Anxious and Overwhelmed is the New Normal

Be more efficient in 2012
Toronto Star
Feeling anxious and overwhelmed is the new normal. But 2012 can be the year you finally tame your to-do list and start managing your work and homelife more easily, according to workplace performance expert Jason Womack. In his book: Your Best Just Got ...

Amazingly ginormous is the new normal
Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
“Worn-out words and phrases are the new normal this year, but with some shared sacrifice, we can clean up the language and win the future,” said an LSSU representative. LSSU wordsmiths emerged from their man cave long enough to release the new list, ...

Public Assets Institute: State making up for lost federal funds could be the ...
vtdigger.org
This will be the third time since 2005 that Vermont has been forced to make up for inadequate federal funding, but this is likely to become the new normal if Congress insists on cutting federal spending instead of raising taxes, which are now at the ...

In search of the new normal
Tampa Bay Business Journal
Health care costs are the No. 1 concern as a small company, said Debra F. Koehler, president of Sage Partners LLC in Tampa, developers of the Metro 501 project. “We provide 100 percent health care coverage for five employee and dependents. ...

The Age editorial writers greet a soggy start to the year on January 1:
The Australian (blog)
So are these extremes the new normal? It's what climate change models have been predicting, after all. CERTAINLY, the insurance industry, which keeps careful records of these events, is in no doubt climate change is making things worse. Yeah? ...

New Year Unlikely to Provide Clarity for Stocks
Wall Street Journal (blog)
“If the next 12 months are going to be more volatile, can investors accept that as part of a new normal or do they just step aside and wait for the old normal to return? The big concern is the crowding out of the individual investor during these ...

Chow line forming for UH-related gear
Pacific Business News (blog)
The back would read “The New Normal,” with “Norm” written in the same font UH uses for other team jerseys and school merchandise. Fans are already clamoring for the stuff announcing a new era in Warriors football, Ejima said. ...

Watch Your Mouth! Here Are The Words That Should be Banned Next Year
KSPR
Apparently "occupy," "amazing," "man cave" and "the new normal" have no business being carried over into 2012 either. In all, a dozen words or phrases made the 37th annual end-of-the year list. It started as a publicity ploy by the university on New ...

Stars, young and old, partied in 2011 - Idaho Statesman
San Francisco Luxury News
After a decade in a downturn, music sales ticked up in 2011, and the industry seemed to temporarily right itself, or at least establish a new normal. And while youngsters like Nicki Minaj and Frank Ocean made a lot of noise, established veterans like ...

Find your vacation 'sweet spot' (the moment you truly relax)
Globe and Mail
Blogging and updating social media while on the road is the new normal. Two decades ago, when I began guiding northern river expeditions, getting an emergency message out – sent by HF radio and relayed by Inuvialuit hunters – was difficult. ...

Globe and Mail

Word Watch: Overused Expressions Of 2011
Hartford Courant
You might even say it occupied mall-speak and became the new normal. Steering around train wrecks and epic fails like the debt-ceiling deadlock, it showed the swag of a cougar. How cool is that? That said, the 99 percent might ask, "Are you sure? ...

US HOT STOCKS: MGIC Investment Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
Sterne Agee trimmed 1 cent off its fourth-quarter EPS estimates for Commerce Bancshares Inc. (CBSH, $38.12, -$0.44, -1.14%) and more so in 2012 and 2013 in light of the new normal regarding interest rates. The firm attributed the move to a lack of loan ...

Best and worst calls of 2011
Business Spectator
In December 2010 I wrote a column claiming that our 'new normal' would be one characterised by far less predictable monetary policy. Specifically, I argued, “Australia's economic destiny over the next 10-20 years is likely to be much more uncertain and ...

Tumultuous year ends with few rewards for risk-takers
Financial Times
Is this the “new normal” of slow, grinding growth and weak equity returns that Pimco executives predicted after the 2008 financial crisis? Perhaps – except, at any moment, the failure of the latest eurozone bail-out talks or US budget brinkmanship ...

