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Professor Andrew Neal
School of Psychology
+61 7 336 56372
McElwain Building (24A)
Level 1, Room 118
Level 1, Room 118
Researcher biography
Andrew is Professor of Business and Organizational Psychology. Andrew leads a large program of applied research into human performance and safety in complex environments. This program has received more than $10 million in funding from the ARC, Federal and State Governments, and industry. A key focus of this program has been on end user impact, with the ultimate goal of improving the safety and effectiveness of critical national infrastructure.
Andrew's major scientific contributions have been in two areas:
- Performance, safety and effectiveness of people at work. He has published a series of influential papers on safety climate and work role performance. For example, the paper by Griffin, Neal and Parker (2007), which has been highly cited, reports the development of a theory of work role performance that explains how different forms of behaviour, such as adaptivity and proactivity, contribute to the effectiveness of individuals, as well as the teams and organizations that they work in.
- Workload, decision making, and self-regulation. Andrew's research has improved our understanding of how people manage task demands in complex systems, such as air traffic control and emergency response. These environments require people to make decisions under time pressure, and often require tradeoffs to be made amongst competing goals (eg safety vs productivity). He has developed computational models to simulate the way that people make decisions in these environment, and how they manage their workload. His research has clarified the mechanisms by which people make choices amongst competing goals, and regulate the amount of effort they apply.
Book Chapters
Gee, Phillip, Ballard, Timothy, Yeo, Gillian and Neal, Andrew (2012). Measuring affect over time: the momentary affect scale. In Neal M. Ashkanasy, Wilfred J. Zerbe and Charmine E. J. Härtel (Ed.), Experiencing and managing emotions in the workplace (pp. 141-173) Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing. doi:10.1108/S1746-9791(2012)0000008010
Boag, C. C. and Neal, A. (2005). The development of a tool for the analysis and modelling of mental workload. In S. J. Thatcher, G. Edkins, B. J. Hayward and M. Nendick (Ed.), 'Setting the Standards' - Proceedings of the Sixth International Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium (pp. x-x) Australia: Australian Aviation Psychology Association.
Neal, A. and Griffin, M. (2004). Safety climate and safety at work. In J. Barling and M. R. Frone (Ed.), The Psychology of Workplace Safety (pp. 15-34) United States: American Psychological Association.
Neal, A. F. and Hesketh, B. (2001). Productivity in Organisations. In Neil Anderson, Deniz S. Ones, Hanadan Kepir Sinangil and Chockalingam Viswesvaran (Ed.), Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organisation Psychology, Volume 2 (pp. 7-24) London, UK: Sage Publications.
Hartel, C. E., Neal, A., Halford, G. S. and Hartel, G. F. (2000). Cognitive determinants of expert decision making in air traffic control. In Brent J Hayward and Andrew R Lowe (Ed.), Aviation Resource Management 2nd ed. (pp. 297-304) Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate.
Neal, A. F., Griffin, M., Paterson, J. M. and Bordia, P. (2000). Development of measures of situation awareness, task performance, and contextual performance in Air Traffic Control. In Brent J. Hayward and Andrew R. Lowe (Ed.), Aviation Resource Management (pp. 305-314) Aldershot, UK: Ashgate.
Hartel, C. E., Neal, A., Halford, G. S. and Hartel, G. F. (2000). A new approach to mental workload measurement in air traffic control. In Andrew R. Lowe and Brent J. Hayward (Ed.), Aviation Resource Management: Proceedings of the Fourth Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2nd ed. (pp. 297-304) Vermont, USA: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Neal, A. F. and Hesketh, B. (1999). Technology and performance. In D. Ilgen and D. Pulakos (Ed.), The Changing Nature of performance: Implications for Staffing, Motivation and Development (pp. 21-55) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Journal Articles
Andrei, Daniela M., Griffin, Mark A., Grech, Michelle and Neal, Andrew (2020) How demands and resources impact chronic fatigue in the maritime industry. The mediating effect of acute fatigue, sleep quality and recovery. Safety Science, 121 362-372. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.09.019
Strickland, Luke, Elliott, David, Wilson, Michael David, Loft, Shayne, Neal, Andrew and Heathcote, Andrew (2019) Prospective Memory in the Red Zone: Cognitive Control and Capacity Sharing in a Complex, Multi-Stimulus Task. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied, 25 4: 695-715. doi:10.1037/xap0000224
Boag, Russell James, Strickland, Luke, Heathcote, Andrew, Neal, Andrew and Loft, Shayne (2019) Cognitive control and capacity for prospective memory in complex dynamic environments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 148 12: 2181-2206. doi:10.1037/xge0000599
Hector Palada, Neal, Andrew F., Strayer, David, Timothy Ballard and Heathcote, Andrew (2019) Using Response Time Modeling to Understand the Sources of Dual-Task Interference in a Dynamic Environment. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance, 45 10: 1331-1345.doi:10.1037/xhp0000672
Casey, Tristan W., Neal, Andrew and Griffin, Mark (2019) LEAD operational safety: development and validation of a tool to measure safety control strategies. Safety Science, 118 . doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2019.05.005
Ballard, Timothy, Sewell, David K., Cosgrove, Daniel and Neal, Andrew (2019) Information processing under reward versus under punishment. Psychological Science, 30 5: 757-764. doi:10.1177/0956797619835462
Palada, Hector, Neal, Andrew, Tay, Rachel and Heathcote, Andrew (2018) Understanding the causes of adapting, and failing to adapt, to time pressure in a complex multistimulus environment. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 24 3: 380-399. doi:10.1037/xap0000176
Ballard, Timothy, Vancouver, Jeffrey B. and Neal, Andrew (2018) On the pursuit of multiple goals with different deadlines. Journal of Applied Psychology, . doi:10.1037/apl0000304
Gee, Phillip, Neal, Andrew and Vancouver, Jeffrey B. (2018) A formal model of goal revision in approach and avoidance contexts. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 146 51-61. doi:10.1016/j.obhdp.2018.03.002
Ballard, Timothy, Yeo, Gillian, B. Vancouver, Jeffrey and Neal, Andrew (2017) The dynamics of avoidance goal regulation. Motivation and Emotion, 41 6: 698-707. doi:10.1007/s11031-017-9640-8
Fletcher, Kingsley, Neal, Andrew and Yeo, Gillian (2017) The effect of motor task precision on pupil diameter. Applied Ergonomics, 65 309-315. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2017.07.010
Ballard, Timothy, Farrell, Simon and Neal, Andrew (2017) Quantifying the psychological value of goal achievement. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 25 3: 1-9. doi:10.3758/s13423-017-1329-1
Casey, Tristan, Griffin, Mark A., Harrison, Huw Flatau and Neal, Andrew (2017) Safety climate and culture: integrating psychological and systems perspectives. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 22 3: 341-353. doi:10.1037/ocp0000072
Neal, Andrew, Ballard, Timothy and Vancouver, Jeffrey B. (2017) Dynamic self-regulation and multiple-goal pursuit. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 4 401-423. doi:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032516-113156
Ballard, Timothy, Yeo, Gillian, Loft, Shayne, Vancouver, Jeffrey B. and Neal, Andrew (2016) An integrative formal model of motivation and decision making: the MGPM*. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101 9: 1240-1265. doi:10.1037/apl0000121
Ballard, Timothy, Yeo, Gillian, Neal, Andrew and Farrell, Simon (2016) Departures from optimality when pursuing multiple approach or avoidance goals. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101 7: 1056-1066. doi:10.1037/apl0000082
Palada, Hector, Neal, Andrew, Vuckovic, Anita, Martin, Russell, Samuels, Kate and Heathcote, Andrew (2016) Evidence accumulation in a complex task: making choices about concurrent multiattribute stimuli under time pressure. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 22 1: 1-23. doi:10.1037/xap0000074
