provide regular updates on long-term plans, as well as meeting the government's call for airports to make the best use of existing runways.
Gatwick is looking at how technology can be used to increase capacity of the main runway by improving efficiency. Land allocated for a new runway for the Airports Commission, the process from which the government chose to support expansion of Heathrow Airport, will be safeguarded for the future.
The airport is holding a 12-week public consultation to gather feedback and views on the draft masterplan before a final version of the masterplan is agreed on early next year.
"From a memorial which commemorates one of the oldest men to fight in the First World War who was determined to serve alongside his four sons, to a monument which marks one of the worst explosions in the history of Britain's explosives industry, Historic England has completed a project to list 2,500 memorials across the country to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
Before the project began there were more listed telephone boxes (2,486) than war memorials (1,657). Throughout the centenary period Historic England has been working in partnership with War Memorials Trust, IWM, Civic Voice, volunteers and school children across the country to better understand these important local landmarks and protect them for the future.


SAN DIEGO - The Surfrider Foundation released its annual Clean Water Report on Friday, March 22, detailing the measures the organization has taken to improve water quality in San Diego County and quell sewage contamination of local shorelines.
"In areas like San Diego, California, where communities are impacted year-round by cross-border water pollution ... Surfrider's work to protect clean water is more critical than ever,'' said Mara Dias, the organization's water quality manager. "Our chapters are tackling regional water quality issues by testing for pollution, building ocean-friendly solutions, and informing the public where it's safe to surf, swim and play in the ocean."


The Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) – an international nonprofit organization that serves to expand and improve the use of tilt-up as the preferred building system – announces a transition of leadership for the technical committee it participates in: ACI 551 Tilt-Up Concrete. The committee is part of the technical committee structure for the American Concrete Institute (ACI) and includes participation of more than two dozen individuals from TCA staff and member organizations. The transition of leadership includes the ascension of Andrew McPherson, president for Seretta Construction Inc. of Apopka, Florida as he takes over for Jeff Griffin, Senior Project Manager for LJB Inc. of Oakwood, Ohio.
The effort to produce and maintain The Design Guide for Tilt-Up Panels was a critical step forward in the application of ACI 318 methodology to tilt-up, as the TCA set out to produce the Engineering of Tilt-Up technical resource at the core of TCA's industry library. Likewise, the on-demand course serves as the precursor for the new effort to launch later this summer, to be known as Tilt-Up Academy, which will offer a significantly broader spectrum of on-demand courses for professionals and other parties interested in expanding their knowledge of tilt-up.
Interested industry participants should contact James Baty at 319-895-6911 or jbaty@tilt-up.org.


Patrick Grady, MP for Glasgow North, rolled up his sleeves on Tuesday to show off his cupcake decorating skills at an event marking Red Nose Day 2017 in Parliament.
Masterchef presenter Gregg Wallace took on the role of judge as more than 60 parliamentarians of all parties competed to win first place in the Maltesers® and Sainsbury's Red Nose Day Parliamentary 'Bake a Million' competition.
The competition, which was organised by Maltesers® in partnership with Sainsbury's – the official retailer of the iconic Red Nose and Red Nose Day merchandise – was held to celebrate this year's Red Nose Day, taking place on Friday 24th March.
MPs were tasked with decorating a cupcake with an array of icing and toppings, including Maltesers® and Malteaster® Bunnies, expertly instructed by apprentices from Sainsbury's recently opened Bakery College in Bromley-by-Bow. The winning cake decorators chose a nominated Comic Relief project to which Maltesers® and Sainsbury's will make a donation.
MPs were also encouraged to share pictures of their creations on a social media platform of their choice with the hashtag #bakeamillion. The Maltesers® #bakeamillion campaign calls on the nation's support and encourages people to get baking with Maltesers®. For each cake or bake photo uploaded, Maltesers® will donate £5 to Comic Relief, towards their £1million total contribution.
Emma Freud, Red Nose Day director, said: "It's great that so many parliamentarians turned out to support Red Nose Day. What Sainsbury's and Mars have created is a campaign that the UK has embraced. Our baking kits were a total sell out and the excitement they have generated about Red Nose Day has been glorious. It was excellent to see the MPs embrace a baking challenge. Gregg and I are just relieved they don't do this for a living."


Delavan/ Gregory Allen Robinson, age 27 of Delavan, passed away Saturday, June 6, 2010 at his home in Delavan. He was born September 24, 1982 in Janesville, WI the son of Brian Scullin and Charlene Robinson. He was employed at Charleton Telemarketing for Time Warner.
He is survived by his mother Charlene of Delavan and his father Brian; 2 aunts, Sherry (Joe) Rhodes of Delavan and Sandi (Mike) Knotec of Milwaukee; 2 uncles, Elrod (Robin) Robinson of Delavan and Jeff Robinson of Milwaukee. He is preceded in death by his uncle Richard and his grandmother Charlotte.
Funeral Services will be held at 11:00am, Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at Monroe Funeral Home in Delavan with Rev. Charles Sweetman officiating. Visitation will be from 9:30am to service at the Funeral Home. Burial will be at Spring Grove Cemetery in Delavan. MONROE FUNERAL HOME, Delavan, is assisting the family.