Reddit Users Are Fighting Over Fighting Paul Ryan
The Atlantic Wire
In the new normal, being first (or lucky) sometimes trumps all other issues. Just look at Rob Zerban. Despite the success of the campaign and the attention it received (Zerban's AMA was the top post on Reddit last night), a Reddit moderator who spoke...

The Atlantic Wire

Keen On… Marian Salzman: What Were The Top Trends in 2011?
TechCrunch
... curve exceeded anything I could have ever anticipated and I think it's best proven out by sitting on a plane going cross country, see people of all ages working on them, reading on them and simply using them as if it's absolutely the new normal. ...

Tolling on state Route 520 goes smooth for second day | Big test ahead
Kent Reporter
They expect traffic to be significantly different and that it will take months to settle into a new normal. “What we've seen so far is encouraging,” said WSDOT Toll Division Director Craig Stone of the Washington State Department of Transportation. ...

Capitalising on human nature
Business Times (subscription)
Business as usual in the 'new normal' is simply no longer an option. Many of the old rules no longer apply. Future business success will depend on your company's mastery of a new management discipline - the application of principles of behavioural ...

2012 banned words list includes 'amazing,' 'blowback'
WJLA
Leading the 2011 List of Banished Words are terms such as amazing, baby bump, man cave, shared sacrifice, "the new normal" and ginormous, a combination of the words "gigantic" and "enormous" that was actually added to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary in ...

Despite foreclosure and lots of empty space, Jamestown Mall remains open for ...
St. Louis Beacon
"It's going to be a slow return to normal, whatever the new normal is. Because the plan is a long-range plan, we are sticking with it. We hope that Jamestown is redeveloped as a mixed-use center, but we obviously would like to keep as many businesses ...

US HOT STOCKS: Canadian Pacific, AMR Corp, Sears, HCA Holdings
Wall Street Journal (India)
Sterne Agee trims a penny off its fourth-quarter EPS estimates for Commerce Bancshares Inc. (CBSH, $38.17, -$0.39, -1.01%) and more so in 2012 and 2013 in light of the new normal regarding interest rates. A lack of loan growth, the need to reinvest ...

Wait, Wait, a goat and words to bury, not to praise
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Not sure it has any effect, but it's fun to argue about. Here's the list, which includes ginormous, man cave, baby bump, amazing (which is the new awesome) and the new normal, among others. Hey, maybe you can get a cheap resolution of out this.

Houston Chronicle (blog)

The Script for 2012 – And Your Part In It
Money Morning
There's a "new normal." Globalization has increased labor pools, lowering costs and causing massive shifts in manufacturing realities, while productivity gains orphaned an army of white collar, middle-management sergeants, mostly in the developed world ...

Law
Sacramento Business Journal (subscription)
It looks like the “new normal” will stick around for a while longer. Since the recession, success at Sacramento-area law firms has been measured by incremental growth. Expect more of the same in 2012, local lawyers say. Things aren't likely to get any ...

The Biggest Story of 2011 for me? Osama bin Laden is Dead.
Huffington Post Canada
We remain changed, but the new normal is beginning to resemble our former hopeful vision, at least a little. We fought, and are fighting still, the campaign against terrorism together even if in the process we had to reinvent the bilateral relationship ...

Mind-reading, tablets and TV are tech picks for 2012
BBC News
I think that's the new normal. It's the real time business. It's this 24-hour-a-day real-time streaming thing. TV is a big one. A lot of things are happening with TV. We're using iPads or laptops while watching TV, so during the Olympics, for instance, ...

BBC News

Expecting the Unexpected
Rapaport
It was widely accepted that new “normal” price levels were being set. This was especially evident when Standards & Poor's lowered its rating on US long-term debt in early August. Taking its cue from the financial markets, which have had their own wild ...

2011 Not the Very Worst, But Definitely in the Bottom 10
U.S. News & World Report
No wonder party-line votes have become the new normal on important legislation, or that the Senate minority has resorted to obstruction far more often than compromise. No democracy can be healthy when only 1 in 5 citizens trusts its government and only ...

