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In November 2015, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced that it would investigate the use of big data in general insurance (GI), focusing on private motor and home insurance, and would seek input from industry stakeholders and experts. As an insurtech specialist in the GI sector, RDT provided a written response to questions on data usage – and was the only technology company that the FCA named as a contributor.
The FCA’s questions covered data sources, data accuracy, and how the growing use of digital information might impact consumers and businesses. The aim was to see if big data would foster or constrain competition, whether some consumers might be marginalised because of an increasingly granular approach to underwriting, and whether the regulatory framework needs adjusting in light of advances in technology.
With the help of RDT’s insights, the FCA has concluded that big data is more friend than foe. In its Feedback Statement, published on 21 September, it said that big data is “producing a range of benefits for consumers in motor and home insurance, by transforming how consumers deal with retail GI firms, encouraging more innovation in products and services and streamlining parts of the customer journey.” The FCA said that because the use of data by insurance firms is “broadly working well”, it would not launch an in-depth market study.
RDT highlighted that although there are currently a limited number of organisations providing enriched data, it’s a growing field and means that as companies realise the value of the data they hold they’ll make it available to insurers. This data enables insurers to rate more accurately, and those with the latest technologies, such as RDT’s Equator, can enrich at point of quote. This is positive for the industry and positive for consumers, since accuracy is in everyone’s interests.
If there is a cautionary note, says the FCA, it’s that big data might lead to ‘risk segmentation’ because consumers with higher risks might be unable to find affordable insurance. However, there is no evidence of this to date. The FCA’s Feedback Statement is an endorsement of the role that big data can play in improving the underwriting and claims process, and it underlines the value of RDT in helping insurers to reap the benefits of insurtech.
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Is Cast Iron best for steak?
The other key to a delicious steak is heat. And since that signature sear comes from a sizzling hot pan, a cast-iron skillet is the way to go. This hearty pan gets extremely hot and also retains heat for a long time, making it the perfect vessel for steak.28 мая 2019 г.
How do you cook a steak in a cast iron skillet?
Place a heavy skillet, preferably cast-iron, on the stove and sprinkle lightly but evenly with about 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt. Turn heat to high under pan. Pat both sides of steak dry again. When pan is smoking hot, 5 to 8 minutes, pat steak dry again and place in pan.
What is the best steak for a cast iron skillet?
A rib-eye is my all-time favorite steak for pan-searing. It’s cut from the prime rib area of the upper back and is the most flavorful and fattiest of the common steaks. Rib-eye comes boneless or bone-in; both are great, though I think bone-in offers more flavor.
Do you use oil when cooking steak in cast iron?
When cooking steak in cast iron skillets, you want to use a type of oil that has a high smoke point. For example, peanut oil, canola oil, grapeseed oil, and avocado oil are ideal options for cooking steak due to their high smoke points.
Why is cast iron better for steak?
No scorching: Grilling your steak on a cast-iron skillet allows your steak to cook through evenly and without scorching—because the juices aren’t dripping through the grates, causing flareups.
What is the best steak cut for pan frying?
Buy the best steak for pan-searing.
The best steaks for cooking on the stovetop are boneless steaks that are between one and one-and-a-half inches thick. Thicker cuts like a New York strip steak or a boneless rib-eye work best for this method.
Can you put butter in a cast iron skillet?
Do not use olive oil or butter to season your cast-iron pan — they’re great to cook with, just not for initial seasoning. … Repeat as desired; a single round of seasoning is enough to get you started, and the pan will continue to build up its seasoning as you cook with it.
How do you cook a steak in a cast iron skillet without smoking it?
You could do the following:
- Heat a heavy cast-iron pan till its really hot.
- S&P your steak (like a filet mignon) and let it brown on one side for 3 minutes (for a thick steak like filet mignon)
- With hot pan holders, grab the handle of the cast iron skillet and give it a healthy shake.
What you should not cook in cast iron?
4 Things You Should Never Cook in Cast Iron:
- Smelly foods. Garlic, peppers, some fish, stinky cheeses and more tend to leave aromatic memories with your pan that will turn up in the next couple of things you cook in it. …
- Eggs and other sticky things (for a while) …
- Delicate fish. …
- Acidic things—maybe.
How hot should cast iron be for steak?
You need the burner to heat the skillet and start the steak cooking and the grill or oven to complete the process. Either way, the grill or oven needs to be preheated to a high temperature, around 500 F/260 C, but any temperature of 400 F/205 C or higher will do.
Is it better to cook steak with butter or oil?
Extra virgin olive oil has a low smoke point of around 320 degrees, and butter is a bit higher at around 350 degrees. … Better choices for grilling or frying steak include peanut oil, canola oil, and extra light olive oil, all of which have smoke points above 400 degrees.
Should you oil steak before seasoning?
So you should always dry your meat, e.g. with paper towels. This will mean your spices are less likely to stick to the surface. Oiling the meat first helps the spices to adhere better, rubbing them in or just sprinkling doesn’t make much of a difference.
What is the best oil for searing steak?
For high-temperature searing, it’s best to use a refined oil with a higher smoke point. Let your favorite fruity EVOO sit this round out; it’s canola’s time to shine. Safflower, peanut, sunflower, and soy oils are also good options.

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A Boeing official says the YAL-1 Airborne Laser (ABL) will seek to pre-empt critics of the programme's first shootdown test scheduled later this year by choosing a deliberately difficult engagement scenario.
Both the first shoot-down attempt and a follow-on test will engage targets simulating the design and trajectory of short range ballistic missile (SRBM), Boeing Michael Rinn told reporters attending a week-long media tour.
To engage a relatively low-altitude SRBM, the 747-400F-based ABL's megawatt-class laser beam must pass through about 100km of atmosphere. Denser atmosphere at lower altitudes can more easily degrade the quality of the laser beam than against longer-range missiles, which reach apogee above the Earth's atmosphere.
"We have chosen one of the most difficult targets," Rinn said. "We have chosen something with a quick burn, very short timelines and atmosphere that we have to correct [the beam] to shoot through."
Rinn said the test scenario was chosen specifically to show that the shootdown attempt was not a "stunt", with the operational conditions tilted artificially in the ABL's favour.
"Having said that there are some things I have deal with," Rinn said. "I have to worry about where I point my laser, how they exit the sky. I have to worry about the FAA and other commercial aircraft So there is a little scripting that goes on."
The ABL programme is also planning to stage a follow-on demonstration soon after the first attempt.
"We think it's important to show the critics that ABL is not a one-shot wonder," Rinn said. "In fact the system is designed to do multiple shots and do them quickly even though we're early in the test programme."
The ABL update comes as the US Department of Defense has released a Fiscal 2010 spending proposal that lowers the programme's status. The DOD budget request confirms plans to delete funding for a second test aircraft, and re-designates the first aircraft as a research and development programme.
However, the first aircraft, dubbed T-1, will continue operating, although with fewer funds.
"We had always planned to fly the T-1 aircraft for a number of years as a test aircraft," Rinn said. "It's not as strong a test programme as I would like, but we will work with our customer to improve what we can do with the dollars available."


If you listened to our podcast this week, you’ll have heard that Tom Doyle wasn’t too impressed by *shels‘ London performance. One show doesn’t necessarily represent the performance of an entire tour though, and that’s why we sent Ruth Booth to Manchester’s Northern Quarter in the hopes of finding the lesser spotted epic alternative…
Six things we learned when we saw *shels in Manchester:
1) In a change to the advertised billing, it’s arguably the most progressive choice up first. The Kites of San Quentin are two turntables and a bass guitar, plus beautiful vocals that bridge the gap between Zero 7 and Portishead. It’s proof that trip hop can be chilled without dragging you into dark places. After that, we feel sorry for the band they swapped with Tall For Jockeys. Still very much the pretenders, still breaking in their Biffy-Clyro-cum-Reuben-cum-Idlewild schtick onstage.
2) Steadier hands follow when Cyril Snear get up. Trading in accomplished alt-indie along the lines of a less boisterous Future of the Left, these Mancunian stalwarts have a quiet confidence about them. That sort of no begging for attention, no frills, no nonsense attitude that belies the mathy satisfaction in songs like ‘Loitering with Intent’. Combined with *shels, this has to be one of the best bills we’ve seen for variety this year, each band distinct, yet complimenting the last. Bonus points to Snear’s Michael McKnight for his Ralph Steadman shirt, though.
3) With the advent of real life as a sensible means of living, *shels may be adopted as our own, but the band are split by several thousand miles of rather chilly water these days (frontman and *shelsmusic label head Mehdi Safa is based in California). As a result, it’s been more than five years since they last played together on these shores. So it’s no surprise the metal crew, fans of the epic, and the hipster community of Manchester are out in force and tweeting along the front row. And we thank them. The Ruby Lounge tonight is lit, in an ironic twist, as blue as pornographer’s dark room, and we wouldn’t find our pints otherwise. One might get the impression *shels have something to hide, but on the contrary, tonight’s not about what you came to see – or not see.
4) As the band take to the stage, there’s a reverential hush, as if we’re at some secret cabal of experimental alt nerds. But as the set progressses, being at a *shels gig feels more like watching a movie playing only in your head. There’s the tremulous morning of a day-in-the-life, ‘Conference of the Birds’. There’s the epic final confrontation of ‘Crown of Eagle Feathers’. There’s exuberant, anthemic closing credits of ‘Water’ – and the sterling choice in following that up with ‘Vision Quest’s contemplative acoustics. Take Safa’s lead and close your eyes. You’ll be giving that cabal your credit card number in no time.
5) There are a few suprises tonight, not least Pete Benjamin from Akercocke holding up the lower end in the live line-up, or Arif Driessen’s smart trumpet accents. Since finishing Plains of the Purple Buffalo, Safa has picked up a form of throat singing, developed from the practice of meditative toning (see our upcoming interview with the *shels mainman for more on that….). Far from the gimmick it could have been, it adds a haunting siren song to the ambience of tonight’s mellower moments.
6) With the deft and delicate touches that make up a *shels record, this long gap could have worked against them. Not a bit of it. Five years apart doesn’t feel like five minutes. The *shels collective can still craft delicate spiritual melodies, then raise them up into towering tsunamis of sound pounding your body into submission. And this quick trip only makes it more special.


