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Dubai Land Department (DLD) has revealed that real estate transactions in the emirate for the first half of 2018 reached AED111 billion, reaffirming Dubai market's attractiveness and ability to compete with global investment destinations. The strengths portrayed by Dubai's real estate investments underscore the leadership's mandate to ease business processes and procedures.
According to a report issued by DLD's Department of Real Estates Studies and Research, H1 2018 recorded a total of 27,642 transactions, 18,191 sales worth about AED40 billion, 7,668 mortgage transactions worth over AED57.6 billion, and 1,783 other transactions valued at AED13.4 billion.
Commenting on the announcement, Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director-General of Dubai Land Department, said, "The strategic decisions launched by the Government are in line with the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and have had a significant impact on sustainable growth and on strengthening the competitiveness of the national economy. Granting investors a UAE residency visa for up to ten years and reducing government fees included in previous initiatives will be of the most important incentives for economic growth in the Emirate, as they will have a positive impact on reducing business costs and will support Dubai's position as one of the best investment destinations in the world."
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"We were also quick to adapt and align ourselves with these decisions; the four percent penalty that property owners were incurred for failing to register their developments within 60 days has been waived. This underpins the Government's efforts to provide the best possible services to investors and developers alike," he added.
Regarding the size of the investments, the report revealed that during H1 2018, the Dubai real estate market recorded 19,371 investments through 15,659 investors, totalling AED37 billion. UAE nationals topped the list with 2,986 investments worth AED6.8 billion, while Indian nationals ranked second with investments that amounted to AED5.9 billion through 3,218 investments followed by Saudi Arabians whose investments were worth almost AED3.7 billion through 1,415 investments. The list of top 10 investors by nationality also included Dubai residents from Britain, Pakistan, China, Egypt, Jordan and France, respectively.
The report revealed as well that the total volume of GCC nationals' investments in Dubai's real estate exceeded AED11.6 billion through 4,919 transactions made by 3,700 investors, while 2,094 investors from 16 Arab countries concluded 2,561 transactions worth more than AED4.115 billion. H1 2018 also saw 9,935 foreign investments from 143 nationalities making more than 11,889 transactions with a total value exceeding AED21 billion.
The value of properties registered by female investors, as recorded by DLD, reached AED9 billion through 5,526 transactions.
"If we were to identify the reason behind the strengthening real estate market, it would be the level of maturity it has reached to maintain its sustainable growth. Expo 2020 is close at hand, and developers in the market are expressing interest in aligning with the directives of the wise leadership to turn Dubai into a global pioneer and an attractive investment hub in support of Dubai Strategic Plan 2021," Bin Mejren concluded.
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It is time for my Literary Man Crush Monday! On Mondays, I like to pay respect to the book heroes! No, not the person who saves the day in the book, (unless he's cute) I am talking about the guy who makes me swoon! The reason I may be #foreveralone, the guy I read about and say hmm you are going to be my book boo! My Literary Man Crush for today is Jesse Hunt.
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The 2017 Rip Curl Pro Warm-Ups
From Bells to Winkipop, a (literally) breezy return to Beach Chair.
We're back, posted up from the cliffs to the sand, capturing every noteworthy jaunt in the peripherals of the 2017 Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach. Stab and Corona believe that the best action happens before and after the siren, and it's our pleasure to capture it. While the inaugural singlet-clad trio has yet to run down Torquay's most famous staircase, the top 34 have been lighting up every righthand point in the area, despite the blustery surface texture.
In the opening episode of the Bells edition of Beach Chair, we fixed our lenses on various tune-ups from the rolling hills of Bells to the neighbouring precipice of Winkipop, where we see a freshly cut Mick Fanning rocking some colourful attire; Ace Buchan stomping around on his backhand; Nat Young navigating ribbed faces; Ethan Ewing looking indelible between gusts; Jeremy Flores getting in on the wraps and foam climbs with Michel Bourez reciprocating, and more.
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Digi Choosday Challenge Week 43 – Anything Goes!
CRAFTY SENTIMENTS - Anything Goes
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For those of you who follow college football, the last few days have been part of "Rivalry Week" where the fiercest rivalries between teams are renewed - Florida-Florida State, Texas-Texas A&M, Alabama-Auburn, Oklahoma-Oklahoma State - just to mention a few.
This post is not about football - only inspired by it.
In real estate, who is our rival? Oh, it might be another agent who we compete against for listings or sales. However, I think our biggest rival is ourselves.
In athletics, people have an "IR" which stands for "individual record." It's the same as "personal best." It has nothing to do with how well someone else competes in an event unless your IR also is the current record for your sport. Primarily it's a personal thing - hence the name.
When you're just starting out jogging, your IR might be one block - forget about the time. Then as you progress, you get up to a mile. Then your personal best concerns how fast you run the mile - both in practice and at a meet (if you choose to compete).
In real estate sales, lets look at some IRs. For instance, what's the most sales you've ever made in a week? That's your IR. Now compete against yourself to break that record.
The number of listings in a month? Closings in a month? Sales on your own listings? Whatever you choose to measure, begin competing against yourself. Beat your own IR, then set out to beat it again.
For more information on my coaching and educational programs and services, sales tips, insights, or strategies, visit my website stevehoffacker.com or my other blog homesalesinsights.com. © Steve Hoffacker, 2008. All Rights Reserved.


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The Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (German: Gefürstete Grafschaft Görz und Gradisca; Italian: Principesca Contea di Gorizia e Gradisca; Slovene: Poknežena grofija Goriška in Gradiščanska) was a crown land of the Habsburg dynasty within the Austrian Littoral on the Adriatic Sea, in what is now a multilingual border area of Italy and Slovenia. It was named for its two major urban centers, Gorizia and Gradisca d'Isonzo.
The province stretched along the Soča/Isonzo River, from its source at Mt. Jalovec in the Julian Alps down to the Gulf of Trieste near Monfalcone. In the northwest, the Predil Pass led to the Duchy of Carinthia, in the northeast Mts. Mangart, Razor and Triglav marked the border with the Duchy of Carniola (Upper Carniola).
In the west, Mts. Kanin and Matajur stood on the border with the Friulian region, which until the 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio was part of the Republic of Venice, from 1815 onwards belonged to the Austrian Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia and finally to the re-established Kingdom of Italy from 1866. In the south the province bordered on the territory of the Imperial Free City of Trieste and the Margraviate of Istria.
The medieval County of Görz had been acquired by the Austrian Habsburgs in 1500, when the last Meinhardiner count Leonhard died without heir. Habsburg suzerainty was interrupted briefly by the Venetians in 1508/09, before Görz was finally incorporated into the Inner Austrian territories of the Habsburg Monarchy. In 1647 Emperor Ferdinand III elevated the Görz town of Gradisca to an immediate county for the descendants of privy councillor Prince Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg. After the princely House of Eggenberg had become extinct, Gradisca was re-unified with Gorizia in 1754, creating the County of Gorizia and Gradisca (Grafschaft Görz und Gradisca / Contea di Gorizia e Gradisca).
During the Napoleonic Wars, Gorizia and Gradisca fell under French rule. In 1805, all of its territories on the right bank of the Isonzo river (including the town of Gradisca d'Isonzo and the westernmost suburbs of Gorizia) were assigned to the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. The majority of its territory remained part of the Austrian Empire until 1809, when it was incorporated into the Illyrian Provinces under direct domination of the French Empire. In 1813, Austrian rule was restored. The county was established again in its former borders, including the enclaves of Monfalcone and Grado, which had been under Venetian control before 1797. Already in 1816, however, the county was included in a wider administrative unit, called Kingdom of Illyria, with the capital in Laibach. In 1849, the Kingdom of Illyria was dissolved, and the Austrian Littoral was then formed, comprising the County of Gorizia and Gradisca, Trieste and Istria. In 1861, the territory of the County gained autonomy as the Princely County of Gorizia and Gradisca (Gefürstete Grafschaft Görz und Gradisca/Principesca Contea di Gorizia e Gradisca/Poknežena grofija Goriška in Gradiščanska), a crown land within Austria-Hungary. The County had its own provincial parliament and enjoyed a large degree of self-government, although it was formally subjected to an Imperial Governor (Landeshauptmann) with the seat in Trieste, who carried out the government supervision for the whole territory of the Austrian Littoral.