Political Pistachio: New Year. . . Obama's New Normal
By Douglas V. Gibbs
Obama's New Normal · Bill Maher Hates Tim Tebow for the same reason he ... Constitution an Instrument For The People to Restr... Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my Conservat... Pro-Lifers Sue for Documents Regarding Federal ...
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Happy New Normal , An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
By olbroad
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Is Living At Home After College The New Normal ...
By The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan via PinkBananaWorld.com
Is Living At Home After College The New Normal? Michael Rosenfeld questions the boomerang narrative: Census data show that what is really new about young adulthood is the percentage of young adults who live on their own. From 1880 to ...
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echos of a future dream
When did I order this new normal? How did I all of a sudden get here? When I decided to trade myself in for something that could take me to places I've lived before in my past when things were fabulous and to places I've only dreamed about ...
ADVENTURESEEKER's SparkPeople Blog

Time to Banish 2011 | Wired GC
By John Wallbillich
THE NEW NORMAL. “The phrase is often used to justify bad trends in society and to convince people that they are powerless to slow or to reverse those trends. This serves to reduce participation in the political process and to foster cynicism ...
Wired GC

These words should be banned from the English language ...
By Amy Rolph
Believe that winning the future is the new normal? Knock it off, already — you're not allowed to talk like that anymore. And not just because those sentences don't make any sense. Lake Superior State University published their annual List of ...
Seattle's Big Blog

Lake Surperior State University Releases 37th Annual List of ...
By Gary D. Price
“Worn-out words and phrases are the new normal this year, but with some shared sacrifice, we can clean up the language and win the future,” said an LSSU representative. LSSU wordsmiths emerged from their man cave long enough to ...
INFOdocket

Daily Kos: 2012 Banished Words List announced; I helped banish ...
By rss@dailykos.com (ScottyUrb)
It seems worn-out phrases and cliches are a "ginormous" part of "the new normal." If we want to "win the future," we must get out of our "man caves" and "occupy" the English language to stop this "trickeration!" Lake Superior State University ...
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7 Ways to Reinvent your Business for Bigger Profits | BizBest
By Daniel Kehrer
For small business owners, there's a “new normal” out there, and it doesn't look a whole lot like the old normal. If your business seems to be on a treadmill of too much debt, too many operating expenses and too little growth, it may be time to ...
BizBest

Education News » University unveils annual list of overrused words ...
By EducationViews.org
The list also includes “occupy,” “ginormous,” “man cave” and “the new normal.” In all, a dozen words or phrases made the 37th end-of-the year list. The list started as a publicity ploy by the school's public relations department on New Year's ...
Education News

Shock News : Quebec Temperatures Approaching Those Of Venus ...
By Steven Goddard
... which includes Montreal and Quebec City, were 54 per cent higher than normal.http://www.montrealgazette.com/. Normal is around 280K, so I figure 431K (158C or 316F) is the new normal for Montreal. Merde, nous allons tous à brûler. ...
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'Baby Bump' and 'Amazing' Top List of Words to Banish | Madame ...
By Brande Victorian
“Occupy,” “ginormous,” “man cave” and “the new normal,” were also some of the most noted words from the 1500 nominations submitted from around the globe. What words do you never want to hear used again in the new year? ...
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"Occupy", "Man Cave" Among Banished Words
The syntactical Scrooges also want to cast out "occupy," "amazing," "man cave" and "the new normal." In all, a dozen words or phrases made the 37th annual end-of-the year list. It started as a publicity ploy by the university on New Year's Day ...
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3 Geeks and a Law Blog: Uncertainty and The New Normal
This lead me to conclude that Uncertainty is part-and-parcel of the New Normal. You might say … Duh, everyone knows that. But bear with me on an explanation ...
www.geeklawblog.com/.../uncertainty-and-new-normal.html