text: © 2022 Turkish League Against Rheumatism. All rights reserved.Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether shoulder ultrasound (US) findings were associated with disease activity and pain level in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Patients and methods: Between April 2019 and November 2019, a total of 60 shoulders of 30 female patients with RA (mean age: 53.8±12.0 years; range, 30 to 65 years) were included. The patients were questioned about shoulder pain and their Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS28) was estimated. After clinical examination with shoulder impingement tests, both shoulders were evaluated by US. Results: Of 60 shoulders examined by shoulder US, the most common shoulder pathology was supraspinatus tendinopathy (n=33, 55%). The prevalence of subdeltoid bursitis on US was significantly higher in the group with moderate disease activity, compared to the group with low disease activity (p<0.05). There were no significant differences in the physical examination findings of patients with low and moderate disease activity. In terms of US findings, subscapularis tendinopathy, glenohumeral joint and acromioclavicular joint degeneration, and subacromial bursitis were more common in shoulders with a history of pain, compared to non-painful shoulders. Conclusion: Shoulder US may be useful for demonstrating shoulder involvement in patients with RA, independent of the presence of shoulder pain.

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So everybody (or at least most in and) concerned with Jaden Smith, fashion, Louis Vuitton (LV) and/or the brand’s artistic director of women’s collections, Nicolas Ghesquière has seen or heard that Will Smith’s male seed is the new face of LV’s latest Spring/Summer 2016 campaign.
Earlier today, Ghesquière revealed via his Instagram that Jaden will be the face of the label’s women’s campaign. Yes, women’s, and to top it off, the accompanying images showed Jaden clad in an SS’15 skirt (see below).
While this may provide some discomfort for some (not us), it’s not the first ‘genderless’ happening for Jaden who has been known to be fashion forward and has sported dresses and other women’s clothing fairly frequently.
Gender blending certainly is on the rise in fashion with many popular designers dressing women in men’s clothing and few dressing men in womenswear. While we haven’t seen this in the mainstream we do think it will soon pop up. Our question though is pretty simple… are you willing to sport a skirt (and not a kilt)?

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A so-called community page established to publish disparaging material about Quinn Industrial Holdings executives warned that a "kangaroo court" had passed a "sentence" on the executives.
The company's chief operating officer Kevin Lunney, who is recovering from his abduction and paramilitary-style beating and torturing this week, was named as one of the people subjected to the "kangaroo court".
The post was published on the Seán Quinn Community Group Facebook page last September.
The page is one of a number of presences online that has been disseminating material seeking to damage the QIH executive team.
Seán Quinn has condemned the attack on Mr Lunney calling it "barbaric" and while the Sean Quinn Community page bears his name and his image, he has no link to it.
The page, like the campaign of violence and intimidation against the QIH executives over the past five years, seeks to damage the executives and suggests Mr Quinn should be back running the companies he founded.
However, while those behind the social media material and the violence have sought the return of Seán Quinn to the businesses, he has been clear to state that none of the activity is linked to him.
"In the early eighties we had the notorious Shankill Butchers, based in Belfast they were led by a man called Lenny Murphy, " a post published on the page last September stated.
"Now… based in Derrylin we have the Derrylin Butchers have (sic), and continue to stab Seán Quinn in the back.
"This gang is led by local men, Kevin Lunney and Liam McCaffery, and with the help of Tony Lunney, John McCartin and Dara O'Reilly. All pictured below.
“Rumour has it they have gone through a kangaroo court and have being found guilty. Their sentence will be based on how quickly they remove their knives from Seán Quinn’s back, how quickly they plead guilty, and how quickly they vacate the business and land that they have stolen.”
Father-of-six Mr Lunney was abducted on Tuesday evening near his home in Co Fermanagh and found more than two hours later about 35km across the Border in Co Cavan having been subjected to a punishment beating.
He was taken to a caravan or container and beaten by a gang of masked men during which his leg was broken. Mr Lunney was beaten with implements, including baseball bats, to the legs, head, upper body and hands.
Sources described the attack as a throwback to the era of Provisional IRA punishment beatings. They added that even in the context of those paramilitary attacks the beating and torture Mr Lunney endured was on the upper end of the scale in terms of the level of violence used.
The attack is the latest in a five-year campaign of intimidation and violence directed at the executive team that has been running Quinn Industrial Holdings since the fall of the empire owned by businessman Seán Quinn.
On Friday the chief executive of Quinn Industrial Holdings Liam McCaffrey praised the company’s staff and said it would “stick to its principles”.
In his first interview since the attack on Mr Lunney, Mr McCaffrey told local radio station Northern Sound those those responsible were “depraved”.
He said there needed to be a greater police presence in the area as those responsible for the attacks can “move with impunity from one jurisdiction to another”.
“Our 834 staff are fabulous people, hard working, dedicated people. They turn up every morning and work hard and go home and look after their families and contribute to their communities. No different than what Kevin Lunney was doing.
“In addition to being an immensely talented executive, he was also a huge community man.”