In 1915, Italy entered in war against Austria-Hungary. The western part of the county was devastated by the Battles of the Isonzo, fought between the two armies. In August 1916, Gorizia was occupied by Italian troops for the first time in its history, but in November 1917 the Austro-Hungarian Army threw the Italian forces back in the Battle of Caporetto. Large numbers of population were interned in civil camps around the Austria-Hungary and Italy, while almost half of the province's territory laid in ruins.
In Spring 1918, two mass political movements emerged in the county, demanding larger autonomy within a federalized Habsburg Monarchy. The Slovenes demanded the union with other South Slavic peoples into a sovereign Yugoslav state, while the Friulians demanded a special autonomy for the western part of the region, where they were the majority. The two movements did not clash, since they did not contend the same territories. The only open issue was the town of Gorizia, claimed by both the Slovenes and the Friulians. An underground movement, known as Italia irredenta (Unredeemed Italy), demanded the unification of Gorizia with Italy. With the dissolution of Austria-Hungary in late October 1918, a short interim period followed, in which no movement was able to establish its authority. In November 1918, the whole territory of the county was occupied by the Italian military which suppressed all political movements challenging her claims on the region.
In November 1918, the county was officially abolished and incorporated in the provisional administrative region of Julian March. With the treaties of Rapallo and Saint Germain-en-Laye of 1920, the whole territory of the county became an integral part of the Kingdom of Italy. The former Habsburg policy favouring local autonomies was replaced by a strict centralism. The Province of Gorizia was established, which had very little self-government compared to the old county. The borders of the new province were also partially changed. The new province included some areas of the former Austrian Duchy of Carniola that were assigned to Italy by the Peace Treaty (the districts of Idrija, Vipava and Šturje). On the other hand, most of the territory in the Kras region, which had belonged to the County of Gorizia and Gradisca, was incorporated in the Province of Trieste, while the district of Cervignano was included in the Province of Udine.
In 1924, the Province of Gorizia was abolished and its territory incorporated into the Hermagoras Society, was allowed to publish books in Slovene language, although only religious literature. Most Slovene intellectuals and free professionals were forced to leave the region, many of them settled in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia or emigrated to Argentina.
Between 1927 and 1943, the Province of Gorizia was an administrative unit of the Fascist regime, governed by a Government-appointed prefect and the local Fascist hierarchy. All municipal autonomy was abolished and the podestà, appointed by the prefect, replaced the elected mayors. All legal political activity outside the regime became impossible and most of the civil society institutions, at least the Slovenian ones, were dismantled.
In 1927, the first liberal, nationalist and social-democratic orientation) carried out several attacks on Italian military and administrative personnel, which further exacerbated the situations in the region. Several Slovenian cultural and political figures were imprisoned, exiled or killed, with the most famous being Lojze Bratuž.
In 1941, with the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, the situation became even worse. By 1942, the Yugoslav resistance penetrated in the region from the bordering Province of Ljubljana. Several important clashes between the resistance and the Italian military happened. After the Italian armistice in September 1943, Nazi Germany occupied the region, incorporating it into the Operational Zone Adriatic Coast, led by the Gauleiter Friedrich Rainer.
Already in September 1943, large portions of the region were taken over by the Communist-led Liberation Front of the Slovenian People, which established several important bases in the area, including the famous Franja Partisan Hospital. Fights between the Communist-led resistance and the Nazis were frequent. Soon, German authorities adopted a pragmatic approach regarding the local Slovenian population: public use of Slovenian language was allowed again. The anti-Communist collaborationist militia called Slovene Home Guard was also allowed to establish some units in the area, although they had little success in recruiting the locals. At the same time, politically motivated assassinations were carried out by the Communist cells within the resistance movement. Among the victims, there were several Roman Catholic priests and anti-fascists opposed to the Communist ideology.
After the end of World War II in 1945, almost the entire region was liberated by the Yugoslav People's Army, but was forced to withdraw from its western part. During the forty days of Yugoslav occupation, thousands of Italians were arrested by Communist authorities; most of them were released, but several hundred of them perished in the Foibe massacres.
For two years, Gorizia and Gradisca was a contested region between Italy and the Soča valley, the lower Vipava Valley and most of the Kras plateau) were occupied by British and U.S. forces, while the east remained under Yugoslav military administration. In September 1947, the region was finally divided between the two countries: Yugoslavia got most of the rural territory of the eastern part, while all of the western lowlands and the urban center of Gorizia were left to Italy. A small portion of the Kras region between Trieste and Duino was incorporated into the Zone A of the Allied-administered Free Territory of Trieste (which became part of Italy in 1954).
Gorizia and Gradisca thus ceased to exist as a unified historical region. Its Yugoslav portion became an integral part of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia: most of its territory was included in the Goriška region, except for the Kras plateau which was incorporated into the Littoral-Kras statistical region. A new urban center, called Nova Gorica ("New Gorizia") was built between the late 1940s and in the early 1950s. The Italian portion became part of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia autonomous region, mostly included in the Province of Gorizia.
The county of Gorizia and Gradisca enjoyed a multicultural environment, where Slavic, German and Latin people lived together and the government respected the right of minorities; it wasn't uncommon for people in this area to speak three or four language.
The County of Gorizia and Gradisca emerged as a major center of Slovene culture in the second half of the 19th century. Already in the early 1860s, Slovene replaced German as the major language of education and administration in the Slovene-inhabited parts of the county. Differently from Styria, Carinthia and even Carniola, there was no assimilation pressure against the Slovene culture in most of Gorizia-Gradisca, so the Slovene culture flourished. Since the 1890s, the State Gymnasium of Gorizia emerged as one of the most prestigious educational centers in the Slovene Lands: several prominent figures in Slovenian arts, sciences and politics in the early 20th century received their education in this institution. In 1913, the Gymnasium was divided into three parts, with German, Italian and Slovenian as the language of teaching. The Slovenian section of the Gymnasium of Gorizia thus became the first public high school with Slovene as the primary language of teaching.
Among the prominent figures of Milko Brezigar and the pioneer pilot Edvard Rusjan. Prominent Slovenes who settled in the province from other regions included politician and author Henrik Tuma, historian Franc Kos, linguist Stanislav Škrabec, and jurist, historian and politician Bogumil Vošnjak.
During the 19th century Gorizia was an important and lively center for the Friulian language. Throughout the century, many old books were republished, new works were composed, and several political and cultural association promoting Friulian culture were founded in the region. This was also thanks to the fact that even the nobility would normally use the language, while for example in Udine and in other towns of central Friulian higher classes rather used the Venetian language, because Friulian was seen as the language of peasants.
The County of Gorizia and Gradisca was also important for the Friulian language because it is the only territory in which an official census on speakers of Friulian has been carried out: in 1857, the official Austrian census showed 48.841 Friulians, 130.748 Slovenians, 15.134 Italians and 2.150 Germans in the County. A second census in 1921, carried out shortly after the annexation to Italy gave similar results.
Throughout the 19th century, most educated Friulians gravitated towards the Italian culture. A distinct Friulian identity existed, but was weak and not well articulated. One of the most prominent Friulian poets from Gorizia-Gradisca in the 19th century, Carlo Favetti, was for example also a fervent Italian irredentist. Others, such as the conservative leader and political author Luigi Faidutti, favoured an autonomous development of Friulian culture within a multicultural framework of the Habsburg Empire. Between 1890 and 1918, the autonomist movement gained widespread support in the countryside, but remained marginal in the urban areas.
During the 19th century, the town of Gorizia was the only major center of Italian culture in the region. In the 17th century, Italian emerged as a second language of culture in the town, next to German. Throughout the 18th and early 19th century, Italian culture flourished in the whole region. Italian was used as a language of education and culture by many noble families, as well as in Slovene and German bourgeois families. Several renowned artists, such as architect Nicolò Pacassi, painters Jožef Tominc and Franz Caucig, Garibaldin general Ignazio Francesco Scodnik, architect Max Fabiani and author Julius Kugy were educated in a predominantly Italian cultural environment.
The emergence of the Slovene National Awakening in the second half of the 19th century meant a significant setback for the Italian culture in the region. Most families that would previously educate their children in an Italian cultural environment, switched to Slovenian. Another reason for the decrease of Italian cultural influence was the unification of Lombardy-Venetia with the Kingdom of Italy in 1866, which radically reduced the influence of Italian culture within the Austrian Empire and cut off the free cultural exchange between Gorizia-Gradisca and Northern Italy.