The new normal News, Video and Gossip - Jezebel
the new normal - Say Goodbye To 'Baby Bump' And 'Man Cave' · language english lake superior state university LSSU words banished amazing baby bump ...
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New Normal News: Surviving in the new normal
That is the new normal, which is very unsettling. It will be a rolling crisis, a low- level fever for many more quarters, if not years,” he says, adding that markets need ...
www.newnormalnews.com/.../surviving-in-new-normal.html

Food Trends 2012 – CPG Brands Respond to New Normal Through ...
The new normal in food & beverages is defined as consumers trading down, cutting back and clipping coupons. Food & Beverage brands are opening up more ...
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TSA Viper teams sinking fangs into freedom

Viper teams sinking fangs into freedom
Lebanon Daily News
If these actions are acceptable, if this is the new normal, then the terrorists of Sept. 11, 2001, won a staggering, unprecedented victory. They destroyed our free society's mindset that freedom - of the individual and the society - is of paramount ...If individual rights do not come first, we do not have the society we were intended to have. If we are unwilling to recognize that there are some dangers greater than terrorism, then terrorism - pure threat and one day of stunning success - has done what the combined force of arms of many nations through more than two centuries has not been able to do - fully and completely defeat us

Drug shortages become the 'new normal' for pharmacy managers
Healthcare Finance News
But Selzo believes the executive order will not have a positive impact on drug shortages. “I anticipate having to continue to deal with shortages," she said. "But, we're better prepared and it's become a part of our daily practice. It's the new normal. ...

Foreclosure activity returns to 'new normal'
The Patriot Ledger
“My gut feeling is unless lenders quickly process an existing backlog, we might see these levels continue as the 'new normal' for most of 2012,” Warren said. Since the beginning of the year, foreclosures have declined nearly 35 percent statewide, ...

Everything Bremerton: It's a new year, join in
Bremerton Patriot
The new normal of doing more with less is now firmly in control of our day-to-day decision making and ways of operating. We are tighter. We are more frugal. We pay attention to what everything costs. We cringe with every trip to the store and bring ...

Drought, wildfires, and extreme weather -- is this the new normal for Texas?
StateImpact Texas
By Terrence Henry 32 percent of the state is in the highest level of drought, “exceptional,” down from 39 percent just last week and 86 percent of Texas three months ago. 67 percent of Texas is in “extreme” drought or worse, down two percent from last ...

Clear Sky, Crisp Temperature Due for FC's New Year's Eve 'Watch Night'
Falls Church News Press
Like last year, the "new normal" economy is expected to keep more people closer to home attending more cost-effective revelries to bring in the New Year, and that means many from Falls Church and its immediate environs will enjoy the countdown to ...

Housing stabilization seems to be a moving target
Akron Leader Publications
to “what's the new normal?” The reasons for the change vary, but they lie somewhere between a general public acceptance that double-digit appreciation is a thing of the past and the inability of economists and analysts to accurately predict supply and ...

Akron Leader Publications

Avoiding death by to-do list: 15 ways to overcome overload and work smarter in ...
Dentistry IQ
It's true, says Jason Womack: For too many of us, feeling anxious and overwhelmed has become thenew normal. But 2012 can be the year you finally get a handle on your to-do list and start working — and living — at your best. “Most of your dread doesn ...

Afternoon Fix: Gingrich puts $500000 in Iowa ads
Washington Post (blog)
“Main Street” declares it “baloney” to declare high unemployment “the new normal” and touts Gingrich's plan to create a million new jobs. Between this spot and “Winning the Argument,” which praises the candidate's debate skills, Gingrich is spending ...

Rep. Denney: Idaho Could Increase Tax Revenue by Decreasing Tax Rates
StateImpact Idaho
Q: One of the things we keep hearing is that Idaho is looking at a “new normal.” Some programs, some agencies will never be funded at the levels they were prior to the recession. Do you share that view, and do you have specific examples? ...

The new year I see
Inquirer.net
The “new normal” that climate experts and environmentalists will continue its emerging formation of longer and wetter seasons – or longer and hotter periods. But just as important, or even more so, is the emerging “new normal” of our political and ...

