Kate Middleton’s family gets coat of arms
Kate Middleton’s family gets coat of arms The new Coat of Arms for Catherine Middleton's family is displayed at the College of Arms in London in London England. Catherine Middleton will use this Coat of Arms until her April 29th royal wedding to Britain's Prince William, when it will be merged with his Coat of Arms. Image by: Suzanne Plunkett - WPA Pool / Getty Images Kate Middleton’s family unveiled a new coat of arms on Tuesday commissioned by her father Michael in time for her marriage to Prince William and designed with the approval of England’s senior herald. The coat of arms features three acorns representing the Middleton children, chosen because the oak tree traditionally symbolises England and strength, and a gold chevron to represent Kate’s mother whose maiden name was Goldsmith.
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Excerpt from Chapter 2
Orchestrating Collaboration at Work: Using music, improv, storytelling and other arts to improve teamwork By Arthur B. VanGundy and Linda Naiman Buy now at Amazonor buy the Ebook edition via paypal Orchestrating Collaboration at Work is an activity book for trainers, coaches, mediators and facilitators, who want to use the arts to create transformative learning experiences in organizations.
Want Innovative Thinking? Hire from the Humanities - Tony Golsby-Smith
by Tony Golsby-Smith | 12:34 PM March 31, 2011 How many people in your organization are innovative thinkers who can help with your thorniest strategy problems? How many have a keen understanding of customer needs? How many understand what it takes to assure that employees are engaged at work? If the answer is “not many,” welcome to the club.
The Great Inflation Of The 1970s
It's the 1970s, and the stock market is a mess. It loses 40% in an 18-month period, and for close to a decade few people want anything to do with stocks. Economic growth is weak, which results in rising unemployment that eventually reaches double-digits. The easy-money policies of the American central bank, which were designed to generate full employment, by the early 1970s, also caused high inflation. The central bank, under different leadership, would later reverse its policies, raising interest rates to some 20%, a number once considered usurious.
Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future
Earth’s Energy Budget Since many of the options I will discuss in the coming weeks ultimately derive from the Sun, it is useful to throw up an energy budget. Figure 1
Five Reasons The Term "Employee Engagement" Makes Me Feel Disengaged
1- Employee engagement has become a buzzword with no meaning in some workplace. What some managers really mean, is that they are engaged in theoretical discussions. They seem to think that if they loudly declare that their whole workforce is engaged, even if few people are, they will be considered a great place to work. Research has proven, what many of us have known for years; engaged employees are more productive, but it is all too common for organizations to have no idea what that means, in terms of organizational and employee behavior. 2- Too many consultants promise to create employee engagement, when they mean they'll conduct management training in active listening, and changing lexicon.
From Technologist to Philosopher - Manage Your Career
By Damon Horowitz How does someone become a technologist? In my case, it happened in college.
Amid Recession, Tax Bills in 2009 at Lowest Level Since 1950
Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's presidency, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data found. Some conservative political movements such as the "Tea Party" have criticized federal spending as being out of control. While spending is up, taxes have fallen to exceptionally low levels. Federal, state and local taxes -- including income,property, sales and other taxes -- consumed 9.2 percent of all personal income in 2009, the lowest rate since 1950, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reports. That rate is far below the historic average of 12 percent for the last half-century.
Emmanuel College - About Emmanuel - The Fellows
The College was relaxed, beautiful yetnot intimidating, extremely friendly and open Emily, 2nd Year MA, LittD, PhD(Groningen), FRHistS Official Fellow; Member of the College Council; Financial Tutor; Tutor; Director of Studies in History College Lecturer in History; Honorary Professor of Medieval European History in the Faculty of History
Why Companies Fail - Magazine
GM’s stock price has sunk by a third since its IPO. Why is corporate turnaround so difficult and rare? The answer is often culture—the hardest thing of all to change.