Hannah, Samuel D. and Neal, Andrew (2014) On-the-fly scheduling as a manifestation of partial-order planning and dynamic task values. Human Factors, 56 6: 1093-1112. doi:10.1177/0018720814525629
Yeo, Gillian B., Frederiks, Elisha R., Kiewitz, Christian and Neal, Andrew (2014) A dynamic, self-regulatory model of affect and performance: interactions between states, traits and task demands. Motivation and Emotion, 38 3: 429-443. doi:10.1007/s11031-013-9376-z
Vuckovic, Anita, Kwantes, Peter J., Humphreys, Michael and Neal, Andrew (2014) A sequential sampling account of response bias and speed-accuracy tradeoffs in a conflict detection task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20 1: 55-68. doi:10.1037/xap000007
Vuckovic, Anita, Sanderson, Penelope, Neal, Andrew, Gaukrodger, Stephen and Wong, B. L. William (2013) Relative position vectors: an alternative approach to conflict detection in air traffic control. Human Factors, 55 5: 946-964. doi:10.1177/0018720813481803
Yeo, Gillian B. and Neal, Andrew (2013) Revisiting the functional properties of self-efficacy: a dynamic perspective. Journal of Management, 39 6: 1385-1396. doi:10.1177/0149206313490027
Vuckovic, Anita, Kwantes, Peter J. and Neal, Andrew (2013) Adaptive Decision Making in a Dynamic Environment: A Test of a Sequential Sampling Model of Relative Judgment. Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied, 19 3: 266-284. doi:10.1037/a0034384
Neal, Andrew, Hannah, Sam, Sanderson, Penelope, Bolland, Scott, Mooij, Martijn and Murphy, Sean (2013) Development and validation of a multilevel model for predicting workload under routine and nonroutine conditions in an air traffic management center. Human Factors, OnlineFirst 2: 1-19. doi:10.1177/0018720813491283
Colley, Sarah K., Lincolne, Jonathan and Neal, Andrew (2013) An examination of the relationship amongst profiles of perceived organizational values, safety climate and safety outcomes. Safety Science, 51 1: 69-76. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2012.06.001
Colley, Sarah K. and Neal, Andrew (2012) Automated text analysis to examine qualitative differences in safety schema among upper managers, supervisors and workers. Safety Science, 50 9: 1775-1785. doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2012.04.006
Neal, Andrew, Yeo, Gillian, Koy, Annette and Xiao, Tania (2012) Predicting the form and direction of work role performance from the Big 5 model of personality traits. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 33 2: 175-192. doi:10.1002/job.742
Neal, Andrew, Flach, John, Mooij, Martijn, Lehmann, Stefan, Stankovic, Stephanie and Hasenbosch, Samuel (2011) Envisaging the future air traffic management system. The International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 21 1: 16-34. doi:10.1080/10508414.2011.537557
Grech, Michelle R., Neal, Andrew, Yeo, Gillian, Humphreys, Michael and Smith, Simon (2009) An examination of the relationship between workload and fatigue within and across consecutive days of work: Is the relationship static or dynamic?. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 14 3: 231-242. doi:10.1037/a0014952
Loft, Shayne, Bolland, Scott, Humphreys, Michael S. and Neal, Andrew (2009) A Theory and Model of Conflict Detection in Air Traffic Control: Incorporating Environmental Constraints. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 15 2: 106-124. doi:10.1037/a0016118
Neal, Andrew and Kwantes, Peter J. (2009) An Evidence Accumulation Model for Conflict Detection Performance in a Simulated Air Traffic Control Task. Human Factors, 51 2: 164-180. doi:10.1177/0018720809335071
Fothergill, Selina, Loft, Shayne and Neal, Andrew (2009) ATC-lab(Advanced): An air traffic control simulator with realism and control. Behavior Research Methods, 41 1: 118-127. doi:10.3758/BRM.41.1.118
Yeo, Gillian and Neal, Andrew (2008) Subjective Cognitive Effort: A Model of States, Traits and Time. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93 3: 617-631. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.93.3.617
Griffin, Mark A., Parker, Sharon K. and Neal, Andrew (2008) Is Behavioral Engagement a Distinct and Useful Construct?. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1 1: 48-51. doi:10.1111/j.1754-9434.2007.00007.x
Armenis, Damien C. and Neal, Andrew (2008) Recognizing Potential: A Naturalistic Investigation of Employee Promotion Decisions. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 2 1: 63-87. doi:10.1518/155534308X284372
Griffin, Mark A., Neal, Andrew F. and Parker, Sharon K. (2007) A new model of work role performance: positive behavior in uncertain and interdependent contexts. Academy of Management Journal, 50 2: 327-347. doi:10.5465/AMJ.2007.24634438
Loft, Shayne D., Neal, Andrew F. and Humphreys, Michael S. (2007) The development of a general associative learning account of skill acquisition in a relative arrival-time judgement task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33 4: 938-959. doi:10.1037/0096-15220.127.116.118
Loft, S., Sanderson, P., Neal, A. and Mooij, M. (2007) Modeling and predicting mental workload in en route air traffic control: Critical review and broader implications. Human Factors, 49 3: 376-399. doi:10.1518/001872007X197017
Joung, W., Hesketh, B. and Neal, A. (2006) Using "war stories" to train for adaptive performance: Is it better to learn from error or success?. Applied Psychology-an International Review, 55 2: 282-302. doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2006.00244.x
Crawford, J. and Neal, A. (2006) A review of the perceptual and cognitive issues associated with the use of head-up displays in commercial aviation. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 16 1: 1-19. doi:10.1207/s15327108ijap1601_1
Boag, C., Neal, A., Loft, S. and Halford, G. S. (2006) An analysis of relational complexity in an air traffic control conflict detection task. Ergonomics, 49 14: 1508-1526. doi:10.1080/00140130600779744
Neal, A. F., Godley, S. T., Kirkpatrick, T., Dewsnap, G., Joung, W. and Hesketh, B. (2006) An examination of learning processes during critical incident training: Implications for the development of adaptable trainees. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91 6: 1276-1291. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.6.1276
Neal, A. and Griffin, M. A. (2006) A study of the lagged relationships among safety climate, safety motivation, safety behavior, and accidents at the individual and group levels. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91 4: 946-953. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.4.946
Yeo, GB and Neal, A (2006) An examination of the dynamic relationship between self-efficacy and performance across levels of analysis and levels of specificity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91 5: 1088-1101. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.91.5.1088
Kwantes, P. J. and Neal, A. F. (2006) Why people underestimate y when extrapolating in linear functions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory And Cognition, 32 5: 1019-1030. doi:10.1037/0278-73126.96.36.1999
Neal, A., West, M. A. and Patterson, M. G. (2005) Do organizational climate and competitive strategy moderate the relationship between human resource management and productivity?. Journal of Management, 31 4: 492-512. doi:10.1177/0149206304272188
Yeo, Gillian B. and Neal, Andrew (2004) A multilevel analysis of effort, practice, and performance: Effects of ability, conscientiousness, and goal orientation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 89 2: 231-247. doi:10.1037/0021-9010.89.2.231
Loft, Shayne, Hill, Andrew, Neal, Andrew, Humphreys, Michael and Yeo, Gillian (2004) ATC-lab: An air traffic control simulator for the laboratory. Behavior Research Methods Instruments & Computers, 36 2: 331-338. doi:10.3758/BF03195579
Loft, Shayne, Humphreys, Michael and Neal, Andrew (2004) The influence of memory for prior instances on performance in a conflict detection task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 10 3: 173-187. doi:10.1037/1076-898X.10.3.173
Crawford, S., Joung, W., Hesketh, B., Griffiths, R., Bearman, S., Kirkpatrick, T. and Neal, A. F. (2003) Emergent Issues for Training: The Benefits of Learning from Other People's Mistakes. Fire Australia, August: 26-27.