A strange year John's World
Grand River Sachem
... while we ready our internal “delete” button because when it comes to events, names and all things stashed in technology, “delete” the new normal- replacing “get rid of it, toss it, flush it, fogedaboutit” or just good ole “never mind” and “Huh? ...

Man guilty in murder of former teammate
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
By Gordon YK Pang The parents of Joel Botelho said they will try to move on with their lives under a "new normal" after their son's former Castle High School football teammate was convicted Wednesday of murdering him last January. ...

TBI Leads Fort Campbell Soldier to new Mission
Military.com
"We are enthusiastic about assisting these Soldiers to re-engage and function within their 'new normal'," said Gates. "We are happy to see Soldiers benefit from therapy and move on to live happy, full and productive lives whether in the military or not ...

Will Governments Manipulate Options Market in 2012
Forex Pros
It appears that the New Normal will continue. Just what is the New Normal? It's a stock market in which trend signals are unreliable. It's a market in which candlestick patterns often fail to provide clues to the future; Fibonacci retracements are ...

Health Care Is the New Wealth Care
AdvisorOne
This is the new normal.” Just as revealing, while 89 percent of affluent individuals 65 and older in the Affluent Insights Survey believe they are at least somewhat knowledgeable about Medicare coverage, only 47 percent were able to accurately identify ...

AdvisorOne

Working Mom's Musings: Sure, life brings changes, but it's your life
River Falls Journal
When the newness wears off, things could slip back to a new normal. Still, this change has invoked some optimism for my family, some hope for the future. Embracing change has allowed my family to see that we make a great team. Best of all, my daughters ...

S&P Downgrades Bermuda Rating
Bernews
“Earlier this year we saw S&P downgrade the United States, effectively creating a “new normal” for sovereign ratings. “The Government is pleased that S&P has affirmed their stable outlook on Bermuda's ratings. Bermuda's short-term rating of A-1+ was ...

Maine Breaks 34 Weather Records This Year; US Breaks 3000
Freepress Online
"We don't know yet what the new normal is going to be," said Nutter, "but the industry sees a pattern of losses that is rather extraordinary." Capping greenhouse gas emissions makes sense, he said, but the insurance industry has focused on adaptation, ...

Vt. reopens stretch of last highway destroyed by Irene flooding
Washington Post
Neale Lunderville, the state's appointed chief recovery officer, said it would be years before many Vermont families are back to what he calls “a new normal.” “If we want to have a robust recovery and one that brings us back to a place where we are ...

Halifax office space increases but class A vacancies drop
TheChronicleHerald.ca
There's a bit of a tug-of-war going on, and it's just a question of how far we end up on either line of what we've seen as the new normal, which is kind of a small, organic absorption every year.” By REMO ZACCAGNA Business Reporter.

12 Technology Predictions for 2012
Baseline (blog)
Welcome to the new normal. 9. Social media will continue to challenge companies. Only a few companies have fully harnessed the power of social media. It's a steep learning curve and one that require growing business and IT resources. 10. ...

Greenwich Real Estate Sales - 2011 Year in Review
Patch.com
Once we got over that, November recovered nicely back to the new normal with 30 home sales. To round out 2011 at this point December looks to be disappointing month. Over the last six years we have averaged 34 sales in December and we have 23 sales ...

Golf's popularity wanes, city rethinking options
San Mateo Daily Journal
Without a promise the industry will return to former levels of play, many municipalities are considering current levels of play as the “new normal,” according to the staff report. In fiscal year 2000-01, total revenue at Poplar Creek was nearly $2.7 ...

America, Israel, Iran: a dangerous moment
Open Democracy
The Pasdaran may also have "martyr units" that might prove very difficult to counter (see "Asymmetric war: Iran and the new normal", 27 July 2010). The second is that Iran has forged a close relationship with China in one specific area - the purchase ...