- What is the most popular social media 2020?
- Which app has the most users?
- Who is the fastest growing TikTok?
- What is the fastest growing app?
- Which is best social media app?
- What are the top 10 social media apps?
- What is the most dangerous social media app?
- Is Facebook still popular 2020?
- What is the next big social media platform 2020?
- What are the six types of social media?
- Is social media good or bad?
- What is the most popular social media 2019?
- What are the top 5 social media apps?
- What age group is on social media the most?
- Who is the Queen of Tik Tok?
- Why is Tik Tok bad?
- Which social media is growing fastest?
- Is TikTok a social media?
- Is social media a waste of time?
- Why is Instagram more popular than Facebook?
- Who is the richest Tik Toker?
What is the most popular social media 2020?
The 7 Top Social Media Sites You Need to Care About in 2020Instagram.
Long the home of influencers, brands, bloggers, small business owners, friends and everyone in between, Instagram has topped well over 1 billion monthly users.
Which app has the most users?
Number of active users in millionsFacebook2,740YouTube2,291WhatsApp2,000Facebook Messenger*1,3009 more rows•Feb 9, 2021
Who is the fastest growing TikTok?
Nine of the Fastest-Growing TikTok AccountsJason Coffee. Jason Coffee (@jasoncoffee) is one of the most successful influencers on the platform with 20.4 million followers. … Zach King. Zach King (@zachking) is topping influencer charts with 48.9 million TikTok followers, and it’s not hard to see why. … NBA. … ESPN. … Ellen DeGeneres. … WWE. … Netflix. … Guess.More items…
What is the fastest growing app?
ClickUpClickUp, a productivity platform, topped our list of the fastest growing apps. It’s joined by monday.com, another tool focused on helping teams collaborate.
Which is best social media app?
The Top 20 Social Media Apps and Sites in 20201. Facebook.Instagram.Twitter.LinkedIn.Snapchat.Tumblr.Pinterest.Sina Weibo.More items…•Sep 4, 2020
What are the top 10 social media apps?
Top 10 Trending Social Media Apps to FollowFacebook. Facebook is one of the most widely used apps in the world. … YouTube. YouTube is a video hosting service. … WhatsApp. WhatsApp is a freeware instant messaging platform. … WeChat. … Instagram. … QQ. … TikTok. … Twitter.More items…
What is the most dangerous social media app?
Top Dangerous Social Media AppsSnapchat.Ask.fm.TikTok.Whisper.Kik Messenger.Tinder.Instagram.Omegle.More items…•Feb 27, 2021
Is Facebook still popular 2020?
In 2020, Facebook continues to grow, despite the continually rising popularity of TikTok and Instagram. In fact, over 2.45 BIllion people still log on to Facebook each month in 2020. … Midway through 2020, the average reach for posts to followers on a Facebook page was down to 5.5% of their Page’s followers.
What is the next big social media platform 2020?
TikTok will be the next big social media platform. Technically, TikTok is already a massive platform with adults and Gen Z. Launched by Chinese developer ByteDance, the site launched in 2016. More than 500 million users actively use the app worldwide and over one million videos are viewed every day.
What are the six types of social media?
The 6 Types of Social Media With ExamplesSocial Networks. Examples: Facebook, LinkedIn. … Bookmarking Sites. Examples: Pinterest, Flipboard, Diggs. … Social news. Examples: Digg. … Media Sharing. Examples: Pinterest, YouTube, Vimeo. … Microblogging. Examples: Twitter, Facebook. … Blog comments and forums. … Social Review Sites. … Community Blogs.More items…
Is social media good or bad?
Since it’s a relatively new technology, there’s little research to establish the long-term consequences, good or bad, of social media use. However, multiple studies have found a strong link between heavy social media and an increased risk for depression, anxiety, loneliness, self-harm, and even suicidal thoughts.
What is the most popular social media 2019?
Facebook is by far the most popular mobile social networking app in the United States – in September 2019, 90.9 percent of U.S. mobile users accessed the mobile app.
What are the top 5 social media apps?
What are the Most Popular Social Media Apps for 2021? Top Apps, Trending, and Rising Stars1. Facebook. With over 2.7 billion monthly active users (MAUs), Facebook is an absolute must for every brand. … Instagram. Instagram is another critical platform for 2021. … Twitter. … TikTok. … YouTube. … WeChat. … WhatsApp. … MeWe.More items…•Jan 5, 2021
What age group is on social media the most?
During that period of time, 90 percent of adults between the ages of 18 and 29 years used social networks….Percentage of adults in the United States who use social networks as of February 2019, by age group.Share of U.S. adults18-2990%30-4982%50-6469%65+40%Jan 28, 2021
Who is the Queen of Tik Tok?
Charli D’AmelioMost fans would agree that the ‘Queen of TikTok’ is Charli D’Amelio. The 16-year-old from Connecticut has quickly accumulated 106 million followers on the social media app since she started her profile back in June 2019. She is currently the only TikTok star to have surpassed 100 million followers.
Why is Tik Tok bad?
TikTok addresses dangerous challenges, censorship and security. TikTok has been getting a lot of attention over the past year — and not necessarily for good reasons. … On the other hand, the app has received some bad press for everything from promoting dangerous challenges to allegedly censoring creators.
Which social media is growing fastest?
Instagram is one of the fastest-growing social networking platforms. While it is mostly app-based, users can also access their feed through the website version. In June 2018, it finally reached 1 billion monthly active users.
Is TikTok a social media?
TikTok, a social media platform targeted at young mobile phone users, was the second-most downloaded app in the world in 2019. … In short, the phone-only app lets users record themselves dancing or goofing around to a music or spoken-word clip and then alter the videos using a wide array of effects.
Is social media a waste of time?
Social media platforms can be a waste of time or a source of income depending on how you make use of your online presence. You can choose to misuse the resources you use for browsing or use them to accumulate a lot of wealth.
Why is Instagram more popular than Facebook?
One of the primary reasons for using Instagram over Facebook is that it is growing much faster. Its higher engagement rate helps the businesses to get more success by making better relationships with the individuals. Instagram has a global reach; therefore, Instagram has four times more engagement than Facebook .
Who is the richest Tik Toker?
The Top 10 Richest TikTokers, Ranked By Their Net Worth8 Jacob Sartorius: $3 Million.7 Dixie D’Amelio.6 Zach King: $3 Million.5 Loren Gray: $5 Million.4 Addison Rae Easterling: $5 Million.3 Baby Ariel: $6 Million.2 Charli D’Amelio: $8 Million.1 Will Smith: $350 Million.More items…•Feb 13, 2021


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Hiring workers in Austria: what to consider
Considered one of the best, Austria is renowned for its standard of living and benefits. In 2019 alone, it ranked as one of the top 5 countries in terms of quality of life, with Vienna as the most livable city in the world.
With its spectacular level of social security and low crime rate, Austria boasts a tremendous amount of benefits and insurance for its citizens. As an employer in Austria, there are some benefits employees are entitled to with their corresponding definition.
Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit
Employees are entitled to these benefits if you are:
- A permanent or habitual residence in Austria
- Have a child/children not older than 18 years old
However, according to the European Commission (EC), the 18-year-old rule can be up to 24 years if the children are “in training for an occupation or receiving further college training in an occupation they have learnt.”
There is also no age limit for children under 21 years old or during their vocational training (commonly about 25 years old below) who are assumed to be incapable of working due to disabilities.
- A set amount of financial assistance to the parents for child benefit.
- An additional monthly child tax credit of EUR 58.40
The amount given for child benefit is dependent on the child’s age and how many children the parents have.
Furthermore, children with severe disabilities have an additional compensation of a flat rate of EUR 155.90.
- Fulfilled general eligibility (Receipt of child benefit, legal residency in Austria, etc.)
- A flat-rate amount between 365 to 851 days after the child’s birth.
Parents can opt to receive the amount in a shorter or longer time. Choosing the smaller amount of days yields a daily-flat rate of EUR 33.88 while the longer is EUR 14.53.
- Insured women before, during, and after birth
- Consultation with a physician and midwife assistance during pregnancy
- Medicines and equipment
- 10-day maximum hospital care (extended for complications during pregnancy and delivery)
- Financial compensation of their average net wages calculated from the past three months
- Eight weeks of maternity leave before and after birth
- Dismissal and termination protection period (only possible with exceptional cases)
- Notice to employers three months in advance with the date of leave
- Four weeks off from work for fathers (only within the period of the child’s birth and before the mother resumes her job)
- One-off “grant” of EUR 700
Austria does not have a national minimum wage system; what they do have is an agreement of the minimum salary as per industry. The industry agreement blossomed a somewhat unofficial minimum wage of about EUR 1500 per month, which is higher than other European countries.
Sickness Cash Benefits
- If you are ill and unable to work
- Incapable of work for more than three days
- A doctor’s sick note on the entitlement of the benefit
The sickness cash benefit is secondary. There will be no compensation if you are still earning your entire salary.
- Financial assistance starting on the fourth day of sickness
The calculated amount is from your last wage. The maximum is EUR 5,550 per month.
The compensation is 50% of your salary if you are sick for 42 days below. For a more extended period, it will increase up to 60%.
- Disabled or unable to work for more than six months
- The expected improvement of health to work again
If your sickness insurance fund checks and you are incapable of improving even with continued rehabilitation allowance, you are entitled to an invalidity pension.
- An amount equivalent to your sickness cash benefit with a minimum compensation of EUR 1000.48 a month
- Permanent or habitual residence in Austria
- Dependent of care on another person for an average of 65 hours above a month
- Need of care for more than six months
- According to Regulation 883/2004
You can avail of this benefit even if you are not a resident of Austria if no other state is responsible for care benefits.
- Have your e-card
Alongside maternity and sickness assistance, citizens also have services such as:
- Not having to pay their doctor upfront using their e-card
- Patients choosing their preferred doctor (paid upfront)
- Free medical check-up once a year
- Prescription medicines (A charge of EUR 5.30 for each medication prescribed)
- Covered dental treatment
E-cards are given to insured individuals, alongside co-insured family members, to confirm their insurance coverage.
Accident at Work & Occupational Disease
- Accident from the workplace
- Listed disease on the Austrian Occupational Diseases List
- Financial assistance alongside sickness cash benefit
- Daily allowance if you are in a hospital or a special clinic
According to the European Commission, “insurance institutions may provide medical, occupational or social rehabilitation measures.”
- Permanent invalidity with rehabilitation measures
- Minimum insurance period based on age
If you are 26 years old below, you are entitled to the invalidity pension if you have covered insurance for a minimum of six months.
Invalidity will occur if working capability has decreased to half compared to a healthy person with a similar skill level.
Self-employed individuals and unskilled workers have invalidity if they cannot obtain half of their revenue contrasted to a healthy person with the same activity.
- Financial assistance calculated on a case-by-case basis
- Able to work
- Achieved the minimum period of insurance
The European Commission stated that the minimum is when you are covered “at least 52 weeks during the last 24 months, or 26 weeks within the last 12 months if you are below the age of 25 years.”
- 55% of daily net income for primary unemployment benefits,
This percentage may rise to 80% with the help of family supplements.
Standard old-age pension
- Completed the required amount of insurance periods
- Attained retirement year (60 for women and 65 for men)
Early Retirement Pension
- Completed the required amount of insurance periods (40 years of contributions)
- Before retirement age
For individuals who work with heavy work, they can claim their early retirement if they have:
- Contributed ten years of active operation within 20 years
- Have 45 years of contributions
- Completed your 60th year
- Continuous cash payment
Strategic benefits and extra services demonstrate the company’s appreciation for its workforce. Such incentives not only improve the work atmosphere but ideally also the climate between colleagues.With so many aspects to consider, we need to ensure that we comply with Austria’s labour laws and have added benefits so that employees feel appreciated and would likely be more productive and loyal to their employers.