By the beginning of the 20th century, Italian language lost is previous function as the lingua franca in the region. Gorizia remained the only important center of Italian culture in the County, although the percentage of Italian speakers in the town was in constant decrease and dropped under 50% in 1910.
Nevertheless, important figures emerged from the Italian-speaking milieu of Gorizia, such as the prominent philologist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli and philosopher Carlo Michelstaedter, both of whom were of Jewish descent. Composer Rodolfo Lipizer and painters Italico Brass and Vittorio Bolaffio also came from this community. Other minor Italian cultural centres were the towns of Grado and Monfalcone, where a dialect of the Venetian language was spoken. The poet Biagio Marin was the most important representative of this local Italian culture.
The German-speaking community represented only a very small portion of the population. They were mostly concentrated in the town of Gorizia, where they represented some 10% of the overall population of the city center. Nevertheless, other factors increased the importance of the German culture in the region. Until the end of World War I, the German language continued to enjoy the prestige acquired in previous centuries, when the great majority of the high culture in the region was linked to the German cultural sphere. Most of the local aristocracy was multilingual, but they spoke mostly German among themselves. Several important noble families resided in the County, and they were often important contributors of arts and literature. They included the Thurn und Taxis, the Lanthieri, the Attems Petzenstein, the Windischgraetz, the Coronini Cronberg and the Strassoldo. Furthermore, German had served as a lingua franca for the communication between the single ethnic groups. Until 1913, most of the high education was available only in German.
Among the most prominent members of the German-speaking community of Gorizia and Gradisca were the chemist Johannes Christian Brunnich and explorer and natural scientist Karl von Scherzer.
In the 1850s, Gorizia and Gradisca also emerged as a tourist destination for the Central European elite. Towns such as Gorizia, Grado, Aquileia, Duino, Nabrežina and Most na Soči became important tourist centers in the Austrian Riviera. Many prominent figures, belonging to the German cultural milieu, frequented these places, making an important contribution to the survival of the local German culture. These include the ethnographer and linguist Karl von Czoernig, poet Rainer Maria Rilke who wrote his famous Duino Elegies while visiting the region, and the renowned chemist Ludwig Boltzmann.
The vast majority of the population of the County was of Anton Mahnič and Josip Srebrnič, and Franciscan monk and philologian Stanislav Škrabec. There were many important Roman Catholic sacral buildings in the area, among them the sancturies of Sveta Gora ("Holy Mountain") and Barbana, and the monastery of Kostanjevica. Most of the County was included into the Archbidiocese of Gorizia, with the exception of the south-western portion of the Kras plateau (around Sežana), which was included in the Diocese of Trieste.
According to the census of 1910, there were around 1,400 members of non-Latin Catholic or non-Catholic denominations in the County, which amounted to only around 0,5% of the overall population. Among them, around 750 belonged to various Protestant denominations (mostly Lutherans), around 340 were of Jewish faith, around 180 Greek Orthodox and around 130 were Greek Catholic.
According to the data of the last official census in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1910, the County had an area of 2918 km² and 260,721 inhabitants, of which around 20% lived in urban areas (Gorizia, Gradisca, Monfalcone, Cormons, Cervignano, Ronchi, Grado), around 18% in semi-urban settlements (Podgora, Aquileia, Staranzano, Solkan, Šempeter, Duino, Ajdovščina, Bovec, Kobarid, Tolmin, Sežana, Kanal ob Soči) and around 62% in rural areas. Among the urban population, some 21% were ethnic Slovenes, some 8% ethnic Germans, while the rest were mostly ethnic Italians. Among the semi-urban population, some 90% were Slovenes and 10% Italians and Friulians, while in the rural population 30% were Friulians and some 70% Slovenes.
The historical demography of the region was the following one:
The County was divided into five administrative or "political" districts (Kreise), which were in turn subdivided into judicial districts. The town of Gorizia had a status of an administrative district.
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Vendors of LMSs – The Ministry of Education website has information about vendors supplying learning management systems to schools.
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We fell in love with Lisa Congdon's Revelry collection, printed on a silky voile base. The collection is light, airy and whimsical...featuring fun pops of hot pink, mustard yellow, aqua blue, and bits of metallic thrown in. So so right for apparel!
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It's been happening to me for a few years now, even though I've never sent any spam in my life.
My previous Web Hosts (GoDaddy) even blocked me from MYSELF! (I added my own e-mail address to the CC list, in order to prove the point).
Were GoDaddy ashamed? Of blocking me from myself? Not a bit of it! So I told them what to do with their Web Hosting ... of course.
The Web Hosts I now use are not exactly my 'favorites' ... based on what they did to my friend Rick Siegel ... but their up-time is guaranteed at 99% ... which is pretty hard to achieve ... and they aren't over-expensive.
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The 'anti-spam' websites are only there to prevent freedom of speech at every possible opportunity.
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Take care and keep laughing!
"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Mark Twain
I don't mind, and it doesn't matter. I would not be young again for all the tea in China. Especially as I don't drink tea.
Is this the time to admit that while I have seen countless adaptations, I have never read Twain's books? Don't all cry out at once—I do have Tom Sawyer on my iPhone! But I've recently gloried in the exquisite prose of Margaret Atwood with Alias Grace, and the rest of her oeuvre is beckoning.
Take care and keep laughing!


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As we begin the final term for 2018, a host of events begin to appear on the school calendar. Traditionally, the weeks leading to Christmas are filled with excitement and celebrations. Our new Foundation students for 2019 will begin their transition from kindergarten to school over the coming weeks with Parent Information Night this evening. At the other end of the scale, our year six students are preparing for their Graduation ceremony as they move into secondary education. Yes indeed, Term Four is another busy one!
Year Three students and staff have returned from an extremely valuable and enjoyable camp to The Lady Northcote Camp. Staff reported that all students were very well behaved and gained a great deal from the camping experience. Thank you to all staff for providing our students with such a wonderful experience. Over the next couple of weeks, the major events will be the Kids' Glow Disco and the annual Fashion Parade. Both events are much anticipated – one by the children and the other by the women in our community.
Foundation and Year One Swimming Program begins tomorrow. The program takes place each Friday for ten weeks. We have been fortunate to access swimming lessons in the Summer months which ensures the experience is a pleasant one for all involved.
Please remember that we are a SunSmart school which requires all students to wear a hat when outdoors. When the temperature reaches 30 degrees, a hot day timetable will be called which is similar to a wet day timetable.
The School Review Validation day takes place on Wednesday October 17th. Panel members for Validation Day include Heather Norbury (School Reviewer), Stuart Andrews (SEIL), Julie Manallack, Tracy Skiba, Michelle Osborne (School Council President), Aaron Cox (Challenge Partner) and Matthew Vines (Challenge Partner).
It is a pleasure to welcome everyone back to school for Term Four.
Julie Manallack


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Caseload Allocation Policy
This chapter identifies the principle and practice of caseload allocation, underlying the importance for staff of having reasonable caseloads that will enable high quality practice. The chapter also reflects in part that caseload allocation will vary depending on the demands some situations may bring, whilst in others there may be some 'economies of time'. However, every child should have their own 'Plan' with their individual needs recognised.
Supervision Policy and Procedure for Registered Social Workers Employed by London Borough of Merton
This chapter was added to the manual in May 2015.
1. Principals
The London Borough of Merton endorses an approach to caseload management that has been outlined and endorsed by the Assistant Director's Group in London. We have incorporated the principles behind this approach into our caseload policy for social work professionals within the borough. Local Authorities have committed to develop effective workload management systems and caseload allocation policies by adhering to the Employer's Standards.
At the heart of a safe and effective Children's Social Care system is adequate numbers of social workers, skilled up to do the job and motivated to do it well. Most LAs are experiencing difficulties recruiting and retaining social workers, and it has been clear for some time that, the overwhelming reason why social workers leave tends to be unmanageable caseloads and lack of management support. The converse is equally true; where social workers have reasonable caseloads and access to high quality, regular supervision, not only do they stay, but the work they do is of higher quality. We have therefore focused on the issues of caseload and management as the cornerstone of a good service.
2. Caseloads
- First Response - The front door services have developed in a variety of different ways over the last 2 years. Although there is a Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) in many areas it looks very different in different areas. It is an administrative, signposting body in some areas, in others it carries out Assessments and even some interventions. The staffing profile, too, varies enormously with social workers working alongside health visitors, police officers, technical staff, administrators and sundry other professionals. Caseloads in the First Response Team should be 10-12 cases and no more than 26 children.