Neal, A. F. (2002) Safety climate and safety behaviour. Australian Journal of Management, 27 67-75.
Griffin, M. A., Neal, A. F. and Neale, M. (2000) The contribution of task performance and contextual performance to effectiveness: Investigating the role of situational constraints. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 49 3: 517-533. doi:10.1111/1464-0597.00029
Griffin, Mark A. and Neal, Andrew (2000) Perceptions of safety at work: a framework for linking safety climate to safety performance, knowledge and motivation. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5 3: 347-358. doi:10.1037//1076-89188.8.131.527
Neal, Andrew and Griffin, Mark A. (1999) Developing a Model of Individual Performance for Human Resource Management. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 37 2: 44-59. doi:10.1177/103841119903700205
Neal, Andrew and Hesketh, Beryl (1997) Episodic knowledge and implicit learning. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 4 1: 24-37. doi:10.3758/BF03210770
Neal, Andrew and Hesketh, Beryl (1997) Future directions for implicit learning: Toward a clarification of issues associated with knowledge representation and consciousness. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 4 1: 73-78. doi:10.3758/BF03210777
Neal, Andrew, Hesketh, Beryl and Andrews, And Sally (1995) Instance-based categorization: Automatic versus intentional forms of retrieval. Memory & Cognition, 23 2: 227-242. doi:10.3758/BF03197224
Conference Papers
Fothergill, Selina and Neal, Andrew (2013). Conflict-resolution heuristics for en route air traffic management. In: Aerospace Systems: AS5 - Ground Crew and General Performance Issues. 57th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting - 2013, HFES 2013, San Diego, CA, (71-75). 30 September - 4 October 2013. doi:10.1177/1541931213571018
Kwantes, Peter J., Neal, Andrew and Kalish, Michael (2012). Item order matters in a function learning task. In: Special Issue: 2011 Festschrift for Douglas J. K. Mewhort. Meeting on Human Memory and Computational Cognitive Modelling, Winnipeg Canada, (90-97). 7 June 2012. doi:10.1037/a0026639
Vuckovic, Anita, Kwantes, Peter and Neal, Andrew (2011). A dynamic model of decision making in ATC: Adaptation of criterion across angle and time. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting 2011. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (55th, HFES, 2011), Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A., (330-334). 19-23 September 2011. doi:10.1177/1071181311551068
Neal, Andrew, Yeo, Gillian Bernadette, Koy, Annette and Xiao, Tania (2010). Predicting the form and direction of work role performance from the Big 5 model of personality traits. In: 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. Academy of Management 2010 Annual Meeting: Dare to Care, Montreal, Canada, (). 6 - 10 August 2010.
Stankovic, Stephanie, Neal, Andrew and Hasenbosch, Samuel (2010). A separation assurance model for automation design and evaluation. In: G. Boy, M. Ferary and P. Palanque, Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Aeronautics. 5th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction in Aerospace: HCI Aero 2010, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, (). 3-5 November 2010.
Lehmann, Stefan, Bolland, Scott, Remington, Roger, Humphreys, Michael S. and Neal, Andrew (2010). Using A* graph traversal to model conflict resolution in air traffic control. In: Dario D. Salvucci and Glenn Gunzelmann, Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. ICCM 2010: 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., (139-144). 5-8 August 2010.
Vuckovic, Anita, Neal, Andrew, Sanderson, Penelope, Wong, William and Gaukrodger, Stephen (2010). Evaluating the multi-conflict display. In: Boy, G., Feary, M. and Palanque, P., 5th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction in Aerospace: HCI Aero 2010, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, (). 3- 5 November 2010.
Lehmann, Stefan, Bolland, Scott, Remington, Roger, Humphreys, Michael S., Fothergill, Selina, Hasenbosch, Sam and Neal, Andrew (2009). Evaluation of a model of expert decision making in air traffic control. In: Wayne Christensen, Elizabeth Schier and John Sutton, ASCS09: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science. 9th Conference of the Australasian Society for Cognitive Science, Sydney, Australia, (204-209). 30 September - 2 October 2010. doi:10.5096/ASCS200931
Fothergill, S. and Neal, A. (2008). The Effect of Workload on Conflict Decision Making Strategies in Air Traffic Control. In: Cooke, Nancy J., Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergnonomics Society 52nd Annual Meeting - 2008. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 52nd Annual Meeting, New York Marriott Marquis Times Square, (39-43). 22nd - 26th September 2008.
Sanderson, P., Mooij, M. and Neal, A. (2007). Investigating sources of mental workload using a high-fidelity ATC simulator. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. 14th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, U.S., (423-468). 24 April, 2007.
Bolland, S., Fothergill, S., Humphreys, M., Neal, A. and Lindsay, P. (2007). Modelling the human air traffic controller, Part II: Emulating controller intervention. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Aviation Psychology 2007. 14th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP), Dayton, U.S., (57-62). 23 - 26 April, 2007.
Neal, A., Mooij, M., Bolland, S., Xiao, T., Lindsay, P. and Boag, C. (2007). Using multi-level analysis to model the sources of variability in workload within and between sectors. In: International Symposium on Aviation Psychology 2007. 14th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology (ISAP), Dayton, Ohio, (463-468). 23-26 April, 2007.
Koy, A., Neal, A. and Lipp, O. V. (2006). Training selective use of a complex categorisation strategy. In: Lipp, Ottmar V. and Price, S., Australian Journal of Psychology. The 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Bardon Conference Centre, Brisbane, (81-82). 20-23 April, 2006. doi:10.1080/00049530600940016
Koy, A. P., Neal, A. F. and Lipp, O. V. (2005). Using varied training to encourage use of a complex strategy during categorisation. In: P. Smith and C. Liu, The Abstracts of the 32nd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference. the 32nd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, (58-58). 1-4 April 2005.
Wicks, J., Connelly, S. F., Lindsay, P. A., Neal, A. F., Wang, J. S. and Chitoni, R. (2005). Simulation of air traffic controllers' behaviour using the operator choice model. In: A. Zerger and R. M. Argent, MODSIM 2005 Interational Congress on Modelling and Simulation. MODSIM05, Melbourne, (3023-3029). 12-15 December, 2005.
Fothergill, S. and Neal, A. F. (2005). Managing the airspace: A task analysis of Australian air traffic control. In: R. Martin, Australian Journal of Psychology: The Abstracts of the 5th UQ Symposium on Organisational Psychology. the 5th UQ Symposium on Organisational Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, (109-110). 4 June 2005. doi:10.1080/00049530600940007
Colley, S and Neal, A. F. (2005). A qualitative cross-level investigation of safety climate perceptions. In: Australian Journal of Psychology: The Abstracts of the 5th UQ Symposium on Organisational Psychology. 5th UQ Symposium on Organisational Psychology, University of Queensland, Australia, (108-109). 4 June 2005. doi:10.1080/00049530600940007
Neal, A. and Yeo, G. (2005). Self-efficacy and task performance: An investigation from two levels of analysis and specificity. In: 5th UQ Symposium on Organisational Psychology, Emmanuel College, University of Queensland, (115-115). 4 June 2005.