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3600 Route 66 in Neptune — Courtesy: Aspen Real Estate
By Joshua Burd
A joint venture has acquired a Monmouth County office building from Mack-Cali Realty Corp., with plans to launch a series of upgrades at the nearly 190,000-square-foot complex.
The buyers, Aspen Real Estate and Devli Real Estate, paid $26.25 million for the property at 3600 Route 66 in Neptune, according to a news release. The 188,408-square-foot building is fully leased, they said, touting its location minutes from the Garden State Parkway and Asbury Park and its easy access to the region’s growing population.
Its new owners now plan to add an upgraded 8,000-square-foot café, lounge and conference center to the 14.6-acre property.
“The growing population in Monmouth and Ocean counties is driving Aspen’s investment in the area,” said Phil Proetto, Aspen’s principal. “We are very excited to acquire such an attractive trophy asset at a basis that will generate fantastic immediate cash flow as well as provide us with the opportunity to add value through various leasing objectives.
“The building is in fantastic condition and the unique 50,000-square-foot floor plates are attractive to large tenants in today’s suburban office environment.”
Steven Schultz of Newmark Knight Frank brokered the deal, which marks Aspen’s seventh transaction in Monmouth County and follows the joint venture’s recent purchase of 260/270 Industrial Way, a 129,632-square-foot complex in Eatontown.
“The opportunity to purchase a fully leased, premier-trophy asset at an attractive yield was enticing to us,” said Mark Devli, Devli Group’s chief investment officer. “The ample weighted average lease term, as well as the property’s stable cash flow were key drivers, as both are factors paramount to our investment strategy.”
The Aspen-Devli team plans to invest $100 million in both stabilized and value-add opportunities in the region over the next 12 months.

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Food Corporation of India or FCI UP has uncovered the official notification for enrolling contender for Watchman posts. There are 408 Vacancies for the posts of the watchman in UP FCI Recruitment 2017. The competitors who are looking for FCI UP Watchman Vacancy 2017 need to fill online application frame for FCI Uttar Pradesh Recruitment 2017. Interested and adroit competitors can apply Online for FCI Uttar Pradesh Watchman Recruitment 2017 prior to the last date 06.11.2017.
The competitors will have the capacity to apply online for Watchmen opportunity for Food Corporation of India through fciupjobs.com the official web-based interface. The candidates will get every one of the insights in regards to FCI Uttar Pradesh Recruitment 2017 utilizing the official notification discharged by the FCI office. The competitors are permitted to apply online from 7th October to 6th November 2017. If you are qualified and skilful for the posts of Watchman, you are prescribed to apply online till or before the last date.
FCI UP Recruitment Details:
Department: Food Corporation of India (FCI) Uttar Pradesh
Official Website: fciupjobs.com
Employment Location: Uttar Pradesh
Employment Category: State Govt Jobs
No. of Posts: 408
Post Name: Watchman
Application Mode: Online
Last Date: 06.11.2017
How To Apply Online for FCI Uttar Pradesh Vacancy 2017?
The candidates need to fill the online application form with complete details for FCI Uttar Pradesh Recruitment 2017 for Watchman post. Before applying on the web the applicants are encouraged to read full official notification all the data of the recruitment process.


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[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: A tunable interactive fiber laser with continuous broad tunability of over 11 nm by using a miniature thermal tuning fixture is presented. For efficient utilization of the 980 nm laser diodes pump to boost the high performance interactive fiber laser output power, the tunable interactive fiber laser is arranged in a master-oscillator-and-power-amplifier (MOPA) structure with an output power of over 62 nW and a low relative intensity noise. The structure consists of a phase-shifted DFB fiber laser sandwiched in the middle by two fiber Bragg gratings of a DBR fiber laser. The interactive fiber laser exploits the advantages of low noise and stable single frequency operation of the phase-shifted DFB laser.
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: In this letter, an interactive fiber laser is analyzed and experimentally demonstrated with results showing good performance in high-output power, accurate wavelength control and low relative intensity noise of less than -160 dB/Hz. It has a high-wavelength stability better than /spl plusmn/0.0006 nm measured for 24 h of operation, a high output power of over 166 mW and a laser sidemode suppression of over 52 dB with dual LD pump at 980 and 1480 nm in an MOPA structure. The fiber laser has a temperature-stabilized package with a wavelength temperature coefficient of -0.00028 nm//spl deg/C.
No preview · Article · Feb 1999 · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Tunable fiber lasers find important applications in advanced lightwave communications, measurement and sensor technologies. Wide λ-tuning range and continuously tuning capability are important particularly for widely used dense WDM networks with add/drop and cross-connecting capabilities
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Dense WDM (DWDM) technology with a small channel spacing of 0.8 nm
or less plays an important role. There is a requirement for
high-performance DWDM multiplexers and demultiplexers for the available
flat gain wavelength range of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs). In
this paper, we report DWDM devices with a channel spacing of 0.4 nm by
using apodized fiber Bragg grating (FBGs) and bandpass WDM filters
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: The authors report high performance dense WDM multiplexers and
demultiplexers with a 0.4 nm channel spacing. Special apodised fibre
Bragg gratings (FBGs) and low loss bandpass WDM filters are utilised.
The demonstrated cost effective eight-channel dense WDM devices have a
high channel isolation of >25 dB and an insertion loss of ~7.5 dB.
The WDM devices can be expanded to 32 or 64 channels in the same
No preview · Article · Feb 1998 · Electronics Letters
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Dense WDM systems demand fibre Bragg gratings (FBG) with low
sidelobes and a sharp spectral skirt. A new apodised phase mask is
reported here for efficiently suppressing sidelobes in FBG production. A
20 dB sidelobe reduction, measured by both an OSA and a tunable laser
scanning technique, was achieved. The skirt steepness, which is a ratio
of the FBG reflection bandwidth at -25 dB to the bandwidth at -0.5 dB,
was demonstrated to be 1.85. The FBGs are suitable for dense WDM with a
channel spacing of <0.8 nm
No preview · Article · Nov 1997 · Electronics Letters
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Photonic true time-delay technique provides weight, size, EMI/EMP
and cost advantages for constructing squint free phased array antennas.
The photonic true time-delay networks demand high performance, high
reliability wavelength tunable and multi-wavelength laser sources. This
paper reports the hermetically sealed rapid-tuning tunable lasers and
ultra-stable multi-wavelength laser diode and fiber laser sources. These
devices have narrow linewidth, low intensity and phase noise, high
side-lobe suppression, etc
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Fiber Bragg grating based fiber optic devices are discussed for
phased-array system applications. These devices include fiber grating
time-delay element, several fiber grating related laser sources and
wavelength division multiplexer and demultiplexer. Detailed structures
and performance of the fiber grating-based fiber optic devices are also
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: A fiber grating stabilized diode laser source with precision
wavelength control, excellent spectral stability and a hermetically
sealed modified butterfly package is reported here. The new source also
has a high sidelobe suppression and very stable output power
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Two-stage double-pass EDFA with a broadband flat gain is constructed in a hermetically sealed package. The EDFA has a low noise-figure of 4 dB, a high output power exceeding 15 dBm and a /spl plusmn/0.2 dB gain flatness over a 30 nm bandwidth.
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Summary form only given. The ordinary Er-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) are constructed using several discrete components, including a pump laser diode (LD) packaged in a butterfly or TO package, a fused biconical WDM coupler, a fiber pigtailed isolator, a large size beam splitter and a packaged photodetector (PD).
[Show abstract][Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Summary form only given. In summary, a high-speed polarization insensitive broadband 1×8 LiNbO3 fiber-optic switch module with gain has been demonstrated. It has an insertion gain of -4 dB, a polarization sensitivity of 0.2 dB and a good output uniformity. The fiber-optic switch is expected to have a switching time of subnanosecond when the traveling-wave electrodes with adequate impedance and velocity match are optimized for the Mach Zehnder switching elements.


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Area Priority and Location Priority
Area priority: areas can be divided and named based on the needs of the warehouse business. Regional priority refers to the order of different regions in warehouse business operations in order to fully utilize regional storage.
Location priority: The location can be arranged in the location setting according to the actual layout of the warehouse. This arrangement will be reflected in the order of position on the picking list, reducing picking route duplication.