- Children in Need -Caseloads in Central Social Work Teams and Children with Disabilities Team are expected to be in the range of 18-20 children. The numbers will vary depending on the numbers of families involved - one family of 6 children is likely to generate less work than 6 families of one child. The most intensive pieces of work are likely to be cases going through Care Proceedings. Some LAs have specialist court teams which will necessarily have different caseloads, but within generic Children in Need CIN teams workers would normally have no more than 3 sets of Care Proceedings.
- Children Looked After - Caseloads in 14+ Teams for social workers are expected to be in the range of 12-15 children. Sibling groups in the same placement are likely to generate less work, unsettled children whose frequently disrupt and children placed over 20 miles away are likely to generate more.
- Supervising Social Workers - Caseloads are expected to be in the region of 15-20 fostering households per SSW.
- Adoption/Post Adoption - Caseloads in the Adoption Team incorporates work relating to support for Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs). Caseloads should be 12-15 cases.
- Leaving Care - Work is likely to be more intensive for the 16/17 age group. We consider caseloads of under 18s should be in the region of 13-16 and those of over 18s would be expected to be 20-25.
- Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs) - Regulatory arrangements require IROs to have caseloads of 50 to 70 cases.
- Transforming Families Social Worker - The current 'Troubled Family' approach requires professionals to carry on average 6-7 cases per social work practitioner.
3. Management Span
- Workers - We consider that, for front line managers, one manager should provide supervision for ideally 5 whole time equivalent front line workers and not more than 6. We consider that this is the maximum compatible with effective supervision and a reasonable knowledge of workers' caseloads. The numbers are based on teams with average levels of skills and experience. Teams with higher numbers of ASYE workers for example, will need more management input;
- Cases - It follows from this that a front line manager should have oversight of between 50 - 100 cases depending on the nature of the work undertaken by the team.


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Bosnia and Herzegovina to join Mini-Schengen soon?
Following the signing of the Declaration on establishing a free movement area by Prime Ministers of Albania and North Macedonia and President of Serbia on 10 October, Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to join this initiative, Radio Free Europe reports. Mirko Šarović, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of […]Read more ›


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Our Staff Team / About Helen
Helen Shum
Communications Associate
Helen Shum joined Children's Institute in 2018. Helen worked in reader outreach and editorial roles at The Oregonian for nearly a decade before taking time off to raise her son and daughter. As they grew, so did Helen's interest in early childhood and educational equity issues. Prior to joining CI, Helen worked as a program coordinator at Early Learning Multnomah and as a contract communications specialist.
She holds a bachelor's degree in magazine journalism with a minor in anthropology from Syracuse University and has served on multiple fundraising, advocacy and grant advisory committees relating to children's education. She loves exploring Portland's great food landscape, traveling and laughing with friends and family, including her best-in-class, Persian cat, Smudge.


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Station: Capac, MI
Capac was settled about 1857 in northwest St. Clair County. The Grand Trunk Western opened a station here in 1866. The town was incorporated as a village in1873. [MPN]
Capac was located on GTW's main line between Port Huron and Flint, about 25 miles east of Port Huron.
Photo Info/Credit: Top, the GTW Capac depot with steam train arriving around the turn of the century. [Kathleen Abbey collection]. 2nd photo, A 1970's view of the depot. [Ron Hageimister, Jim Slater collection]. 3rd photo, Another view of the depot in March, 1986. [Charlie Whipp]. 4th photo, the restored depot which has been moved to a new location and serves as a museum, in 2003. [Alan Loftis]. 4th photo, a paragraph about the move of the museum in 1988.


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On a sunny Saturday I made my way on the ferry to Manly beach. The ferry ride is highly recommended as you get a spectacular view of the Sydney CBD. After about half an hour we docked in Manly, a suburb north of Sydney. Besides surfing, sunbathing and shopping you can go on some beautiful walks, one of which brings you to the North Head sanctuary.
First of you walk along the beach, past the cool surfer dudes carrying their boards and the fancy women parading around. Manly beach is fairly crowded, but just a short walk further on you'll find the less crowded Shelly Beach. It seemed to be a popular spot for scuba divers and families, but also for backpackers the water is very refreshing. The beach is surrounded by villas on the cliffs, all with a small staircase that leads to the sea. Yeah, dream on.
Cooled down the 9,5km track started. It is a relatively new walk, opened in 2007, through part of the Sydney harbour national park. I was walking through the bush, with all the spiders and webs that come with it. Seriously, mind your head! At the Gatehouse visitor center you can talk to one of the, very friendly, rangers before you continue across old military terrain.
You'll see the old barracks and the parade ground. There are also remnants of observation posts and cannons. Once upon a time North Head was a quarantine station for people arriving in Australia. 240 people who died the black death are buried on the cemetery.
Don't forget to walk to the very top of the peninsula. The view of Sydney is just stunning! You can see Harbour bridge, the Opera House and on a sunny day there are dozens of boats on the water. There is no swimming since steep cliffs lead into the water. Just around the time your feet are getting tired you'll see Collins Beach, a small, quiet beach which leads you back to the ferry terminal.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Jiang, Hanqing
- 39 Arizona State University
- 14 Liu, Yongming
- 12 Oswald, Jay
- 10 Chattopadhyay, Aditi
- 7 Dai, Lenore
- 7 Mignolet, Marc
- more
- 6 Rajadas, John
- 6 Solanki, Kiran
- 6 Yu, Hongbin
- 5 Peralta, Pedro
- 5 Rajan, Subramaniam
- 5 Yu, Hongyu
- 3 Chawla, Nikhilesh
- 3 Mignolet, Marc P
- 3 Papandreou-Suppappola, Antonia
- 3 Rajagopalan, Jagannathan
- 3 Yekani Fard, Masoud
- 2 Chan, Candace
- 2 Hildreth, Owen
- 2 Jiao, Yang
- 2 Sieradzki, Karl
- 2 Wang, Liping
- 1 Adlakha, Ilaksh
- 1 An, Yonghao
- 1 Ayyar, Adarsh
- 1 Berman, Spring
- 1 Bhatia, Mehul Anoopkumar
- 1 Brown, Andrew David
- 1 Chandrasekhar, Vishal
- 1 Chawla, Nikhilesh K
- 1 Chen, Kangping
- 1 Datta, Siddhant
- 1 Fan, Yiling
- 1 Galan Vera, Magdian Ulises
- 1 Garnero, Edward
- 1 Han, Ruirui
- 1 He, Ximin
- 1 Hsu, Keng H
- 1 Iyyer, Nagaraja
- 1 Jakkali, Vaidehi
- 1 Johnston, Joel Philip
- 1 Kim, Inho
- 1 Koo, Bonsung
- 1 Kozicki, Michael
- 1 Krishnan, Kapil
- 1 Lentz, Jeff
- 1 Li, Guoyi
- 1 Li, Mingming
- 1 Liang, Mengbing
- 1 Liao, Xiao
- 1 Lim, Harn Chyi
- 1 Lin, Jinshan
- 1 Liu, Yingtao
- 1 Lv, Cheng
- 1 Ma, Teng
- 1 Marvi, Hamidreza
- 1 Murthy, Raghavendra Narasimha
- 1 Neerukatti, Rajesh Kumar
- 1 Neithalath, Narayanan
- 1 Nian, Qiong
- 1 Patel, Jay K.