Sturk, H., Neal, A. and Kavanagh, D. (2005). Health promotion in general practice: A framework for identifying factors that influence performance. In: Robin Martin, Australian Journal of Psychology: Abstracts of the 5th UQ Symposium on Organisational Psychology. 5th University of Queensland Symposium on Organisational Psychology, Brisbane, Queensland, (113-113). 4th June, 2005. doi:10.1080/00049530600940007
Kwantes, P. J., Neal, A. and Loft, S. (2004). Developing a formal model of human memory in a simulated air traffic control conflict detection task. In: Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th annual meeting. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 48th annual meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, (). 20-24 September 2004.
Tiller, SJ, Humphreys, MS and Neal, AF (2004). Recognition memory effects in event-based prospective memory. In: Australian Journal of Psychology. 39th Conference of The Australian Psychological Society, Sydney, Australia, (228-229). 29 September - 3 October 2004.
Loft, S, Humphreys, M and Neal, A (2004). Credit assignment: The memory representation of dynamic task events. In: International Journal of Psychology. IUPsyS Invited Symposium, 8-13 August 2004, (294-294). Beijing, China.
Loft, S. D., Humphreys, M. S. and Neal, A. F. (2003). Prospective memory in air traffic control. In: G Edkins and P. Pfister, Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2000. Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2000, Sydney, Australia, (287-294). 20-24 November, 2000.
Neal, Andrew F., Humphreys, Michael F., Leadbetter, David and Lindsay, Peter A. (2003). Development of a hazard analysis technique for human computer systems. In: Graham Edkins and Peter Pfister, Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2000. Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2000, Sydney, Australia, (255-262). 20-24 November 2000.
Loft, S., Neal A. and Humphreys, M. (2002). Learning and Transfer in an Applied Visual Spatial Task. In: F. Vetere, L. Johnston and R. Kushinsky, Proceedings of HF 2002 Conference. HF2002: Human Factors Conference, Melbourne, Australia, (). 25-27 November, 2002.
Neal, A. (2001). How do we measure the contextual elements of job performance? Differentiating core task performance and teamwork from compliance, achievement, and adaptability. In: W. Noble, Australian Journal of Psychology Combined Abstracts of 2001 Australian Psychology Conferences. 4th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Sydney, NSW, (84-84). 21-24 June 2001.
Boag, C., Neal, A., Goodwin, G. and Halford, G. S. (2001). Risk management using human factors technology: Using mental workload to predict performance. In: W. Noble, Australian Journal of Psychology Combined Abstracts of 2001 Australian Psychology Conferences. 4th Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Sydney, NSW, (72-72). 21-24 June 2001.
Leadbetter, D., Hussey, A. P., Lindsay, P. A., Neal, A. F. and Humphreys, M. S. (2001). Towards model based prediction of human error rates in interactive systems. In: P. Calder and M. Rees, Australian Computer Science Communications: Proceedings of the 2nd Australasian User Interface Conference 2001. AUIC 2001, Gold Coast, (42-49). 29 January - 1 February 2001. doi:10.1109/AUIC.2001.906275
Neal, A. F., Griffin, M. A. and Hart, P. D. (2000) The impact of organisational climate on safety climate and individual behaviour. Safety Science, 34 1-3: 99-109. doi:10.1016/S0925-7535(00)00008-4
Boag, C., Hartel, C. E., Halford, G. S. and Neal, A. (1999). A new approach for the measurement and management of workload. In: Proceedings of the Third Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference: Australian Journal of Psychology. Third Australian Industrial and Organisational Psychology Conference, Brisbane, (61-62). 26-27 June, 1999.
Boag, C., Neale, M. C. and Neal, A. (1999). Measuring situation awareness: A comparison of alternative measurement techniques. In: R. S. Jenson, B. Cox, J. D. Callister and R. Lavis, Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on Aviation Psychology:. The Tenth International Symposium of Aviation Psychology, Columbus, Ohio, (1240-1246). 3-6 May, 1999.
Neal, A., Brookes, L. R. and Wood, T. (1999). Factors affecting the use of exemplars and rules in categorisation: When do specific experiences override general rules. In: S. Kinosheta and K. Murphy, 26th Annual Experimental Psychology Conference. 26th Annual Experimental Psychology Conference, Macquarie Univ., (37-37). 9-11 April, 1999.
Department Technical Report
Connelly, Simon, Lindsay, Peter, Neal, Andrew and Humphreys, Mike (2001) A Formal Model Of Cognitive Processes For An Air Traffic Control Task. SVRC Tech Report 01-31, Software Verification Research Centre, School of Information Technology, The University Of Queensland.


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A mum has been jailed for 18 months over the death of her daughter who 'froze to death' after being left outside in the bitter cold.
Tierra Williams, 23, had left daughter, Wynter Parker, with the girl's father when she went out February 2, 2018. But when she returned home two hours later to the Akron home, she found the little girl 'frozen' on the porch on what had been a freezing cold day, authorities claimed.
Upon being jailed for 18 months by Summit County Judge Alison McCarty Tierra reacted angrily, Akron Beacon Journal reported.
She shouted: "That is so f****d up. I'm so f*****g mad." Tierra and her ex-boyfriend, Dariaun Parker, 25, pleaded guilty to child endangering in November for Wynter Parker's death.
Parker, who received two years in jail, pleaded guilty last November to child endangering, which carries a penalty of up to three years in prison.
Both were hoping for probation, while prosecutors urged prison time. Williams found her daughter, Wynter Parker, unconscious outside the family's Willow Run apartment and made a frantic call to 911.
Williams told the dispatcher: "She's frozen! She's frozen." Williams, who was pregnant at the time, told police that she left Wynter with Dariaun Parker for about two hours while she was out with their 4four-year-old son.
Parker lost track of Wynter on a day when Akron's temperatures never rose higher than -7C. Wynter, who hadn't been wearing warm clothing or a coat, died from severe hypothermia.
The parents broke up after Wynter's death. Angela Williams, Tierra's mother, said her daughter is a good mother who made 'one bad decision'. She continued: "We need to heal as a family and not be pulled apart with her being gone from her kids and her family."
Assistant Prosecutor Dan Sallerson claimed that it wasn't the first time Akron police had been called to this couple's apartment because their children were outside unattended.
He said Parker was up all night, and the family had breakfast on the morning of Wynter's death before Williams left with their son. Judge McCarty said taking care of children should be their most important duty, but this wasn't the situation in the family home.
She said two-year-old children who are left unattended can get into lots of dangerous situations, like walking into a pool and drowning or drinking something poisonous.
Kani Hightower, Williams' attorney, admitted she had made a mistake by leaving Wynter alone with Parker, knowing that he hadn't gotten any sleep.
But in her defense she did all she could to help her daughter when she found her outside.

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The Fiddle leaf Fig tree (ficus lyrata) with its large, violin-shaped leaves (hence the name) is a living sculpture that can stand on its own.
This plant commands attention whenever you enter its presence. It is
strikingly beautiful with wavy green, leathery leaves growing from one
main stem -- a stylish and graceful, fast-growing plant that can touch
the ceiling in a few years. This tropical plant originated in West
Africa and can grow as tall as 40 feet; however, the growth is much
slower when grown indoors.