SMB Tips: 15 Ways to Overcome Overload and Work Smarter - SMB ...
It's true, says Jason Womack: For too many of us, feeling anxious and overwhelmed has become thenew normal. But 2012 can be the year you finally get a handle on your to-do list and start working—and living—at your best. “Most of your ...
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SR-520 Tolls Start Today - Seattle Transit Blog
By Adam Bejan Parast
Tolls started today at 5:00am but it will take weeks, or more likely months to get an idea of how SR-520 tolls will create a new “normal” for transportation in the central puget sound region. Regardless what was your experience like today? ...
Seattle Transit Blog
Analyticbridge Newsletter - December 2011 - AnalyticBridge
The permanent changes that the economic crisis changed have caused industry experts to talk about today's environment as “The New Normal”. How are banking innovators responding to the New Normal? One response to the severity of the ...
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“Amazing” Occupies List of Banished Words : News : UpNorthLive.com
By Brody O'Connell
The New Normal Pet Parent Win the Future Trickeration Ginormous Thank You in Advance. Former LSSU Public Relations Director Bill Rabe and friends created “word banishment” in 1975. Since then, LSSU has received tens of thousands of ...
Up North Live - Local News
PREVIEW: Signs of older age | Out in Left Field
By Catherine
This is the new normal. Downside: Younger friends make fun of me. Upside: Magnifying mirrors aren't nearly as frightening. Every song I made out to in college is now considered classic rock. My hands feel numb after a few minutes of driving, ...
Out in Left Field
Vt. set to reopen last highway destroyed by Irene « New Hampshire ...
By Associated Press
Lunderville said it would be years before much of Vermont and many Vermont families are back to what he calls “a new normal.” “If we want to have a robust recovery and one that brings us back to a place where we are stronger, smarter and ...
New Hampshire Journal
What am I doing wrong with these bumpmaps? - GameDev.net
I then constructed the new normal: new = n + xgradient * a + ygradient * b (where a and b are those perpendicular vectors) The end result is this (the bumpmap is currently also drawn as the texture, so you can see where it should 'bump'): ...
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#1 in 2011: Are events killing the Church? | TonyMorganLive.com
By tony
Tim shared a great post last week about “The New Normal Project” at Granger Community Church. It was a post written about what used to be known as stewardship campaigns. You should check out the full article. This is the quote that ...
tonymorganlive.com

The Nonprofit Sector In 2011 And Beyond
By Erwin de Leon
... now “to step out of their comfort zones, take a hard look at what they're doing well and what needs work, and look for new means of assessing and improving their performance as they adapt to the 'new normal' and learn to do more with less. ...
MetroTrends Blog

My 7 predictions for 2011: A scorecard
By Mike Petrilli
Diane and Randi will demur, but throughout the conversation about the “New Normal,” their most consistent suggestion has been to raise taxes in order to reverse budget cuts. That's a reasonable argument, but it's not currently politically viable ...
Flypaper

Turning the Border Into A War Zone – this ain't livin'
By s.e. smith
Pushing back on the border now isn't just about righting an injustice, but about addressing the very real fact that this injustice becomes more deeply entrenched with each passing year, that it becomes the new normal, utterly acceptable and ...
this ain't livin'

Lauren Scruggs' Mom Opens Up: 'This Is Hard… Very, Very Hard ...
Of course she can relearn a new normal. She's very young and has a full life ahead of her. One step at a time. by GingerK. Posted Thu, 12/29/2011 - 11:03am. Login or register to post comments. Prayers for the family continue. by mwnyy ...
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Volatility the New Normal? - Fox Business Video - Fox Business
Volatility the New Normal? Dec 20, 2011. - 4:54 -. Empyrion Wealth Management President ...
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Time Out for Women - Finding My New Normal
So I am searching for my new normal. Someday it will come. Someday I will just not notice the scars on my rearranged body. Someday I will look at my plate of ...
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2012 The Year of New Normal

2012 The Year of New Normal
As 2011 was a year of transition, 2012 will mark a new and permanent normal. Here are 5 events that will usher in a century of "NEW NORMAL"…
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Will Wukan Be the New Normal?
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Russell Leigh Moses It would be tempting to think that the peaceful end to the standoff in Wukan between local officials and villagers heralds an important shift in the way the Communist Party handles unrest – through new forms of dialogue, ...