- 1 Peralta, Pedro D
- 1 Phelan, Patrick
- 1 Platte, Rodrigo
- 1 Poon, Poh Chieh Benny
- 1 Qiong, Nian
- 1 Smarslok, Benjamin
- 1 Sodano, Henry A
- 1 Solanki, Kiran N
- 1 Song, Kenan
- 1 Song, Pengchao
- 1 Song, Zeming
- 1 Speyer, Gil
- 1 Spottswood, Stephen
- 1 Spottswood, Stephen M
- 1 Sun, Tianwei
- 1 Tahir, Fraaz
- 1 Tang, Pingbo
- 1 Veeresh, Pawan Manjunath
- 1 Venkatesan, Karthik Rajan
- 1 Verma, Rahul
- 1 Wang, Xu
- 1 Wang, Yinmin
- 1 Wang, Yuting
- 1 Wei, Haoyang
- 1 Zhang, Jiaping
- 1 Zhang, Jinjun
- 1 Zope, Jayesh Vishnu
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- Mechanical engineering
- 14 Materials Science
- 6 Mechanics
- 3 Aerospace engineering
- 3 Electrical engineering
- 3 Material Characterization
- 2 Engineering
- more
- 2 Finite Element Analysis
- 2 J-integral
- 2 Machine Learning
- 2 Multiscale Modeling
- 2 Optimization
- 2 Reduced Order Model
- 2 Structural Health Monitoring
- 2 coupling
- 2 damage
- 2 fracture
- 2 life prediction
- 1 Accelerometer
- 1 Atomistic Scale Simulation
- 1 Biaxial Fatigue
- 1 Biaxial fatigue
- 1 Bridge Scour
- 1 Buckypaper
- 1 Carbon Fiber Composite
- 1 Cavitation erosion
- 1 Chemical engineering
- 1 Civil engineering
- 1 Cohesive zone model
- 1 Computational Materials
- 1 Conformability
- 1 Constitutive Behavior
- 1 Constitutive model
- 1 Crack growth
- 1 Creep
- 1 Crystal Plasticity
- 1 Damage Criterion
- 1 Damage Estimation
- 1 Damage Localization
- 1 Damage Prognosis
- 1 Digital Image Correlation
- 1 Dislocation
- 1 Dislocations
- 1 Dry jet wet spinning
- 1 Dynamics
- 1 Energy Harvesting
- 1 Epidermal Electronics
- 1 Event Detection
- 1 Extended finite element method
- 1 Finite Element modeling
- 1 Flexible Device
- 1 Generalized Stacking Fault
- 1 Grain Boudary
- 1 Grain Boundary Misorientation
- 1 Graphene nanoplatelets
- 1 Heat Transfer
- 1 Heat pipe
- 1 Inclusions
- 1 Industrial engineering
- 1 Kirigami
- 1 Large deformation
- 1 Lithium Ion Battery
- 1 Lithium ion battery
- 1 MEMS Sensors
- 1 Machine learning
- 1 Micro Fabrication
- 1 Microstructurally explicit finite element model
- 1 Microstructure
- 1 Molecular Dynamics
- 1 Molecular Electronic Transducer
- 1 Multi-Bay Structures
- 1 Multi-scale
- 1 Multifunctional
- 1 Nanofiber
- 1 Needleless electrospinning
- 1 Nonlinearity
- 1 Nonparametric Method
- 1 Nuclear engineering
- 1 Origami
- 1 Overload
- 1 PDMS grating
- 1 PVA graphene composite fibers
- 1 Packaging
- 1 Pb-free solders
- 1 Peach-Koehler force
- 1 Physics
- 1 Pipeline failure
- 1 Poly(vinyl) alcohol
- 1 Polymer
- 1 Polymer graphene composite
- 1 Porosity
- 1 Prognostics
- 1 Seismometer
- 1 Self sensing
- 1 Sensor
- 1 Shock Loading
- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
Pb-free solders are used as interconnects in various levels of micro-electronic packaging. Reliability of these interconnects is very critical for the performance of the package. One of the main factors affecting the reliability of solder joints is the presence of porosity which is introduced during processing of the joints. In this thesis, the effect of such porosity on the deformation behavior and eventual failure of the joints is studied using Finite Element (FE) modeling technique. A 3D model obtained by reconstruction of x-ray tomographic image data is used as input for FE analysis to simulate shear deformation and eventual failure …
- Contributors
- Jakkali, Vaidehi, Chawla, Nikhilesh K, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
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- 2011
Structural health management (SHM) is emerging as a vital methodology to help engineers improve the safety and maintainability of critical structures. SHM systems are designed to reliably monitor and test the health and performance of structures in aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering applications. SHM combines multidisciplinary technologies including sensing, signal processing, pattern recognition, data mining, high fidelity probabilistic progressive damage models, physics based damage models, and regression analysis. Due to the wide application of carbon fiber reinforced composites and their multiscale failure mechanisms, it is necessary to emphasize the research of SHM on composite structures. This research develops a comprehensive …
- Contributors
- Liu, Yingtao, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Rajadas, John, et al.
- Created Date
- 2012
Gels are three-dimensional polymer networks with entrapped solvent (water etc.). They bear amazing features such as stimuli-responsive (temperature, PH, electric field etc.), high water content and biocompatibility and thus find a lot of applications. To understand the complex physics behind gel's swelling phenomenon, it is important to build up fundamental mechanical model and extend to complicated cases. In this dissertation, a coupled large deformation and diffusion model regarding gel's swelling behavior is presented. In this model, free-energy of the total gel is constituted by polymer stretching energy and polymer-solvent mixing energy. In-house nonlinear finite element code is implemented with fast …
- Contributors
- Zhang, Jiaping, Jiang, Hanqing, Peralta, Pedro, et al.
- Created Date
- 2012
The focus of this investigation is on the optimum placement of a limited number of dampers, fewer than the number of blades, on a bladed disk to induce the smallest amplitude of blade response. The optimization process considers the presence of random mistuning, i.e. small involuntary variations in blade stiffness properties resulting, say, from manufacturing variability. Designed variations of these properties, known as intentional mistuning, is considered as an option to reduce blade response and the pattern of two blade types (A and B blades) is then part of the optimization in addition to the location of dampers on the …
- Contributors
- Murthy, Raghavendra Narasimha, Mignolet, Marc P, Rajan, Subramaniam, et al.
- Created Date
- 2012
Shock loading is a complex phenomenon that can lead to failure mechanisms such as strain localization, void nucleation and growth, and eventually spall fracture. Studying incipient stages of spall damage is of paramount importance to accurately determine initiation sites in the material microstructure where damage will nucleate and grow and to formulate continuum models that account for the variability of the damage process due to microstructural heterogeneity. The length scale of damage with respect to that of the surrounding microstructure has proven to be a key aspect in determining sites of failure initiation. Correlations have been found between the damage …
- Contributors
- Krishnan, Kapil, Peralta, Pedro, Mignolet, Marc, et al.
- Created Date
- 2013
Recently, the use of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires as an interphase in composite materials has been demonstrated to increase the interfacial shear strength between carbon fiber and an epoxy matrix. In this research work, the strong adhesion between ZnO and carbon fiber is investigated to elucidate the interactions at the interface that result in high interfacial strength. First, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to calculate the adhesive energy between bare carbon and ZnO. Since the carbon fiber surface has oxygen functional groups, these were modeled and MD simulations showed the preference of ketones to strongly interact with ZnO, however, …
- Contributors
- Galan Vera, Magdian Ulises, Sodano, Henry A, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
- Created Date
- 2013
As one of the most promising materials for high capacity electrode in next generation of lithium ion batteries, silicon has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. Advanced characterization techniques and atomic simulations helped to depict that the lithiation/delithiation of silicon electrode involves processes including large volume change (anisotropic for the initial lithiation of crystal silicon), plastic flow or softening of material dependent on composition, electrochemically driven phase transformation between solid states, anisotropic or isotropic migration of atomic sharp interface, and mass diffusion of lithium atoms. Motivated by the promising prospect of the application and underlying interesting physics, …
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- An, Yonghao, Jiang, Hanqing, Chawla, Nikhilesh, et al.
- Created Date
- 2014
In engineering, buckling is mechanical instability of walls or columns under compression and usually is a problem that engineers try to prevent. In everyday life buckles (wrinkles) on different substrates are ubiquitous -- from human skin to a rotten apple they are a commonly observed phenomenon. It seems that buckles with macroscopic wavelengths are not technologically useful; over the past decade or so, however, thanks to the widespread availability of soft polymers and silicone materials micro-buckles with wavelengths in submicron to micron scale have received increasing attention because it is useful for generating well-ordered periodic microstructures spontaneously without conventional lithographic …
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- Ma, Teng, Jiang, Hanqing, Yu, Hongyu, et al.
- Created Date
- 2014
ABSTRACT Electronics especially mobile electronics such as smart phones, tablet PCs, notebooks and digital cameras are undergoing rapid development nowadays and have thoroughly changed our lives. With the requirement of more transistors, higher power, smaller size, lighter weight and even bendability, thermal management of these devices became one of the key challenges. Compared to active heat management system, heat pipe, which is a passive fluidic system, is considered promising to solve this problem. However, traditional heat pipes have size, weight and capillary limitation. Thus new type of heat pipe with smaller size, lighter weight and higher capillary pressure is needed. …
- Contributors
- Sun, Tianwei, Jiang, Hanqing, Yu, Hongyu, et al.