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Israel's education minister has likened intermarriage among diaspora Jews, and particularly North American Jews, to the Holocaust in a recent cabinet meeting. A spokesman for Education Minister Rafi Peretz confirmed Tuesday that Peretz said that "assimilation is like a second Holocaust."
Peretz, of the Union of Right-Wing Parties, made the statement, first reported by Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 13 News, during a session on the state of world Jewry, where ministers discussed the global threat of anti-Semitism and other issues concerning diaspora Jews.
His statement puts further strain on the relations between Israel's Orthodoxy and the American Jewish community, much of whose members abide by more liberal streams of Judaism.
The Anti-Defamation League responded in a Hebrew tweet, saying Peretz' statement "adds to the already existing tension between Israel and U.S. Jewry. As education minister and leader of the Union of Right-Wing Parties, we call on @realrafiperets to engage in respectful dialogue."
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt slammed Peretz, saying remarks about intermarriage are "inconceivable."
President of the Ruderman Family Foundation, Jay Ruderman, said it is “irresponsible and disrespectful to talk about U.S. Jews without talking with them.”
“Israel’s government has a moral responsibility to maintain and improve the country’s relationship with diaspora Jews in general, and with the American Jewish community in particular,” he said in a statement. “I call upon all of Israel’s leaders, and especially those in office, to dedicate time and resources to learn more about the American Jewish community, its life and its challenges.”
The Ruderman family foundation, a Jewish organization which advances the inclusion of people with disabilities in society, also aims to strengthen the relationship between Israel and the American Jewish Community.
“A conversation between the sides is needed,” Ruderman added. “But this requires time and planning, not random comments detached from an ongoing, respectful discourse.”
- U.S. Jewish Groups Slam Israeli Decision to Let Kahanist Party Run in Election
- Israel's New Education Minister Warns Country Is Becoming Too Secular
- Why Israel Will Never Be Governed by Jewish Religious Law
Last year, Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, member of the National Union – one of the member parties to the Union of Right-Wing Parties, sent a letter to employees at his ministry discussing the "assimilation Holocaust." According to Ariel, "During the Holocaust, we've lost about six million Jews. Without at all comparing the two, we're losing a part of our people to assimilation."
Fellow National Union member Eli Ben Dahan said in 2014, while he was deputy minister for religious affairs, that intermarriage are "a silent Holocaust. We must remember that the Jewish people, unfortunately, has gone through a Holocaust. It has been diminishing over the past century … In Europe we have as much as 80 percent intermarriages; in the United States it's 66 percent. It's horrible."
Noa Landau contributed to this report.


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Food: Get round these healthy and delicious food bowls!
Get ‘round’ the best!
CRUNCH BOWL WITH BERRY COCONUT YOGHURT INGREDIENTS
1 cup Brazil nuts (see tip) 1⁄2 cup almond kernels 1⁄3 cup pepitas 1⁄3 cup sunflower seed kernels 2⁄3 cup unsweetened flaked coconut 1⁄4 cup cacao nibs 2⁄3 cup Incaberries 3 cups berry coconut yoghurt Fresh fruit and edible flowers, to serve
1 Preheat oven to 180°C. 2 Place Brazil nuts and almonds on an oven tray, roast 10 minutes or until browned lightly and fragrant. Chop nuts coarsely, place in a large bowl. Roast seeds on oven tray 8 minutes or until browned lightly, add to bowl. Roast coconut on oven tray 4 minutes or until browned lightly and fragrant. Add to bowl with cacao nibs and Incaberries, stir to combine. 3 Spoon crunch bowl mixture into serving bowls, then the yoghurt. Serve topped with fruit and edible flowers.
Recipes from The Australian Women’s Weekly Everyday Vegan Kitchen, $34.99, available where all good books are sold and at awwcookbooks.com.au


Circle Of Funk releases their latest captivating two-track EP 'Tough Times.' The soulful house record contains every element to put listeners in a musical trance. The EP takes the listener on a musical journey with a deep organic, and uplifting sound while being driven at times by atmospheric pads and unique sound design. 'Tough Times' will hook the listener from the outset with its eclectic production. From the groove-filled 'Sensitive' to the percussion heavy 'Catford Crown,' Circle Of Funk delivers a transcending experience with the two tracks. Circle Of Funk continue on in their musical journey, producing music ingrained with their style. This release is a testament to their versatility as musicians and their innate talent. 'Tough Times' offers a distinct sound and musical style that will have listeners wanting more. Make sure to add this record to your rotation as it will elevate your day!
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Extreme mood changes of highs and lows. Withdrawal from friends and activities. Significant tiredness, low energy or problems sleeping. Detachment from reality (delusions), paranoia or hallucinations.
What are the 5 signs of mental illness?
- Excessive paranoia, worry, or anxiety.
- Long-lasting sadness or irritability.
- Extreme changes in moods.
- Social withdrawal.
- Dramatic changes in eating or sleeping pattern.
Can mental illness manifest as physical illness?
Research shows that mental illness can often manifest as physical symptoms. Depression can show up as headaches, anxiety as gastrointestinal issues, or post-traumatic stress disorder as back pain. The phenomenon is especially common among Asian-Americans, studies show.
What are 7 signs of a mental disorder?
- Feeling anxious or worried. We all get worried or stressed from time to time.
- Feeling depressed or unhappy.
- Emotional outbursts.
- Sleep problems.
- Weight or appetite changes.
- Quiet or withdrawn.
- Substance abuse.
- Feeling guilty or worthless.
What are 3 early warning signs of possible mental health problems?
- Excessive worrying or fear.
- Feeling excessively sad or low.
- Confused thinking or problems concentrating and learning.
- Extreme mood changes, including uncontrollable “highs” or feelings of euphoria.
- Prolonged or strong feelings of irritability or anger.
- Avoiding friends and social activities.
What age does mental illness start?
Fifty percent of mental illness begins by age 14, and three-quarters begin by age 24.
Can you be aware of your own psychosis?
Before an episode of psychosis begins, you will likely experience early warning signs. Warning signs can include depression, anxiety, feeling “different” or feeling like your thoughts have sped up or slowed down. These signs can be vague and hard to understand, especially in the first episode of psychosis.
What are the early warning signs of psychosis?
- A worrisome drop in grades or job performance.
- Trouble thinking clearly or concentrating.
- Suspiciousness or uneasiness with others.
- A decline in self-care or personal hygiene.
- Spending a lot more time alone than usual.
- Strong, inappropriate emotions or having no feelings at all.
What are the 4 types of mental illness?
anxiety disorders. personality disorders. psychotic disorders (such as schizophrenia) eating disorders.
Can your mind trick you into feeling symptoms?
Illness anxiety disorder, sometimes called hypochondriasis or health anxiety, is worrying excessively that you are or may become seriously ill. You may have no physical symptoms.
When do mental symptoms become physical?
Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) occurs when a person feels extreme, exaggerated anxiety about physical symptoms. The person has such intense thoughts, feelings, and behaviors related to the symptoms, that they feel they cannot do some of the activities of daily life.
Is depression a physical or mental illness?
Depression is both psychological and physical.
What is considered mentally unstable?
An inability to cope with problems or daily activities. Feeling of disconnection or withdrawal from normal activities. Unusual or “magical” thinking. Excessive anxiety. Prolonged sadness, depression or apathy.
How does it feel to be mentally exhausted?
Mental exhaustion feels like cynicism, emptiness, an inability to focus, and even a sense of hopelessness. This mental fatigue can also trigger your sympathetic nervous system, leading to feelings of panic, anxiety, and worry. These mental exhaustion symptoms can make daily life incredibly difficult.
What is a mental breakdown?
Instead, a mental health crisis or a breakdown of your mental health is a situation that happens when you have intense physical and emotional stress, have difficulty coping and aren’t able to function effectively. It’s the feeling of being physically, mentally and emotionally overwhelmed by the stress of life.
What are the physical signs that someone is struggling emotionally?
- Crying spells or bursts of anger.
- Difficulty eating.
- Losing interest in daily activities.
- Increasing physical distress symptoms such as headaches or stomach pains.
- Feeling guilty, helpless, or hopeless.
- Avoiding family and friends.
What causes a person to speak alone?
A critical inner voice may develop during times of extreme stress. It’s also sometimes seen in mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression. In such cases, your mind may engage in negative self-talk by criticizing the way you work, socialize, participate in family circles, and more.
What are the 10 most common mental disorders?
- Generalised anxiety disorder.
- Panic disorder.
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
- Post-traumatic stress disorder.
- Social anxiety disorder.
- Specific phobias.
What age does depression peak?
Data from the National Health Interview Survey The percentage of adults who experienced any symptoms of depression was highest among those aged 18–29 (21.0%), followed by those aged 45–64 (18.4%) and 65 and over (18.4%), and lastly, by those aged 30–44 (16.8%).
What age does mental health Peak?
Curves representing the median, 25th, and 75th percentiles and peak age at onset for mental disorder spectra are reported in Figs. 1–4. The peak and median age at onset for any mental disorder were 14.5 years and 18 years.
What happens to untreated mental illness?
Without treatment, the consequences of mental illness for the individual and society are staggering. Untreated mental health conditions can result in unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, and suicide, and poor quality of life.
What does a psychotic break look like?
Loss of interest in activities and other things. Mood swings and outbursts. Emotional numbness. Significant changes in daily patterns, such as sleep, appetite and eating, or self-care.
What is it called when you make up stories in your head?
Confabulation is a symptom of various memory disorders in which made-up stories fill in any gaps in memory. German psychiatrist Karl Bonhoeffer coined the term “confabulation” in 1900.
How does a mentally ill person behave?
The outward signs of a mental illness are often behavioral. A person may be extremely quiet or withdrawn. Conversely, they may burst into tears, have great anxiety or have outbursts of anger. Even after treatment has started, someindividuals with a mental illness can exhibit anti-social behaviors.
How do you tell if you’re becoming schizophrenic?
- Delusions. These are false beliefs that are not based in reality.
- Hallucinations. These usually involve seeing or hearing things that don’t exist.
- Disorganized thinking (speech). Disorganized thinking is inferred from disorganized speech.
- Extremely disorganized or abnormal motor behavior.
- Negative symptoms.