Make a bold statement with a big leaf house plant and grow this stylish, large indoor tree in your home. It is really easy to maintain; however, you have to find a good place to keep it with bright indirect light and plenty of warm sun. A room with a Southern or Western window exposure would be ideal.
Also, Fiddle Leaf Fig trees can be rather finicky - and
will become stressed and drop its leaves, as it doesn't like to be
moved around. Whether you like the formal or casual look you can add
that special decorative touch just by choosing pretty and interesting
wicker baskets, plastic containers, and ceramic chache pots.
Lighting: Provide plant at least 6-8 hours abundant, indirect light. Do
not place your plant close to windows that get hot, afternoon sun, as
this could burn your plant. Be sure to rotate plant to keep it balanced.
Water: Water when soil is dry to the touch, test soil by sticking your finger into the soil; if the top 1 – 2 inches of soil is dry, Water thoroughly and allow excess water to run off. Avoid leaving plant in standing water to avoid root rot. Decrease water in winter when plant goes dormant. NOTE: Plant is sensitive to the salt in soft water. Do not use water from water softening systems - rainwater or bottled water is okay.
Temperature: Plant likes to be kept between 60-80 degrees. Keep it away from air conditioners, drafts, and heating vents. Avoid intense cold or heat as this causes leaf drop on a Ficus Tree.
Soil: Pot your plant in rich, well-aerated potting soil that drains quickly. It should hold moisture, but not be soggy.
Humidity: Plant likes high humidity, mist the leaves with tepid water at least a couple of times per week. Use a room humidifier for best results. It will work especially well if you live in a dry, arid place.
Fertilize: Feed your fiddle leaf fig plant every week during the growing season using an all-purpose liquid plant food at half strength. Fertilization is not required during the winter months because the plant goes dormant.
Fiddle Leaf Fig, like being root-bound in small pots; therefore repotting should be done infrequently.
Grooming: Remove old leaves as soon as they begin to yellow and clean leaves with soft sponge and water to keep your them looking healthy and glossy.
Prune: Early springtime prune from the top of your tree to encourage branching and fullness. You should remove all the dead growth and trim down the unwanted new growth.
Repotting: Repot into a pot that is two (2) inches bigger when the roots begin to grow out of the bottom of the pot.
Enjoy your space with a trendy, fabulous Fiddle leaf fig tree plant!!
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String of Pearls (Senecio Rowleyanus) aka Bead Vine is a lovely succulent plant with little green pea-shaped leaves strung on thread-like stems.
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Written by Robert Holmes
Directed by David Malone
Arriving on a wasteland planet, The Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe discover society held in check by creatures known as the Krotons.
"Zoe is something of a genius. It can be rather irritating at times."
Given the influence that Robert Holmes would later exhibit over Doctor Who and its mythology, he gets a rather inauspicious beginning with The Krotons. Missing are the trademarks of Robert Holmes later scripts, the dark humor, the detailed world-building, the double-act. It is fun to see the development of writers and this is one reason I have wanted to watch these stories in broadcast order, to see how the show develops. By the time of his death, Robert Holmes will have written for every classic era Doctor except the first and the seventh. No other Doctor Who writer can claim this. I enjoy his stories for their characterization and imagination. Sadly, The Krotons was a bit boring in places. I found my mind wandering quite a bit.
The story takes place on an unnamed planet where the mysterious Krotons hold a race called The Gonds in a state of slavery and keep them technologically undeveloped. The Krotons regularly subject the Gonds to intelligence tests and those who pass become companions to the Krotons. We learn quite quickly that these "companions" are really drained of their mental energies and killed. The Krotons are a crystalline race and they need the mental energy to reconstitute themselves and repair their ship. The Gonds are kept under-developed to keep them from rebelling, but this also serves to slow The Krotons' progress to a crawl. Unintended consequences there. It is the arrival of The Doctor and Zoe in particular that puts The Krotons' goal within reach, but it also starts to spur the Gonds toward rebellion. You know how these things go. It's Doctor Who, after all.
This isn't a bad story, but it is a bit of a dull one. There are some great moments between The Doctor and Zoe. The scene with Beta and Jamie creating acid is fun due to contrasting Beta's excitement at trying chemistry for the first time and Jamie's apprehension with the exploding chemicals. Phillip Madoc brings great menace to the rebel leader Eelek. And of course, seeing Patrick Troughton act is always preferable to just listening to him. But overall the story is rather predictable and on par with many similar stories of the time. It isn't bad, it just isn't particularly memorable. There are, however, some good concepts floating in the background and these will later be fleshed out in the Lawrence Miles novel Alien Bodies.


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IBM SmartCamp is an annual pitch competition among rising startups from around the world.
Startups spend a day getting coached by local business leaders, investors, and industry experts and then pitch to a live audience of potential clients, partners, investors, and tech enthusiasts. This year IBM is teaming with angel investor and serial entrepreneur, Jason Calacanis and his organization, LAUNCH Media, to provide 10 of this year's SmartCamp winners from around the world the ultimate Silicon Valley experience. Jason Calacanis is an investor in over 60 startups (including Uber.com, Mint, Yammer) He has a $10M angel fund and hosts the largest startup conference in the world, LAUNCH Festival. This year, three finalists will get to pitch live on stage at LAUNCH Festival and one lucky winner will be given a spot in the LAUNCH Incubator and a $25k investment by Calacanis.Demo day for NYC is September 17. IBM Smartcamp happens in 28 cities worldwide.


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Possibly interesting for users who want to buy a fully Linux capable computer. Also to see which components and compilations are Linux compatible or ~meaningful.
Generally all - or many - components work.
Exception: With the very latest hardware there can be problems at the beginning because the appropriate drivers to address the hardware have to be written by the Linux hackers first. With the newest hardware you can only wait until the drivers are included in the kernel.
In rare cases it can also be very tedious or even impossible to get a hardware to run if the hardware manufacturer does not want this (works against it) or has special (~licensed?) things built in.
If you know other sources or if you have gained your own experience, please share this information here. Thank you.
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well, dell is well known for it's linux support. You could select, when order, if you would get your PC with windows or Ubunut:
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Got a Gazelle recently. Am using dual monitors. They said to enable Nvidia by clicking on the option top left corner. I did. The laptop went into brick mode at reboot. Never booted back. Have installed Xubuntu 18.04 LTS instead of their pop_os thing that has gnome. Works OK, gets the work done. But the backlit keyboard cannot be switched off, it has 2 hours of battery life, and it cannot connect to the wifi from the backyard deck whereas a simple Lenovo can. And there's no need for nvidia in order to use dual monitors. Their .deb package for power management includes nvidia, gcc, libc, and tons of other things. No way am I going to install that. I can append the dpkg log later on to show what this installation entails.rghvdberg wrote:https://system76.com/
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where one of the main personnages, Jean
Louis de Nogaret de La Valette, really lived.
This is Château de Caumont, just some 30 km from a house where I live.
I adore these old old old windows:
And I've got a great stamp there.
Watercolor and sketches about my travels, garden and kitchen as well! Watercolor and graphic illustrations, ubran-sketcher travel-sketchbook with art-journaling and junkbook pages watercolor,watercolor-sketchbook, artjournal, aquarelle, sketchbook, fast-sketch, france-sketch, illustration, graphic design, urban-sketch
I LOVE a good castle, and your sketchbook is fantastic!!! Happy PPF!ReplyDelete
Oh, wow! Your artwork is amazing! Love the addition of the tickets. Happy PPFReplyDelete
Fascinating history and wonderful art journaling. Happy PPF, hugs, ValerieReplyDelete
your wonderful sketchbook pages!I am very happy and thank you for doing this with my topic at AJJ!