- Created Date
- 2014
Damage detection in heterogeneous material systems is a complex problem and requires an in-depth understanding of the material characteristics and response under varying load and environmental conditions. A significant amount of research has been conducted in this field to enhance the fidelity of damage assessment methodologies, using a wide range of sensors and detection techniques, for both metallic materials and composites. However, detecting damage at the microscale is not possible with commercially available sensors. A probable way to approach this problem is through accurate and efficient multiscale modeling techniques, which are capable of tracking damage initiation at the microscale and …
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- Zhang, Jinjun, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Dai, Lenore, et al.
- Created Date
- 2014
Commercially pure (CP) and extra low interstitial (ELI) grade Ti-alloys present excellent corrosion resistance, lightweight, and formability making them attractive materials for expanded use in transportation and medical applications. However, the strength and toughness of CP titanium are affected by relatively small variations in their impurity/solute content (IC), e.g., O, Al, and V. This increase in strength is due to the fact that the solute either increases the critical stress required for the prismatic slip systems ({10-10}<1-210>) or activates another slip system ((0001)<11-20>, {10-11}<11-20>). In particular, solute additions such as O can effectively strengthen the alloy but with an attendant …
- Contributors
- Bhatia, Mehul Anoopkumar, Solanki, Kiran N, Peralta, Pedro, et al.
- Created Date
- 2014
Fission products in nuclear fuel pellets can affect fuel performance as they change the fuel chemistry and structure. The behavior of the fission products and their release mechanisms are important to the operation of a power reactor. Research has shown that fission product release can occur through grain boundary (GB) at low burnups. Early fission gas release models, which assumed spherical grains with no effect of GB diffusion, did not capture the early stage of the release behavior well. In order to understand the phenomenon at low burnup and how it leads to the later release mechanism, a microstructurally explicit …
- Contributors
- Lim, Harn Chyi, Peralta, Pedro, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
- Created Date
- 2014
Skin electronics is one of the most promising applications of stretchable electronics. The versatility of skin electronics can only be guaranteed when it has conformal contact with human skin. While both analytical and numerical solutions for contact between serpentine interconnects and soft substrate remain unreported, the motivation of this thesis is to render a novel method to numerically study the conformability of the serpentine interconnects. This thesis explained thoroughly how to conduct finite element analysis for the conformability of skin electronics, including modeling, meshing method and step setup etc.. User-defined elements were implemented to the finite element commercial package ABAQUS …
- Contributors
- Fan, Yiling, Jiang, Hanqing, Hildreth, Owen, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015
Shock loading is a complex phenomenon that can lead to failure mechanisms such as strain localization, void nucleation and growth, and eventually spall fracture. The length scale of damage with respect to that of the surrounding microstructure has proven to be a key aspect in determining sites of failure initiation. Studying incipient stages of spall damage is of paramount importance to accurately determine initiation sites in the material microstructure where damage will nucleate and grow and to formulate continuum models that account for the variability of the damage process due to microstructural heterogeneity, which is the focus of this research. …
- Contributors
- Brown, Andrew David, Peralta, Pedro, Peralta, Pedro, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015
In this research work, the process optimization of silver iodide-silver meta phosphate ionic glass molding for solid state super ionic stamping was performed. Solid state super ionic stamping is a process of all solid ambient condition electrochemical nano patterning technique. In solid state super ionic stamping, anodic dissolution on a solid electrolyte –metal interface and subsequent charge-mass transport in the solid electrolyte is used for obtaining nanometer features on the metallic surface. The solid electrolyte referred to as the stamp is pre-patterned with features to be obtained on the metallic surface. This research developed the process for obtaining stamp with …
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- PANIKKAR, GAUTAM, Hsu, Keng H, Chan, Candace, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015
Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) is a phenomenon that affects both the physical and chemical properties of several intrinsically ductile metals. Consequently, understanding the mechanisms behind HE has been of particular interest in both experimental and modeling research. Discrepancies between experimental observations and modeling results have led to various proposals for HE mechanisms. Therefore, to gain insights into HE mechanisms in iron, this dissertation aims to investigate several key issues involving HE such as: a) the incipient crack tip events; b) the cohesive strength of grain boundaries (GBs); c) the dislocation-GB interactions and d) the dislocation mobility. The crack tip, which presents …
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- Adlakha, Ilaksh, Solanki, Kiran, Mignolet, Marc, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015
Origami and Kirigami are two traditional art forms in the world. Origami, from 'ori' meaning folding, and 'kami' meaning paper is the art of paper folding. Kirigami, from 'kiri' meaning cutting, is the art of the combination of paper cutting and paper folding. In this dissertation, Origami and kirigami concepts were successively utilized in making stretchable lithium ion batteries and three-dimensional (3D) silicon structure which both provide excellent mechanical characteristics. Dissertation/Thesis
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- Song, Zeming, Jiang, Hanqing, Dai, Lenore, et al.
- Created Date
- 2016
Polymer matrix composites (PMCs) are attractive structural materials due to their high stiffness to low weight ratio. However, unidirectional PMCs have low shear strength and failure can occur along kink bands that develop on compression due to plastic microbuckling that carry strains large enough to induce nonlinear matrix deformation. Reviewing the literature, a large fraction of the existing work is for uniaxial compression, and the effects of stress gradients, such as those present during bending, have not been as well explored, and these effects are bound to make difference in terms of kink band nucleation and growth. Furthermore, reports on …
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- Patel, Jay K., Peralta, Pedro D, Oswald, Jay, et al.
- Created Date
- 2016
All structures suffer wear and tear because of impact, excessive load, fatigue, corrosion, etc. in addition to inherent defects during their manufacturing processes and their exposure to various environmental effects. These structural degradations are often imperceptible, but they can severely affect the structural performance of a component, thereby severely decreasing its service life. Although previous studies of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) have revealed extensive prior knowledge on the parts of SHM processes, such as the operational evaluation, data processing, and feature extraction, few studies have been conducted from a systematical perspective, the statistical model development. The first part of this …
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- Kim, Inho, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
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- 2016
A new critical plane-energy model is proposed in this thesis for multiaxial fatigue life prediction of homogeneous and heterogeneous materials. Brief review of existing methods, especially on the critical plane-based and energy-based methods, are given first. Special focus is on one critical plane approach which has been shown to work for both brittle and ductile metals. The key idea is to automatically change the critical plane orientation with respect to different materials and stress states. One potential drawback of the developed model is that it needs an empirical calibration parameter for non-proportional multiaxial loadings since only the strain terms are …
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- Wei, Haoyang, Liu, Yongming, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
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- 2016
There is a concerted effort in developing robust systems health monitoring/management (SHM) technology as a means to reduce the life cycle costs, improve availability, extend life and minimize downtime of various platforms including aerospace and civil infrastructure. The implementation of a robust SHM system requires a collaborative effort in a variety of areas such as sensor development, damage detection and localization, physics based models, and prognosis models for residual useful life (RUL) estimation. Damage localization and prediction is further complicated by geometric, material, loading, and environmental variabilities. Therefore, it is essential to develop robust SHM methodologies by taking into account …
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- Neerukatti, Rajesh Kumar, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
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- 2016
Origami and kirigami, the technique of generating three-dimensional (3D) structures from two-dimensional (2D) flat sheets, are now more and more involved in scientific and engineering fields. Therefore, the development of tools for their theoretical analysis becomes more and more important. Since much effort was paid on calculations based on pure mathematical consideration and only limited effort has been paid to include mechanical properties, the goal of my research is developing a method to analyze the mechanical behavior of origami and kirigami based structures. Mechanical characteristics, including nonlocal effect and fracture of the structures, as well as elasticity and plasticity of …
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- Lv, Cheng, Jiang, Hanqing, Yu, Hongbin, et al.
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- 2016
In this paper, at first, analytical formulation of J-integral for a non-local particle model (VCPM) using atomic scale finite element method is proposed for fracture analysis of 2D solids. A brief review of classical continuum-based J-integral and anon-local lattice particle method is given first. Following this, detailed derivation for the J-integral in discrete particle system is given using the energy equivalence and stress-tensor mapping between the continuum mechanics and lattice-particle system.With the help of atomistic finite element method, the J-integral is expressed as a summation of the corresponding terms in the particle system. Secondly, a coupling algorithm between a non-local …
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- Zope, Jayesh Vishnu, Liu, Yongming, Oswald, Jay, et al.