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Over the past decade, the rise of culinary focused events with the continued popularity of corporate team building can be seen as an essential part of small and large companies. By bringing together food, drink, events, tours, and team building, guests can get to know each other better, and enjoy and grow from the resultant experiences.
To help continue these trends, we provide a number of events and activities throughout Annapolis as well as the greater Washington DC / Baltimore metropolitan areas in places convenient to your company, organization or team, regardless of group size.
We understand that every group has to work within a number of restrictions – whether its time, location, budget, group size or more, our team has a wealth of experience to deal with these and make sure you have the best possible product and activity anywhere in Annapolis or throughout the DC Metropolitan region.
Below is a basic breakdown of our main offerings; they can be customized as needed to make it the best experience for your group.
Throughout the town lie ages old pubs, award-winning restaurants, and eclectic shops.
Less than an hour from Washington DC and Baltimore the quaint city boasts its unique charm, worth a few days exploration.
Annapolis has a historic charm that can be matched by few cities anywhere in the country. It's small town atmosphere, yet proximity to the Washington DC Metro area makes it an ideal choice for a vacation, company get together, or weekend escape.


HIVIZ front sights are machined from solid steel and feature fiber optic LitePipe inserts for increased visibility and faster sight acquisition in all conditions. The Lite Pipe is overmolded with a clear resin for increased durability. Designed for Smith & Wesson 617 revolvers with pinned front sights.
- Height measurement is from the top of the sight blade to the bottom, not including the dovetail portion of the sight
- Will also fit J-Frames with HIVIZ sights from the factory, this sight will work for guns that are shooting high from the factory.


Hueg honored by State School Board Association
John Hueg, St. Croix Central School Board director, was presented with a Wisconsin Association of School Board Tier One award at their meeting in Menomonie on Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Hueg is in his fourth year serving on the School Board.
To be eligible for the award, School Board members attended conferences, seminars and classes held by WASB. Each event attended earns the participant points. Once achieving a certain level of points, Board members are eligible for increasing tier awards.
SCC Board President Howard Kruschke said the system tries to make the Board members better through continuing education.
"It's something that shows they're bettering themselves as Board members," said Kruschke.
Hueg has championed the facilities committee for the Board. He said that he enjoys being active in the community.


by Steve Eulberg At DulcimerCrossing.com we seem to love riding the ponies because here we are, announcing the new hammered dulcimer lesson for this tune, Spotted Pony. Steve first learned this from Erin Mae Lewis at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield Kansas (mumble, mumble) years ago! It’s stepwise and skipping melodic phrases make it […]
Welcome to Owl Mountain Music
Dedicated to helping people sing their soul.
Steve Eulberg stands within the tradition of handmade, acoustic, home-grown music, giving life to old songs and tunes and songs by passing them on. He also stretches the boundaries of musical instrumentation by playing jazz, blues and bossa nova on traditional instruments.
He brings virtuosity and surprise to performance and thoughtful songwriting which utilize humor, bringing new perspectives to embrace the broken lives and tattered fringes of life and re-weave them into strands of hope.
The warm vibrations and resonance of wood & strings inspire a hope he is compelled to share with audiences.The hammered dulcimer is present in cultures across the globe, the mountain dulcimer has crossed cultural boundaries to be adopted by people outside of its origins.
There is an ancestral resonance that people feel when hearing these instruments which brings a human tribal unity to those in the audience.
Method & Resources for Playing Resonator Dulcimer
Steve Eulberg: smile-inducing, toe-tapping, folkgrass
2019 Steve Eulberg with Erin Mae Lewis & Vi Wickam, Colorado Dulcimer Festival:
2018 Papa-Daughter Concert-Valdez, Alaska
by Steve Eulberg I am so excited to introduce you to this brand-new instrument. I have been waiting for it for over a year and it is finally here! Robert Stephens of South Carolina (StephensLutherie.com) has been working with Aaron O’Rourke (of Chattanooga, TN) to develop a new fingerstyle dulcimer that can also work when […]
by Steve Eulberg Just in time for the year-end holidays, Deborah Hamouris provides us with a delightful arrangement and lesson on this lesser-known tune. Deborah is half of the duo Dulcimates with her spouse Buffalo. They have been playing tunes like this for the Great Dickens Faire in San Francisco for many years. She has […]


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Twentieth Century Migration to Baja California
This study examines state migration patterns to Baja California for most of the twentieth century. Methods of analysis include computerized mapping and regression. Findings indicate that, in spite of very rapid population growth in Baja California, the geographic distribution for origin states of migration to Baja remained consistent over eighty years of censuses from 1900 to 1980. Furthermore, there is strong consistency in the determinants of migration over the eighty years.
There is ample indication that the intervening distance/obstacles hypothesis is a major factor in explaining migration patterns in Mexico, especially to the border region. Also, an economic opportunity model of migration explains at least part of the two major, contrasting migration patterns that have historically occurred in Mexico during this century, one to the Federal District and the other to the U.S. borderlands area, especially Baja California (for a contrasting view, see Davis 1981). This article examines the concepts of intervening distance/obstacles as opposed to economic opportunities influences upon migration (Fukurai et al. 1987a, Greenwood et al. 1981, King 1978, Lowly 1966, Rogers 1968, Whetten and Burnight 1956, Zipf 1946).
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Evaluating the Influence of the Revised Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Food Allocation Package on Healthy Food Availability, Accessibility, and Affordability in Texas.
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The ice cream man has an ice cream truck. Firefighters have a fire engine. The postman has a mail truck. What does the Domino’s pizza delivery guy have? Typically, a used Honda Civic.
Domino’s took it upon themselves to change that. They’ve worked so hard over the years to make their pizzas better than ever, and they needed a better way to deliver them. So they built one – a first-of-its-kind pizza delivery vehicle – with features including a built-in warming oven, a special compartment to secure essentials in place of passenger seats, a delivery path illuminator, and more.
After five years of collaboration, the Domino’s the DXP hit the streets. There are currently 155 on the road, delivering oven-baked goodness across the US.
Pizza companies don’t build cars everyday. It took five years to bring the DXP to life, and Domino’s most certainly couldn’t do it alone. We conceived the vehicle in 2010, and then invited our fans and Local Motors’ professional automotive design community to submit their concepts for its look and features.
From there, Domino’s partnered with General Motors in picking the perfect blank canvas to create the ultimate delivery vehicle. A Chevrolet Spark was recognized as the right tool for the job, and able to be retrofitted to Domino’s specifications.
All that was left was to make it.
To transform the ideas from the drawing board to the road, Domino’s teamed up with Roush Performance, a well-known automotive manufacturer with an impressive résumé of constructing modified Mustangs and Google’s driverless car. For nine months they prototyped, developed, and tested the DXP, until it was ready to be rolled out.


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Saturday, August 31, 2013
All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer
— one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going
— one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams
Friday, August 30, 2013
When we were driving through Cade's Cove in the Smoky Mountain National Park, we saw a pair of bucks that were amazing. Unfortunately, they refused to pose for me, so I'm sorry for the quality of the photo. I was a long way from them and they kept hiding from me. I wasn't able to get of shot of them together.
It was a cool day on the mountain top where I was standing when I shot this photo. We have had our first week of real summer here in North Alabama, just when summer should be winding down.
I hope looking at this cold water tumbling off the mountain will cool you down today.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Decades after consolidation had obliterated one-room schools, researchers discovered their advantages. The child in the small school is not just a statistic on a government chart. She receives "individual attention and recognition." She works at her own pace. She has, most important, a place.
As Mr. Jonathan Zimmerman remarks, recent alternatives to "the large, alienating modern school," from charter schools to homeschooling, have sought to foster "the snug, communal aspects of the one-room school."~Bill Kauffman
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Long before Columbus sailed the ocean blue;
Before the United States of America formed her boundaries;
Before courageous settlers moved into these mountainous areas;
Before John Oliver and his sons cut the first trees for their cabin;
These mountain meadows were alive and beautiful
with butterflies feasting on iron weed
and jewel weed
I'm glad they stayed.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
When we first entered Cade's Cove last week, we saw wild turkeys everywhere. We saw deer running in the meadows, but no bears. We stopped at the visitor's center and talked to some other folks who were also looking for bears. The ranger told us to look for the wild cherry trees, because that's where the bears would be.
Not much later, when we were stopped to admire some butterflies, some people came by and told us there were bears ahead. It was easy to find them; there were several cars lined up along the roadside.
I was amazed at the way they would break the branches on the trees and drag the cherries closer to them. These were not full grown bears, but they certainly were not cubs, either.
One of them got full and came down from the trees. I have never seen people move so fast when it started down the tree. The bear basically ignored all of us, paused for a cherry-filled dump, then ambled off into a meadow.
It was fun watching them, and they were not nearly as loud as those howler monkeys!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Hundreds of years ago, when Europeans arrived in the area that is now Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina, the noble Cherokee living there already had a name for the mountains: Sha-co-na-qe, meaning "land of blue smoke."
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park is the most visited national park in the United States, and the Cades Cove loop road is the most visited feature of the park. I was there last week.
I have been to Cade's Cove many, many times, and it never fails to take my breath away. This cove has a diversity of flora and fauna unlike any other place I have been. Most likely, you will see some of it here later this week.