Happ weekend and happy PPF
Your journal is beautifulReplyDelete
Oh merci beaucoup for sharing this magnificent chateau! I have always been fascinated by the French chateaux and have seen a fair amount of them but only in the Loire Valley where family live. Your watercolour rendition of Caumont is super! happy PPF!ReplyDelete
Your watercolor spread is awesome. I enjoy the history and photos you presented.
Happy weekend ❤
Those are three wonderful watercolour spreads ! Amazing post with the photos!
Great that you are with us at Art Journal Journey! Thank you for linking to us!
Your watercolor art and your sketches are amazing - watched your video on You Tube where you flip through your journal! Very inspiring!
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I love a bit of medieval intrigue! Wonderful photos and art Erica!
Beautiful journal pages!! Wow impressive!
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I love the history behind your painting. What a talented artist you are.
A wonderful combination of art, photos, and history.ReplyDelete
Lovely work, congrats on your PPF feature today!ReplyDelete
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OMG what a fantastic post! I so enjoy reading and watching your sweet story about the past times! Your sketches and journal are/is amazing and soooo inspiring! I have visited Carcassonne these days, but it felt tooooo big to me, haha I prefer the tinyer castles for sure ;) ♥ Conny http://piaromsartjournaling.blogspot.deReplyDelete
Some gorgeous photos and lovely sketch work:D Thankyou so much for sharing.
I particularly like the windows you mentioned. Certainly could make some art with those :D
Best wishes,
I have seen chateau only in movies..good to see one here and to read some history about it...your travel journal rendition of it is superb!
Happy PPF!
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When my crew calls me mom, my heart still flutters a bit. This long awaited title achieved, may I never grow tired of it. I love being a mom, I love being their mom and I love my story into becoming a mom. Our story unique, a little messy, yet filled with beautiful glimpses of redemption, restoration and such purpose.
My own journey into motherhood was an unique one, an overnight life altering shift. Just another day, when suddenly kids get dropped off on my doorstep and I am supposed to know what to do, as if I could merely put on the name tag that read, "mom." I would imagine this is a similar feeling to leaving the hospital with your brand new bundle of joy, suddenly you are in the soul provider for this tiny human. Your life is ever changed, you can't go back to a place in your mind before them, what did you do, who were you? Suddenly your heart is split up among them, pieces of you just walking around in their tiny little hands.
New "normal" settles in and I begin to do life at a different pace, unable to imagine what it was like before. My days morph from long walks, dinner with friends and quiet evenings to chaos, sticky surfaces and wet things (so many wet things). Life is not what it once was for sure but somehow I don't notice or maybe I just don't care. I adjusted and my new life unfolded and this new title, "mama," something ignited in my soul.
There are times I forget that these babies, in fact, did not grow inside of me. We get into such a rhythm, enjoying life, and something happens and I am reminded I am not their only mom. That realization is heavy, it is a sharp jab, that jolts me to my core, it is something I grieve, not for my sake but theirs. No matter how beautiful our story is, it is because of brokenness. The brokenness that beckoned their parents away and left deep wounds on their souls. Scars forever there, reminders of their past.
We got a letter from birth mom, this was the second letter that has come, I never responded to the first. For one month, I have been mulling over what my response would and should be. What do you say to a biological mom who is asking for contact? Calling them by their old names, asking to see them, missing them, asking to know how they are for not knowing haunts her. Her choices have gotten us here to this place, her loss is my beautiful gain, such a paradox, such a tragedy.
Destruction and great suffering mark our story yet, in the midst of it all, hope shines through, this story is being rewritten, redemption has come. Unlike a literary tragedy, this will not be a story displaying the downfall of them, instead they will get their much deserved happy ending, they will find themselves strong and brave warriors.
Each chapter of birth mom's story is being written, currently, it is categorized as a "tragedy." What a paradox indeed, her loss is my gain. I have always been a good sport, but this time at my core is the desire to win. A relationship with healthy birth parents, is important and healing, yet at my core is the whisper of a wish that our birth parents would just go away. The moments they interfere with our little world, it is difficult to love well. Nothing makes me more aware of my own brokenness, than when birth parents invade our space, my achy heart gets territorial and insecure.
This is my reality, I am not and never will be their only mom. The paradox suddenly shifts when I realize that, loving my babies well, means loving their birthparents. It all comes full circle, maybe that is what Mother Teresa meant, "I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love." The thing is I have enough love for not just my babies, but their parents as well. I don't believe I can love well only one of them, for they are connected.
I can love our birth parents when they show up to our school unannounced after termination, just to check on the kids, even though they chose to not have their goodbye visit. I can love in sobriety and not, I can love them in their brokenness and I can love them when they have that precious Little One my soul longs for. I can love them because maybe that is the point of it all. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
Loving them well, is part of the deal. I am forever tied to them, whether or not I have contact with them, whether or not they are involved or present, whether or not parental rights are terminated, I am called to love.
Our reality is these babies are mine, always and forever. I have complete say in what contact looks like, I get to be Mama Bear. Right now, they are not ready for contact, but I am, I need to love these parents until my crew has healed and received the tools they need to be able to love them well. Foster care really isn't about the children, but for that brief moment when removal happens, from that point on it is about these parents. The best way to love my crew, is to love their birth mom as well, to show her that she can have her happy ending as well.


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A new Rasmussen poll says, "More voters than ever think terrorists have the advantage over the United States and its allies." Forty-six percent of 1,000 likely voters responding to the poll thought terrorists were winning, while only 26% believed the United States and its allies had the upper hand. Those are the worst numbers Rasmussen has seen in over a decade.
Those poll numbers have generally been trending in the terrorists' direction since the beginning of 2014, a sea change that rather obviously coincided with the collapse of President Obama's foreign policy. The American public's willingness to swallow President Obama's narrative about the "Arab Spring" as a flowering of democracy, and the Islamic State as a transitory menace, ended with a string of bombings in Baghdad and Cairo.
The murder of Western hostages by ISIS looks like a crime wave the terrorists are getting away with. President Obama's anti-ISIS strategy is a stalled-out quagmire, with allegations that situation reports have been cooked to keep it from looking even worse. Concerns about the security threat posed by the Middle Eastern migratory wave, with many thousands of Syrians headed for the United States, are running high.
Domestically, there has been mounting unease over a series of near-miss terror attacks thwarted at the last minute, stories about a disturbing number of young Americans joining ISIS and other terror gangs, and the "lone wolf" incidents Western politicians resolutely refuse to see as part of any greater pattern or ideology. The Administrations' responses to War on Terror developments are confused and ineffectual.
It is not easy to conclusively pin long-term polling trends to world events, but it is interesting that the percentage of poll respondents who thought America was winning the War on Terror hovered in the low 50s and high 40s until the Benghazi attack in 2012. The downward slide in Rasmussen's historical chart becomes unmistakable after the November re-election of Barack Obama. The percentage of respondents who thought America was winning the War on Terror dropped from 49% to 44% between November 1 and November 20, 2012, and never got over 45% again. Perhaps some people who wore rose-colored glasses in order to re-elect Obama took them off after the election.