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- 2016
Cohesive zone model is one of the most widely used model for fracture analysis, but still remains open ended field for research. The earlier works using the cohesive zone model and Extended finite element analysis (XFEM) have been briefly introduced followed by an elaborate elucidation of the same concepts. Cohesive zone model in conjugation with XFEM is used for analysis in static condition in order to check its applicability in failure analysis. A real time setup of pipeline failure due to impingement is analyzed along with a detailed parametric study to understand the influence of the prominent design variable. After …
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- Chandrasekhar, Vishal, Liu, Yongming, Oswald, Jay, et al.
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- 2016
A previously developed small time scale fatigue crack growth model is improved, modified and extended with an emphasis on creating the simplest models that maintain the desired level of accuracy for a variety of materials. The model provides a means of estimating load sequence effects by continuously updating the crack opening stress every cycle, in a simplified manner. One of the significant phenomena of the crack opening stress under negative stress ratio is the residual tensile stress induced by the applied compressive stress. A modified coefficient is introduced to determine the extent to which residual stress impact the crack closure …
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- Venkatesan, Karthik Rajan, Liu, Yongming, Oswald, Jay, et al.
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- 2016
There are many applications for polymer matrix composite materials in a variety of different industries, but designing and modeling with these materials remains a challenge due to the intricate architecture and damage modes. Multiscale modeling techniques of composite structures subjected to complex loadings are needed in order to address the scale-dependent behavior and failure. The rate dependency and nonlinearity of polymer matrix composite materials further complicates the modeling. Additionally, variability in the material constituents plays an important role in the material behavior and damage. The systematic consideration of uncertainties is as important as having the appropriate structural model, especially during …
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- Johnston, Joel Philip, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Liu, Yongming, et al.
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- 2016
The instrumentational measurement of seismic motion is important for a wide range of research fields and applications, such as seismology, geology, physics, civil engineering and harsh environment exploration. This report presents series approaches to develop Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) enhanced inertial motion sensors including accelerometers, seismometers and inclinometers based on Molecular Electronic Transducers (MET) techniques. Seismometers based on MET technology are attractive for planetary applications due to their high sensitivity, low noise floor, small size, absence of fragile mechanical moving parts and independence on the direction of sensitivity axis. By using MEMS techniques, a micro MET seismometer is developed with inter-electrode …
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- Liang, Mengbing, Yu, Hongyu, Dai, Lenore, et al.
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- 2016
Finite element simulations modeling the hydrodynamic impact loads subjected to an elastomeric coating were performed to develop an understanding of the performance and failure mechanisms of protective coatings for cavitating environments. In this work, two major accomplishments were achieved: 1) scaling laws were developed from hydrodynamic principles and numerical simulations to allow conversion of measured distributions of pressure peaks in a cavitating flow to distributions of microscopic impact loadings modeling individual bubble collapse events, and 2) a finite strain, thermo-mechanical material model for polyurea-based elastomers was developed using a logarithmic rate formulation and implemented into an explicit finite element code. …
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- Liao, Xiao, Oswald, Jay, Liu, Yongming, et al.
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- 2016
A method for modelling the interactions of dislocations with inclusions has been developed to analyse toughening mechanisms in alloys. This method is different from the superposition method in that infinite domain solutions and image stress fields are not superimposed. The method is based on the extended finite element method (XFEM) in which the dislocations are modelled according to the Volterra dislocation model. Interior discontinuities are introduced across dislocation glide planes using enrichment functions and the resulting boundary value problem is solved through the standard finite element variational approach. The level set method is used to describe the geometry of the …
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- Veeresh, Pawan Manjunath, Oswald, Jay, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
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- 2016
This investigation develops small-size reduced order models (ROMs) that provide an accurate prediction of the response of only part of a structure, referred to as component-centric ROMs. Four strategies to construct such ROMs are presented, the first two of which are based on the Craig-Bampton Method and start with a set of modes for the component of interest (the β component). The response in the rest of the structure (the α component) induced by these modes is then determined and optimally represented by applying a Proper Orthogonal Decomposition strategy using Singular Value Decomposition. These first two methods are effectively basis …
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- Wang, Yuting, Mignolet, Marc P, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
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- 2017
The Very High Temperature Reactor (VHTR) is one of six conceptual designs proposed for Generation IV nuclear reactors. Alloy 617, a solid solution strengthened Ni-base superalloy, is currently the primary candidate material for the tubing of the Intermediate Heat Exchanger (IHX) in the VHTR design. Steady-state operation of the nuclear power plant at elevated temperatures leads to creep deformation, whereas loading transients including startup and shutdown generate fatigue. A detailed understanding of the creep-fatigue interaction in Alloy 617 is necessary before it can be considered as a material for nuclear construction in ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Current design …
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- Tahir, Fraaz, Liu, Yongming, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
- Created Date
- 2017
A hybrid molecular dynamics (MD) simulation framework is developed to emulate mechanochemical reaction of mechanophores in epoxy-based nanocomposites. Two different force fields, a classical force field and a bond order based force field are hybridized to mimic the experimental processes from specimen preparation to mechanical loading test. Ultra-violet photodimerization for mechanophore synthesis and epoxy curing for thermoset polymer generation are successfully simulated by developing a numerical covalent bond generation method using the classical force field within the framework. Mechanical loading tests to activate mechanophores are also virtually conducted by deforming the volume of a simulation unit cell. The unit cell …
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- Koo, Bonsung, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Dai, Lenore, et al.
- Created Date
- 2017
This dissertation will investigate two of the most promising high-capacity anode materials for lithium-based batteries: silicon (Si) and metal lithium (Li). It will focus on studying the mechanical behaviors of the two materials during charge and discharge and understanding how these mechanical behaviors may affect their electrochemical performance. In the first part, amorphous Si anode will be studied. Despite many existing studies on silicon (Si) anodes for lithium ion batteries (LIBs), many essential questions still exist on compound formation, composition, and properties. Here it is shown that some previously accepted findings do not truthfully reflect the actual lithiation mechanisms in …
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- Wang, Xu, Jiang, Hanqing, Yu, Hongbin, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
Energy harvesting from ambient is important to configuring Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) for environmental data collecting. In this work, highly flexible thermoelectric generators (TEGs) have been studied and fabricated to supply power to the wireless sensor notes used for data collecting in hot spring environment. The fabricated flexible TEGs can be easily deployed on the uneven surface of heated rocks at the rim of hot springs. By employing the temperature gradient between the hot rock surface and the air, these TEGs can generate power to extend the battery lifetime of the sensor notes and therefore reduce multiple batteries changes where …
- Contributors
- Han, Ruirui, Yu, Hongyu, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
Multiaxial mechanical fatigue of heterogeneous materials has been a significant cause of concern in the aerospace, civil and automobile industries for decades, limiting the service life of structural components while increasing time and costs associated with inspection and maintenance. Fiber reinforced composites and light-weight aluminum alloys are widely used in aerospace structures that require high specific strength and fatigue resistance. However, studying the fundamental crack growth behavior at the micro- and macroscale as a function of loading history is essential to accurately predict the residual fatigue life of components and achieve damage tolerant designs. The issue of mechanical fatigue can …
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- Datta, Siddhant, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Liu, Yongming, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
Polymer fibers have broad applications in wearable electronics, bulletproof vests, batteries, fuel cells, filters, electrodes, conductive wires, and biomedical materials. Polymer fibers display light density and flexibility but are mostly weak and compliant. The ceramic, metallic, and carbon nanoparticles have been frequently included in polymers for fabricating continuous, durable, and functional composite fibers. Nanoparticles display large specific areas, low defect density and can transfer their superior properties to polymer matrices. The main focus of this thesis is to design, fabricate and characterize the polymer/nanocarbon composite fibers with unique microstructures and improved mechanical/thermal performance. The dispersions and morphologies of graphene nanoplatelets …
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- Verma, Rahul, Song, Kenan, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
This dissertation presents the development of structural health monitoring and prognostic health management methodologies for complex structures and systems in the field of mechanical engineering. To overcome various challenges historically associated with complex structures and systems such as complicated sensing mechanisms, noisy information, and large-size datasets, a hybrid monitoring framework comprising of solid mechanics concepts and data mining technologies is developed. In such a framework, the solid mechanics simulations provide additional intuitions to data mining techniques reducing the dependence of accuracy on the training set, while the data mining approaches fuse and interpret information from the targeted system enabling the …
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- Li, Guoyi, Chattopadhyay, Aditi, Mignolet, Marc, et al.