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In the 1960’s and 1970’s East Brunswick experienced a building and population surge. It grew from 5,700 people in 1950 to almost 20,000 people in 1960, with a population of over 50,000 people today.
In November of 1972 an ad was placed in the local weekly newspaper inquiring if there was an interest for Jewish families to establish a Reform Temple. Seventeen families came together and in December 1972, the Reform Temple of East Brunswick was incorporated.
In the Spring of 1973 the leadership of the Temple approached the Academy of Jewish Religion of New York City seeking a Rabbinical student to serve as its spiritual leader. In April of 1973 Rabbi Milgrim and his wife Sue became part of the extended community of the Reform Temple of East Brunswick. Rabbi Milgrim served the Temple as its Rabbi and spiritual leader for 40 years and today serves as our Rabbi Emeritus.
During its formative years the Temple utilized and rented space in various East Brunswick Public School buildings for its religious services and Sunday school. In 1975 the Congregation purchased the property at the corner of Fern and Old Stage Roads on which the Synagogue building was constructed. The Temple moved into its new home in August of 1978, and by the High Holy Days few months later, the Temple had grown to 250 families. In the early 1980’s the Congregation changed its name to Temple B’nai Shalom.
In 2013, Rabbi Milgrim retired after 40 years and Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer became the spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Shalom. In that same year, the Temple welcomed back Cantor Andrew Edison, who many years earlier had started there as a newly-invested Cantor. Rabbi Eisenkramer and Cantor Edison take great joy in leading prayer, teaching and participating in the life of the congregation.
Our membership comes from East Brunswick, North Brunswick, South Brunswick, South River, Monroe Township and other surrounding towns. Our clergy and membership are active throughout the area. The Temple was a founding member of the East Brunswick Area Clergy Association and, with its Daniel Pearl Education Center, has been active in local ecumenical life. Today, Temple B’nai Shalom is a dynamic and welcoming community.

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Please leave a comment in response to any of the questions. Happy New Year!
Do you read my blog because you too are a writer, or just interested in what I write about?
Either is good; I’m just curious.
If you write, do you have writing goals?
How to you track your goals and evaluate your progress?
Does this motivate you?
I use writing goals. It’s a process I’ve refined over the years. It started with generic lists for big projects that I seldom looked at and by the year’s end; I found I accomplished little. Not very satisfying!
My process evolved and suspect will continue to evolve.
It’s important for me to break down a project into tasks; this level of detail ensures things don’t fall through the cracks and provides a more accurate view of the work and time involved to accomplish the project. Making that simple change to my goals has allowed me to be more realistic in what I can accomplish.
As I contemplated 2019’s goals in creating my goals for 2020, I realized how frequently you, my followers have been part of the process. Thank you for taking time to read my posts, for choosing to “like them” or make comments. Those efforts encourage me, as a writer.
My hope for you is that as you reflect on 2019, you enjoy good memories. I look forward to 2020 and hope my writing will bring a smile to your face, or provide something for you to contemplate.
‘Twas the night before Christmas, Not a creature was stirring….
Perhaps this is a night for reflection.
…a quiet night to sit by a fire, or simply on a couch
…a time to think of what is right in your life
…or to think on the things you might like to change
Christmas is special to me. I’ll spend this evening in my home, reflecting on Christmas’ past, and the people who’ve impacted my life. I’ll count my joys and blessings, and though I hold those things lightly, for me it’s important to recognize them.
I’ll wait for snow, like a child waits for Santa because that is part of the magic of my Christmas.
I’ll think on that time so many years ago when history was changed a child was born in a manger. Then I’ll think on the time I made his saving grace a part of my life.
May you enjoy the blessings of this holiday season and find joy in the coming year.


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Oakland has a new connection to its waterfront. Thoughtfully planned public parks, plazas, promenades and a new marina—Brooklyn Basin will combine the best of urban living with the splendors of life on the waterfront.
Brooklyn Basin’s waterfront parks, lively street life and attractive residential living options will create a new destination in the heart of the Bay Area.
Imagine a new neighborhood on the water, surrounded by open space and stunning views of San Francisco Bay and the East Bay hills. Brooklyn Basin will be a vibrant new district on the Oakland Estuary, re-establishing this section of the waterfront as a civic destination of regional importance. In addition to its vast network of parks, an inspired blend of cultural, commercial and recreational activities will enhance Brooklyn Basin’s appeal as a Bay Area destination. A diverse mix of residents will further enliven this part of the City, establishing it as a flourishing place for people to enjoy.
Picture boats floating in and out of the marina and families picnicking by the water. The City will gain access to a significant part of its shoreline through Brooklyn Basin’s public open spaces and marina. New parks will be created and restored, all linked by a pedestrian and bicycle trail system that connects Jack London Square with Oakland’s eastern waterfront.
“Brooklyn Basin is the culmination of years of planning and community input and will revitalize this part of Oakland’s historic waterfront.”
— Michael Ghielmetti, President, Signature Development Group

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News from Mumbai, Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday formally elected as the President of Shiv Sena during its national executive meeting held here.
Addressing to media, senior party leader Subhash Desai said, “Uddhav Thackeray 52, was unanimously elected the president of the party. Henceforth, all policy decisions of the party will be taken by him. He has been authorised to appoint a person in the party.”
Mr. Desai was addressing media at Shiv Sena Bhawan, situated at Dadar in central Mumbai.
He further told media that the election officer Balakrishna Joshi has completed the electoral steps to elect Uddhav Thackeray as the Shiv Sena President.
Mr. Desai said, “From now on, there will be no post of Shiv Sena ‘pramukh’, which was held by late party supremo Bal Thackeray for over four decades.”
He added, “Even the executive president’s post will not be there in Shiv Sena.”
He said, “In his address, Uddhavji urged party leaders to focus on 2014 state Assembly elections so as to win more seats to dethrone the Congress-NCP alliance.”
“A vacuum has definitely being created due to the demise of Bal Thackeray. However, we all have pledged that we will strengthen the organisation to fill the void,” Desai added.
However, many Shiv Sena supporters were demanding Uddhav’s son and Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray to give a post in the party, but no particular post was give to him.
Uddhav Thackeray paid homage to Bal Thackeray who passed away on November 17 last year. Sena MP Sanjay Raut said, “Uddhavji assured party leaders that no MP or MLA will defect from the party.”


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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, condemned the killing of 35 persons by terrorists in Burkina Faso.
The attack, which took place on Tuesday in Arbinda, north of Burkina Faso, claimed the lives of 31 women and other victims.
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LARNED – Larned’s Gary Hiestand is struggling through tough times, but it was the perfect time to celebrate his military service at American Legion Post 106.
Thanks to the Dream Foundation, Gentiva Hospice and his daughters’ work, Hiestand’s service in the U.S. Navy from 1957-1960 in San Diego and Honolulu was celebrated Friday at the Larned American Legion Post 106.
“This brings tears to my eyes,” said Hiestand, who is assisted by Hospice care through Gentiva Hospice of Hutchinson. “I thank everybody here.”
Hiestand is a charter member of American Legion Post 106.
The Dream Foundation in Santa Barbara, Calif. donated a specialized hearing device. Ariel Newcomb said Gentiva applied for Dream Foundation assistance more than six months ago.
“At home, when the kids are visiting, I can hear really good with it. The hearing aid really helps,” Hiestand said.
The Dream Foundation created Dreams for Veterans in 2014 to tailor the dream experience for veterans and their families. Dream recipients who served from World War II to those who currently serve on active duty, or in the reserves are eligible for assistance. Dreams for Veterans recognizes veterans and honors their service by fulfilling their final dream, providing inspiration, comfort and closure near the end of their lives.
Wayne Bollig, Kansas Veterans Affairs deputy director, and U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp honored Hiestand with special awards Friday afternoon.
Bollig presented Hiestand with a Dream Foundation challenge coin as a token of gratitude for his military service. A basket of “goodies,” was also provided to remember his special day.
“Gary is the recipient of a Dream Foundation wish request. They’ve already delivered the hearing mechanism,” Bollig said. “These are things to remember this day and you just let you know we’re all thinking of you.”
Hiestand said, “I’ll remember it. Don’t worry.”
Bollig read a letter from Governor Sam Brownback:
“On behalf of the great state of Kansas, I’m pleased to take this opportunity to sincerely thank you for your service to this country. I hope this special hearing aid from the Dream Foundation allows you to hear your TV and conversations with family and friends.
“Thank you for your service in the U.S. Navy. I am proud to serve Kansans such as yourself. You had to sacrifice many things. I commend you for the courage and strength to shoulder that burden. You have the thanks of the entire state of Kansas for your dedication protecting our nation.”
Congressman Huelskamp provided a U.S. flag that has been flown over the U.S. Capitol for Hiestand.
“It’s an honor to be here today,” Huelskamp said. “I was touched by your letter to the Dream Foundation. We thank you for your service for your time in the Navy. It’s an inspirational story to hear what the Dream Foundation has done for you.”
“I will fly that flag at my home every day,” Hiestand said.