Futures Trade Desk: The New Normal
Seeking Alpha
This is a trader's market, which has evolved with new rules for the new-normal. Get used to it, because things will not be changing anytime soon. Disclosure: I have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the ...

In new ad, Newt Gingrich claims he can create 'millions of jobs right now'
The Hill (blog)
“If you think high unemployment is the new normal, just say baloney,” Gingrich says in the web video, which was posted Wednesday. “We can create millions of jobs right now.” Gingrich says he would accomplish this by repealing laws that raise taxes, ...

B.I.G. Guard Booth Design for the New Normal: Advances in Custom Guard Shelter ...
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
BIG specializes in new designs for the new normal. Since 1963, BIG Enterprises, Inc. of California has engineered and manufactured a comprehensive line of high quality, high-end, prefabricated security and revenue control booths. Their state-of-the-art ...

From 'Drive' To 'Melancholia,' Here's Why 2011 Marked a Shift In the History ...
Indie Wire
Now, digital is the new normal. This needs to be accepted. It's this transition that has manifested itself in the nostalgia of many of the movies I've noted above: "Martha," with its long takes and its grungy seventies vibe, "The Artist" with its ...

Therapy In San Francisco From Tam Counseling Utilizes Holistic, Integrated ...
The Open Press (press release)
Corte Madera, CA (OPENPRESS) December 27, 2011 - Today's "New Normal" economic challenges create additional daily stress for San Francisco, California & Marin residents in their personal, family and workplace lives. As such, the need for counseling and ...

Observing Life: Standing strong in New Zealand
The National
It's all part of the new normal in Christchurch since a hitherto unsuspected fault line near the city let loose with a 7.1-magnitude quake in September last year. Many people heard of that one and nearly everyone heard of the 6.3 the following February ...

520 Tolls Expected To Reshape Seattle's Traffic Patterns
KUOW NPR
Craig Stone: "Adjusting day by day, week by week, month by month until we get to a new normal." That's Craig Stone. He heads the tolling division for the state Department of Transportation. He thinks the new 520 tolls will push a lot of people to ...

New East St. Louis school superintendent moving 'fast and furious' to change ...
St. Louis Beacon
"What we're trying to do is create a new culture and climate in the district," he said, "a new normalso to speak. That takes time. "It's kind of like working on a plane while it's flying," Culver (right) added. "It's difficult, but that is what we are ...

Survey Finds That Application Environments are Expected to Grow 20% in 2012 ...
Sacramento Bee
In addition, the need for agile release cycles is clearly the "new normal" with 85% of respondents participating in either multiple releases per year or even daily/weekly releases. At the same time, the majority of survey respondents expect to see ...

The Music Club, 2011
Slate Magazine
So this and the underground-rap explosion came at the right time: It's not the new normal, but it'll be the catalyst for whatever that turns out to be. Now let me pick up where Nitsuh left off, with Let England Shake, the best retort to those who ...

The Year's Best Case for Immigration Reform May Have Been at the Movies
The Atlantic
While Carlos gets temporary access to a range of ordinary experiences and emotions that were previously out of reach for him, Laura finds herself exposed to a horrifyingnew normal. When Laura has thousands of dollars taped to her body to smuggle into...

The Atlantic

US Sets Extreme Weather Records in 2011
Voice of America
The 2011 weather extremes could be the “new normal,” says Vaccaro with the National Weather Service. The agency is taking steps to build a weather-ready nation, which calls on a growing network of partners in the public and private sector to work ...

Biz Community Still Seeking Stable Ground
Memphis Daily News
But, he said, those business owners who've weathered the economic downturn are the ones who've been able to adapt to what's being coined “the new normal.” “Switching into that new paradigm where you can't do business in certain areas the way you did ...

Smith Land & Improvement Corporation Introduces Swatara Plaza at The Concourse ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
"The 'new normal' is also redefining marketing and retail. To offer our regional and national tenants an opportunity to engage individual customers, we've introduced new media marketing on Facebook and Twitter. It's a win-win," says Jordan. ...