- Created Date
- 2019
This investigation focuses on the development of uncertainty modeling methods applicable to both the structural and thermal models of heated structures as part of an effort to enable the design under uncertainty of hypersonic vehicles. The maximum entropy-based nonparametric stochastic modeling approach is used within the context of coupled structural-thermal Reduced Order Models (ROMs). Not only does this strategy allow for a computationally efficient generation of samples of the structural and thermal responses but the maximum entropy approach allows to introduce both aleatoric and some epistemic uncertainty into the system. While the nonparametric approach has a long history of applications …
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- Song, Pengchao, Mignolet, Marc P, Smarslok, Benjamin, et al.
- Created Date
- 2019
The focus of this dissertation is first on understanding the difficulties involved in constructing reduced order models of structures that exhibit a strong nonlinearity/strongly nonlinear events such as snap-through, buckling (local or global), mode switching, symmetry breaking. Next, based on this understanding, it is desired to modify/extend the current Nonlinear Reduced Order Modeling (NLROM) methodology, basis selection and/or identification methodology, to obtain reliable reduced order models of these structures. Focusing on these goals, the work carried out addressed more specifically the following issues: i) optimization of the basis to capture at best the response in the smallest number of modes, …
- Contributors
- Lin, Jinshan, Mignolet, Marc, Jiang, Hanqing, et al.
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When the weather gets nice, people want to spend more times outdoors. The interesting thing is this means summer for those living in northern states, while those in Florida and Arizona spend more time outside any season except summer because it's too hot (it's going up to 115º F in Arizona this weekend). The question then is what … Read More
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There's been a lot more interest in building green houses since we wrote about landscape trends in the Top 10 Features for Outdoor Living Spaces. So here's an update to help you plan your summer projects, or if you live in the south you probably spend more time outdoors during the winter months. Most homeowners know curbside … Read More


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Pulser's first for Flashover under his Luminal name yields instant high-grade results. 'Sunstorm' stacks the deck heavily in its own favour by planting a catchy but understated progressive-leaning mainline on top of a powder-keg euphoric trance backing. Akin to using a flamethrower to light a barbecue, the results floor-side are suitably explosive.


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Paper Bag Records approached Steam Walker to rebuild their aging website using modern design and user experience sensibilities. They needed a custom solution that reflected their unique position in the marketplace, while cultivating effective travel paths for different types of users. The entire site is completely responsive and built using AJAX, so its quick and seamless.
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We elected to rebuild the site using their preexisting WordPress installation, as to avoid an extensive content conversion phase.
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By Aditi Shah
NAGPUR, India (Reuters)
Indian ride-hailing firm Ola's pilot project to test a fleet of electric vehicles in the western city of Nagpur was expected to herald a coming revolution in the Indian autos industry. So far, though, it has only exposed fractures in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitions to make all new vehicles electric by 2030
With an initial investment of about $8 million, Softbank-backed Ola launched the project last year at an event that had all the trappings of a state function, including a big gathering and flagging off by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.
But nine months later, the program has hit a snag: Ola drivers, unhappy with long wait times at charging stations and high operating expenses, want to return their cars and switch to fuel-guzzling variants.
Out of 20 Ola electric car drivers interviewed by Reuters in Nagpur, more than a dozen said they have either returned their electric taxis and switched to diesel, or are planning to do so.
Ola had said it would make 50 charging points available across four locations in Nagpur – a city of about 2.5 million people – for its fleet of 200 electric vehicles, but on a visit to the city in late January, Reuters found only about a dozen charging points. Ola has since added 10 additional charging points but is still short of its target.
Ola did not respond to requests for comment for this article.
Getting infrastructure built in the world's biggest democracy where a not-in-my-backyard culture proliferates is a barrier for a lot of businesses in India
And it is proving to be the same for charging stations – Ola was forced to close one in Nagpur last year after protests by residents angered by traffic jams caused by drivers. It took more than five months to get government clearances to begin operating another station.
The hurdles faced by Ola in setting up sufficient charging stations for a fleet of expensive electric cars with a limited driving range expose the challenges the Indian government and automakers will face if they are to get anywhere near realizing the 2030 vision.
Global auto makers have repeatedly warned that India is not ready for electrification, saying the government must first lay down a clear, long-term policy, provide incentives to encourage manufacturing of electric vehicles to bring down their cost and create the charging infrastructure.
Gadkari added to uncertainty when he said last month that the government will no longer draft a separate electric vehicle policy. He did not comment on the 2030 vision.
The Ola project has not turned out to be economically viable for either the company or its drivers, said one industry source familiar with Ola's strategy.
"The project's not flying as of now and the economics is not working out," the source said.
Electric car sales in India, one of the world's fastest-growing auto markets, made up less than 0.1 percent of annual sales of more than 3 million passenger cars. The lack of demand is mainly because they are expensive – due to high battery costs – and as their range is limited and there isn't a charging infrastructure.
By comparison, in China in 2017, electric vehicles made up about 2 percent of annual passenger car sales of 24.7 million.
The Indian government had been determined to promote electric vehicle use, starting with public transport and taxis, to combat rising pollution and reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil.
India's 2030 ambition was part of a broader move by countries like China and the United Kingdom, which have set similar goals. This has spurred billions of dollars in investments by carmakers like Volkswagen and Ford Motor even as many in the industry say they are unsure who will buy the massive numbers of electric vehicles governments want them to produce.
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Yes its working :)
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Does it work in KVM wrt to this ticket?
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Disabled power management item in kde systemsettings.:
Working quick and dirty in place solution to get rid of the broken power management item in kde systemsettings. (Broken as expected because powerdevil has been disabled.)
[Desktop Entry] Type=none X-KDE-System-Settings-Parent-Category=
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disabled kde battery monitor systray in VMs - https://phabricator.whonix.org/T296:
My quick and dirty solution in place solution that works, that I am cleaning up and committing to disable the battery monitor systray.
Produced a branch doing this. Not yet merged into master.
Nice. Do you know if this can be extended to KDE network manager to get rid of the taskbar icon?
Might have found a better solution.
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Does AppleCare Cover Lost iPhones?by John ListerUpdated September 22, 2017
AppleCare is an extended warranty available to buyers of Apple devices including the iPhone. It covers repair and replacement for a range of technical faults and damage. However, it specifically excludes any coverage for a lost or stolen device. Other insurance policies and extended warranties from third parties may cover such losses.
Apple offers all iPhone buyers – including those who obtained the device from a third-party supplier – a limited warranty for the 12 months after purchase and phone support for 90 days after purchase. The iPhone AppleCare service, known as AppleCare+, costs $129 and extends both the warranty and phone service to run until two years after purchase. It also allows you to get repairs for accidental damage for a fixed price of $29 for screen repairs or $99 for all other repairs on up to two occasions. It is worth mentioning that if more than just your screen is damaged, you will need to pay the full $99 rate to get your screen and other issues fixed.
AppleCare+ has several exclusions such as accidental damage other than the two $99 repairs, cosmetic damage, damage caused by neglect or misuse, damage caused by liquid, and damage or failings on iPhones that the user has tampered with. The AppleCare+ policy specifically excludes a payout for any phone "that has been lost or stolen" because you must return the handset to Apple when making a claim. It is possible that you could make a claim for a $99 repair if you lost a phone, recovered it, and discovered it had been accidentally damaged while out of your possession, although this is not guaranteed.
Most cell phone companies that provide iPhone service also offer insurance plans that cover lost phones, as do third-party specialist insurers. You may have some coverage available from your home contents policy. When comparing insurance options, check the deductibles, maximum payout amounts and any coverage you get for the cost of calls and other data use between your phone being lost or stolen and you reporting the loss to the service provider.
Statutory Rights
AppleCare is an optional service that comes as well as, rather than instead of, your statutory rights. Depending on your location and jurisdiction, you may already be automatically entitled to some of the benefits that you would get by paying for AppleCare. This is particularly relevant in countries that are part of the European Union where electrical retailers must offer a free two-year warranty for some technical faults.