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This week's package of Image previews contains some interesting books; so let's get right down to it.
BASTARD SAMURAI #1 premieres on Wednesday. It does one thing very well. It's not attempting to emulate manga by imitating its line style. It's emulating manga's storytelling devices. It's got the absurdly small and extreme close-up shots. It's got the two page spreads that show the rudiments of a swordfight. It has silent pages of detailed swordplay. It reminds me a lot of SAMUARAI JACK. It's got that same second-generation modern Amerimanga feel to it. It all goes back to the same influences.
I wish I could explain the story adequately to you here. The truth is, I'm confused by parts of it. The main plot has a lot of different elements in it, some of which aren't completely Westernized. I'm intrigued enough to follow it through, though. I'm sure that as the issues pass by, the gaps will be filled in and it will all make sense. Right now, I'm happy to be slightly clueless while enjoying the ride.
At first glance, the book looks like an off-kilter issue of POWERS. It's "conceived, co-written, and inked" by POWERS' Michael Avon Oeming, while being lettered by POWERS letterer Ken Bruzenak. That explains much of it. Miles Gunter is the writer and co-creator, while Kelsey Shannon is credited with the penciling, coloring, and further co-creation. Kelsey is gifted. He's got a style very much in line with Oeming's own, which makes the ink line fall gracefully on top of his. His coloring style, likewise, complements the line art and fits in with the overall tone. Oeming picks up the pencil for a short backup story to help fill in some of the back-story on the series.
This one's decidedly not for the kiddies. Consider this one a mature reader's book, for violence and language.
Erik Larsen is in trouble again. He's sure stirred the pot this time. I'm sure he loves every minute of it, too.
In SAVAGE DRAGON #96, due out tomorrow, he's drawn up an 8-page story in which Dragon confronts The Creator, formerly known as Johnny Redbeard, if I remember correctly. The rest of the story is a series of sarcastic one-liners thinly veiling Larsen's thoughts on all the issues of character-creation and -ownership today. Neil Gaiman gets ripped; Ultimate Spider-Man gets torn apart for being a Harry Potter wannabe; Rob Liefeld even takes a shot or two. It's hilarious and sure to make several people cringe. I don't agree with all the nudges and winks, but I have to admit that I revel in its craziness and outspokenness. Somehow, I get the feeling we'll be reading about this story in future letters columns.
(It does put Larsen into a bit of a bad spot. For a guy who berated Peter David's HULK for being a series of pop culture references and inside comic gags, this story seems to be nothing more than an excuse for Larsen to throw his jabs into the fray. I mean, what purpose does the "Medieval Sandman" character fulfill to the plot aside from giving Dragon the chance to comment on the Gaiman/McFarlane feud. It's entertaining, but it's also fodder for Larsen's critics.)
There are two other short stories in the issue. One focuses on Dragon's adventures in The Void where we left him last issue, and the other catches up to Vanguard and Wally.
It's an entertaining issue that doesn't harp too much on the on-going subplots. It keeps enough interesting things around to attract a new reader. Larsen's art hasn't looked this great in a while, either. Perhaps it is because his focus is now solely on the book and nothing else.
The march towards the big 100th issue continues on. I know I'm really looking forward to it.
TOMB RAIDER #21 is the first issue with the new creative team, John Ney Rieber and Randy Green. It's not the first creative team I would have expected on the book. Green makes a lot of sense, though, since he specializes in drawing sexy women comics. Rieber, though, is a real headscratcher. Here's a guy who came up through Vertigo and is making waves now with the impending CAPTAIN AMERICA #1. He's writing a video game character's comic? Given that his predecessor was Dan Jurgens, I guess it shouldn't surprise me all that much. It just makes you wonder who would replace Rieber if he left? Mark Waid? John Byrne? Pick a CAPTAIN AMERICA writer and run with it.
TOMB RAIDER is a comic meant to be adventurous and action packed, with a sharp hint of T&A to it. That's the gag. It's what works for the video game, and so it's what works for the book. This first issue gives Lara Croft the chance to parade around in her nightclothes, her bathing suit, and her more standard gear -- the sports bra and bike shorts. The trick is to weave some semblance of a story around all this and make it entertaining.
Rieber does about as good a job at that as you could hope for. This isn't DANGER GIRL or INDIANA JONES, although it has goals to reach not unsimilar to those two. There is some interesting archaeology to string the adventure alone, and Randy Green's art is extremely easy on the eyes and not as provocative or over-the-top sexy as it could have easily been.
Sadly, the story doesn't entertain the way that DANGER GIRL did, with its all-out action sequences. Not does it manage to string together the historical bits into something interesting, the way Don Rosa manages to do with his adventurous stories of Uncle Scrooge. Pretty art can't save the flimsy story that was written to show off the art itself. All in all, it's fluff that a 13-year-old video game addict might like. There's something to be said for that, though. 13 year olds need comics for them, too.
I'm hoping to have a post mortem written about Gen 13 for you all on Friday.
I'll be at the Pittsburgh Comic Con this weekend for all three days, but won't be doing daily con updates, for a variety of reasons. Next week's columns should go into some detail about the event, though, and I might even preview a few things about the con in this coming Friday's column.
I think Michael Golden is a great artist. I just don't care for his recent NIGHTWING covers at all.
I find it funny that Vertigo is using awards won from WIZARD as promotion on the cover of HELLBLAZER nowadays. WIZARD and Vertigo? What an odd match.
Joe Torcivia writes in with a couple of corrections from recent comics. Reacting to my surprise at the dearth of writer/artists working in comics (I could name only one -- John Byrne), he writes to remind me of Erik Larsen. I'd have a comeback for that, but my head still hurts for smacking it that hard for not remembering to mention Larsen. Dumb.
Brian Haughwout puts a word in on that same subject for the venerable Walter Simonson on ORION. Good catch, Brian!
Also, Torcivia points out that the name of Batman's bodyguard that is currently rotting away in jail is Sasha Bordeaux, and not Sasha Alexander, as I wrote. Alexander was an actress on DAWSON'S CREEK last season. I was close, but not quite there.;-)
Attention, Scott Shaw!: ULTIMATE MARVEL TEAM-UP #15, guest starring Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, features another entry into one of comicdom's favorite silly antics: fish-slapping. That's right; Shang-Chi whips two large fish around to fight off a pair of would-be assaulters.
On the whole, it's also a very good issue of the series, with beautiful art from Rick Mays and Andy Lee.
Speaking of Andy Lee, word has leaked out that he's doing a new graphic novel with David Mack. Lee will be doing all the paintings at a rapid pace, and Mack will attempt to sort them out and write a story around them. Since Lee practices meditation and some Zen stuff around it, this is art.
Ten years ago, I can remember the howls from people who were berating Todd McFarlane for drawing some nice pages and then spreading them out, finding the story, drawing the material to fill in the gaps, and calling it SPAWN #1.
Spider-Man's face looks really flat on the cover of this week's ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY.
But how cool is it to see Spider-Man everywhere these days?
Movies I've recently seen and enjoyed: CHANGING LANES, THE PANIC ROOM, ICE AGE, and KISSING JESSICA STEIN. All are recommended, but particularly the first and last on the list.
More than 350 columns are archived here at CBR and you can get to them from the Pipeline Archive page. They're sorted chronologically. The first 100 columns or so are still available at the Original Pipeline page, a horrifically coded piece of HTML.

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NEW DELHI -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday slammed the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka Government over the assault on a Tanzanian student in Bengaluru, saying that the Congress-led Government had failed to maintain law and order in the state.
"The government in Karnataka is unable to ensure law and order there. The kind of language used by the minister there is very condemnable. Sonia Gandhi should take cognizance of this," BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain told ANI.
He also lashed out at Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara for revealing the name of victim during a press conference.
"Whatever Karnataka Home Minister has said is very insensitive. The incident is a disgrace to our nation," he said.
Five people have been arrested so far in connection with assault on Tanzanian female student.
Meanwhile, Ministry of External (MEA) will send a team to Bengaluru today to take stock of the situation.
The Tanzanian student was harassed by a group of locals in Bengaluru after they assumed she was part of an incident in which a Sudanese man had run over a local woman.
The incident took place on Hesaraghatta Road in Bengaluru on Saturday night after a Sudanese national ran his car over a 35-year-old woman resulting in the spot death of the woman.
The Tanzanian student was travelling in another car, a Wagon-R, along with four others. The young woman, who arrived on the spot around 30 minutes later, was dragged out of the car and allegedly paraded naked after being stripped by the mob.
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Various shots of unidentified mountain area (possibly in Morocco) - some peaks are snow capped. Tracking shot on mountain road. The road runs close to a steep drop.