Another pronounced polling drop came in April 2014, which lines up with the Boko Haram kidnappings and the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag idiocy. The share of respondents who thought America was winning rarely broke 30% again after that.
It's not surprising to see the one of the biggest positive jumps in public opinion coinciding with the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011.
Terrorism is a sour subject. Its perpetrators want civilized people to feel paranoid. A constant drip of bad news with few perceived victories naturally makes people feel like the war on terror is being lost. When confident savages boast of victory, and no one makes them eat their words, it is depressing even if there are no big attacks happening on U.S. soil.
The sense that terrorists have the initiative, while our government plays defense and scrambles to respond to their actions, makes us think the battle is out of our control. Even the remarkable string of recent law-enforcement successes against incipient terror attacks provides little comfort; it is the menacing specter of bloody massacres averted at the last moment by FBI agents that lingers in the public imagination. The next President will face a tall order in restoring Americans' confidence in the War on Terror.


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The Music Ministry at Our Lady of Victory is a multi-faceted one with the common goal and purpose of providing the highest quality musical leadership at all of our liturgies. Both vocalists and instrumentalists are involved, and your participation always welcomed and encouraged.
At those liturgies where a choir is not present, musical leadership is provided by a group of cantors. New singers are always welcome. If you are interested in being a cantor, please call the Music Ministry office to schedule a visit.
Once again, the Adult Choir led by Kathy Sanderson performed the annual Lenten Cantata on the evening of Palm Sunday. The performance, "We Were There" by Pepper Choplin was narrated by Steve Mihalik, Denise Jenkins, Ann Gage, Dave Gugala and Fr. Denis Theroux. Soloist include Lenore Monticello, Marty LaFayette, Terry Snyder and Jim Litzinger.
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When I first found out that Mehwish and Andrew's wedding reception would be held at Park Tavern in Atlanta, I was absolutely ecstatic and couldn't wait for their big day! Their outdoor wedding ceremony was the most picture perfect setting you could ask for!
On both days of their wedding, Mehwish and Andrew opted for not doing a first look. This is always a topic I go over with couples prior to the wedding day events as there are various pros and cons for doing a first look or not doing one. What I really love about not doing first looks is getting that true emotional reaction between the bride and groom as they see one another for the first time. I remember Andrew's reaction was priceless with tears in his eyes and he couldn't take his eyes off of Mehwish, it was the sweetest thing ever!
After an amazing bridal party and couple session, we were all set to get the couple's grand entrance at Park Tavern pavilion area. I loved everything from the checkerboard dance floor to the tiny details planted throughout the venue showing different pictures of the couple. One thing I told Mehwish and Andrew prior to their wedding was how important it was that they try to just enjoy their events and not get lost in all the motions that you go through when getting married. It was clearly apparent that these two had the most amazing time celebrating their love with friends and family!
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Vacuum Cleaners Motor Poor Temperature Resistance, Low Melting Point
This matter goes back to 1901, the protagonist of this story is the inventor of the vacuum cleaner Cecil Bruce. Once, he was dining in a restaurant in London, to see the back of the back of the chair is full of dust, with their own mouth to make a fool, the results can be imagined, the dust almost did not choke him! Bruce was inspired by the confidence of every day in their own studio in the development of vacuum cleaners. Soon his invention was published. And then after a few years of long improvement and innovation, that is, we now use the vacuum cleaner!
So what parts of the vacuum cleaner we are familiar with?
Power section: Vacuum Cleaners Motor and governor. Governor sub-control, machine control.
Motor: copper wire and aluminum motor of the points. Copper wire motor has high temperature, long life, a single operation time is long, but the price is higher than the aluminum; aluminum motor has a low price characteristics, but the temperature is poor, low melting point, The
Governor: manual control for the throttle adjustment; machine control for the power of hand-held button or infrared adjustment.
Filtration system: dust bag, front filter, after the filter. According to the filter material is divided into: paper, cloth, SMS, Haipa (HEPA efficient filter material).
Functional part: retractable thread mechanism, dust full indication, button or slide switch.
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As I was going through my Valentine's Day projects, I realized that every single one was red and/or pink. And while that's not exactly shocking (it IS V-day, after all), I wanted to switch it up and go in an industrial farmhouse decor or primitive decor direction using some heart shape cake pans I found while thrifting. My plan? To create some heart decorations that were a little more unique and masculine.Read more ›
Heart Decorations and Industrial Farmhouse Decor for Valentine's Day
Primitive Decor for the Laundry Room with an Antique Washboard
While I am no stranger to upcycling vintage washboards, I have yet to create anything for my laundry room in my nearly 5 years of blogging. So, when I found this antique washboard at a local favorite thrifting haunt, I decided to repurpose it into some laundry room decor.Read more ›
Farmhouse Style Tray from a Thrift Store Cutting Board
November is here and Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It's also time to reveal the latest project I created for The Good Life Blog , which is the DIY/Fashion/Upcycling blog affiliated with my local Goodwill stores. Read more ›
Fancified Feed Sack
All of my vintage-loving friends have a special affinity for old linens…whether it's cute embroidered hand towels, pretty crocheted doilies, or colorfully kitsch tablecloths, we always paw through them in shops. The same goes for old grain, feed, and flour sacks- cotton, linen, or burlap, we just seem to love them all.
I have to give credit where credit is due, and Country Living magazine came up with this first. I fell in love with this project the moment I saw it, and I knew it was a craft I needed to attempt. Our dining room needs more wall décor, and an embroidered feed sack (or 2) would be fitting (dining room…feed sack…) and quirky.Read more ›


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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain got sixty minutes under his belt on his journey to full fitness but could not prevent Liverpool from inflicting a 4-2 defeat on the Gunners. Continue reading
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Tudor Book Challenge
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Too bad I've already read myself out of any interest in this period! -TEGReplyDelete
I guess that will be your nickname for my blog, eh? You will have to recommend some books from the Tudor period for me to read. :) Did you look at Michelle's blog? Benedictionary.wordpress.com. She wrote a very nice review of the first three chapters of Eternal Starling.
I actually signed up as TEG for Dante's Heart, but I knew you'd recognize me immediately. :)ReplyDelete
On another note, great interview!
Thanks TEG. :) I was excited about the interview. Have you explained to Dante's Heart what TEG means? LOL :)ReplyDelete


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EARLIER today, the Memorandum of Understanding between Cyprus and the Troika came into the public domain. The complete 29 page document, which includes the timetable and target dates for implementing the measures, can be viewed by clicking here.
Here is an abridged summary of the key points relating to property regulation and taxation:
Provide for mandatory registration of sales contracts for immovable property.
Eliminate the title deed issuance backlog to less than 2,000 cases of immovable property sales contracts with title deed issuance pending for more than one year.
Publish quarterly progress reviews of the issuance of building and planning permits, certificates, and title deeds, as well as title deed transfers and related mortgage operations throughout the duration of the programme.
Implement electronic access to the registries of title deeds, mortgages, sales contracts and cadastre for the financial sector and government services.
Introduce legislation on amending the procedure on the forced sale of mortgaged property to allow for private auctions as under the rules for immovable property recovery under bankruptcy regulations.
Better target the rules of court to improve the pace of court case handling. The authorities shall assess the need for additional measures – including if necessary legislative reforms – to eliminate court backlogs by end of the programme.
Provide for specialized judges akin to the rules for criminal case handling in order to expedite the handling of cases under commercial and immovable property laws.
Implement a property price index that establishes the average property market valuation in 2013 by square meter of habitable surface and land plot.
Implement the recurrent immovable property tax based on imputed market valuations of land plots according to a unit tax base established by this property index.
Establish the legal basis for a mandatory annual adjustment of the property unit tax base by a competent executive authority.
Provide for an extension of the reduction in property transaction fees until 2016.
Property pledged as collateral can be seized within a maximum time-span of 1.5 years from the initiation of legal or administrative proceedings. In the case of primary residences, this time-span could be extended to 2 years.
Ensure additional revenues from property taxation by: (i) updating the 1980's prices by applying the CPI index over 1980 to 2012; and (ii) amending tax rates for the value bands. The new rates, which will apply to the updated values, are as follows:
For values of EUR 0 – 150,000 coefficient of 0‰
For values of EUR 150,001 – 500,000 coefficient of 6‰
For values of EUR 500,001 – 1,000,000 coefficient of 8‰
For values of EUR 1,000,001 and above coefficient of 10‰
Further reading
Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality between Cyprus and Troika
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This is interesting! – Cyprus bail-out doubts over Russian money laundering
Will they force through subdivision even though building permits and all other process etc, are not in place.
If so Cyprus gets the money. The developer gets subdivision without having to pay his dues and the buyer gets left with an encumbered plot which he has to then pay taxes on. Long live the Troika!
Does no one listen to the plight of the buyer who has been systematically lied to by Lawyers, Banks Developers and real estate agents.
I think (hope) Nigel and others are correct in that the money will not be handed over unless the conditions are met. Look at the effort Greece had to make to secure their next tranche of funding.
I do not think it will be enough for the Cypriot politicians to say to the TROIKA, "Well, we're working on it, but this is Cyprus, things take time and the unions have to agree. We are an exception to the rule" etc…….
Why would anyone in their right mind pay more money for their title deeds if they are burdened with a developers mortgage they new nothing about?
Would this not be the buyer, in reality, assuming responsibility for that mortgage and the developer being encouraged to walk away?
If the buyer did this I would think that they would be in a far poorer legal position to subsequently defend any action raised by the bank if they decide to call in the developers loan.
Madness in my opinion.
@nigel. Sorry what I meant to say was. Who will continue to enforce these conditions once the money has been handed over?
Agree, troika are not concerned with the consequences of these measures they just want the debts repaid! I can't help thinking they won't though.
How will they enforce these conditions?
Once Cyprus has the cash what will be its incentive to tow the line? Looks like its a line that can't be towed anyway.
I know that Troika aren't stupid but aren't they imposing conditions that simply cannot be adhered too?
"deeds can be issued even though they are burdened by mortgages and other encumbrances – but title cannot be conveyed until those encumbrances have been removed".
So what is the benefit to the person who has paid their developer in full, not knowing that the developer had previously encumbered the land? How will this protect the hapless buyer. Who will receive the title deed when it is issued. Will it be the buyer, the developer or the bank?
@Nigel. Thanks for steer. Having followed your calc, the 1980 value on the deed is Eu 46,500 which when multiplied by 3.4 gives Eu 158,100 i.e. in the Eu 150,001 – 500,000 bracket with a 6% coefficient.
Applying 6% to Eu 158,100 gives Eu 9,486. Surely this cannot be the new annual IPT!!! What am I missing?
@Nigel. Please could you put into plain English the meaning and effect of the following two provisions:
1. Implement the recurrent immovable property tax based on imputed market valuations of land plots according to a unit tax base established by this property index.
Will IPT now become payable by all on an annual basis?
2. Ensure additional revenues from property taxation by: (i) updating the 1980′s prices by applying the CPI index over 1980 to 2012; and (ii) amending tax rates for the value bands. The new rates, which will apply to the updated values, are as follows:
For values of EUR 0- 150,000 coefficient of 0‰
For values of EUR 150,001- 500,000 coefficient of 6‰
For values of EUR 500,001- 1,000,000 coefficient of 8‰
For values of EUR 1,000,001 and above coefficient of 10‰
Does 2 apply only to Property Transfer Taxes or what? How does it differ from the current rates?
We have been trying to give our property back to the Alpha bank for some 4 years now so they can sell it at their "forced sale valuation" we paid for.
THEY DO NOT WANT IT nor any other properties, all they want is money form UK assets.
Whether you make it 1 year, 2 years they will not "seize" collateral property.
They will, like all other banks, take the bailout and just lose it in their accounts, instead of using it to help the people they screwed up with sales/mortgages.
Nigel – It is nearly mid-day in the UK and no comments have been posted. Can we assume that you are having a deserved weekend off or have you been arrested for leaking this document. Hope its not the latter. Interesting document and I will be downloading the 29 pages for some interesting weekend reading
I don't understand how title deeds will be issued when, I imagine, most have developer debt attached to the land. In addition to this Cyprus is supposed to create a mechanism to effectively auction off property used as collateral within 1.5 – 2 years after legal proceedings are initiated.
This alone appears to be huge task. Forget all the other requirements from the TROIKA. We all know that it can take many years just to get relatively routine issues through the courts. I just cannot see Cyprus being able to modernise so quickly. In terms of issuing title deeds, how are they going to do this without wiping the developer debt.
I am not overly optimistic. They will drag their feet, make excuses and resist all change. This is going to be painful and will only highlight how outdated their procedures are. When the TROIKA rock-up to review progress I don't think that much will have been done.
The task is simply too big for Cypriot politicians and more importantly, I do not think there is a will to change.
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For purposes of this post I'm operating under the assumption that we've all gone through that awkward phase when we're dating and actually trying to impress people. While things aren't quite as awkward as that here in Cubicle Hell, there are certain moments when it feels like it is actually far worse. By way of example, I was stood up today. Twice. I haven't found myself sitting quietly and quite alone at a table like that since sometime in the late 1990s.
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Weekend Recap: Afropunk 2K17
This weekend, Brooklyn was home to one very special guest (and, thus, a very large list of plus one's): Afropunk Fest 2K17. Serving up looks that rivaled the best NYC has to offer, both festival goers and onstage acts did not disappoint—in fact, they did just the opposite. From a crowd-surfing Princess Nokia to a SZA performance from the gods to total performance slayage from the likes of Anderson .Paak, Sampha, Little Simz, we saw it all—and then some.
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Thanks to PlayVision for facilitating this post and allowing us to play with the new Liqui Fuze blocks!
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I would like to take the time to say thanks to everyone who reads my blog and message me etc letting me know it has helped them or they learnt something from it.
I am still traveling a lot and still writing for tattoo magazines and upcoming tattoo books and projects, this all means that i unfortunately do not have as much time to write blogs as i would like, so from now on i will mostly be posting blogs relating to tattooing or painting, for those who make the effort to seek it out.
I am fed up with the tattoo industry in the Uk right now, certain individuals have problems with other individuals and think they should drag everybody into it, bullying and black mailing them, if there is a problem it is between certain individuals and not the whole tattoo industry. telling people if they work certain tattoo conventions they cannot work other ones is bullshit and school yard bullying. over the past few months i have met and talked with a lot of internationally recognised artists scared of working certain shows because of things they have been told by other partys. Artists just want to work shows, tattoo, hang out and have fun.
therefore i shall not be posting anymore of my thoughts on the industry, i shall be watching from afar, keeping my head down and working my hands to the bone like i always do. I will work the shows i want to work in the cities i want to work in and hanging out with artists and friends who are only interested in tattooing and making art and nothing else!


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