My Ultimate Market Forecast for 2012
StreetAuthority
The next decade, that fell a little, to 19.6, but it was still a nice "new normal" compared with what investors had grown accustomed to in the 1970s and 1980s, when the average earnings multiple of the market's benchmark average hovered at 12.7 and ...

Maritimo eyes USA as production base
Gold Coast Bulletin News
"It's not like the good old days but we are trying to live with the new normal." Europe remains challenging, with Mr Northrop describing the situation as "just sick". Mr Barry-Cotter said despite the cost pressures, he remained confident Maritimo could ...

Newsroom reflections
St. Albert Gazette
Over the coming weeks, the feeling gradually waned as I settled in to the new normal, but that initial double-whammy of loss and nervousness remains my most memorable moment of 2011. There are many stories that have a deep personal impact on me for one ...

INSIGHT: When it comes to options, what about Republic of the Bokke?
Daily Dispatch Online
In this republic the bizarre is the new normal. A new political school is being launched by the ruling party to teach cit izens about the best ways to fast-track the creation of more constitutional potholes. Together, so goes the new slogan, ...

HUFFPOST FUNDRACE - The Right's Answer To Labor
Huffington Post
First, say 'baloney' anytime you hear someone say that high unemployment is the new normal. The other planks to Gingrich's platform include his stump speech basics: low taxes, help small business, and "[unleash] the power of our energy industry."

The Fat Trap
Lexington Dispatch
“I've been up and down the scale so many times, always thinking I can go back to 'normal,' but I had to establish a new normal. People don't like hearing that it's not easy.” What's not clear from the research is whether there is a window during which ...

Clients, Financial Advisors Must Face Mental And Emotional Aspects Of ...
Financial Advisor Magazine
... two-word format that when placed on a single white sheet of paper or computer screen immediately lowers stress and fosters simple dialogue: Low interest rates over the last decade or so have ushered in a “new normal” and have re-trained retirees to ...

$2.3M: To take, or not to take?
Gilroy Dispatch
Bracco wasn't as optimistic as some of his colleagues that the economy would turn around in time to maintain the positions. "There's no way we could continue paying them," he said. "This will be ournew normal for quite some time. ...

Susquehanna Health's Heartworks Program Provides Help for Grieving Children
DigitalJournal.com (press release)
It's important to understand the process and that there are ways to help children cope with their emotional pain, heal and find a new normal,” Wollet explained. In response to the health class presentations, the Hughesville High School students created ...

Five questions with Forest Grove Chamber of Commerce Director Teri Koerner
OregonLive.com
Everyone talks about the new normal. It's not going to happen overnight and we're not out of the woods. But I think we are seeing (an upswing). I credit some of it to Intel. There's no way the expansion that's going on at Intel can happen without it ...

Plummeting television prices draw shoppers
The Strategic Sourceror (blog)
With Americans unlikely to ratchet up consumer spending anytime soon, companies are overhauling spend management and indirect spend as they adjust to a consumer climate that has become thenew normal.

Advantage: Business Competition in the New Normal – Free ...
By admin
Advantage: Business Competition in the New Normal. If you are looking to start a business or if you are in the business world and trying to get a leg up on the competition then you can get some free information for your Kindle at Amazon. ...

Housing and mortgage industry outlooks for 2012 | HomeFinder.com ...
By HomeFinder.com News
Additionally, Inman predicts that due to the expected foreclosure spike, prospective buyers purchasing real estate-owned properties and short sales will start to be the new normal since these units will start to represent a dominating portion of ...
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HotAirPundit: Newt Gingrich: "Main Street"
By HotAirPundit
"If you hear high unemployment is our new normal, just say balogne! We can create millions of jobs right now. My plan includes repealing laws that raise taxes and strangle business. Cutting taxes so America is once again the best place to ...
HotAirPundit

Newt Rolls Through Iowa | Verum Serum
By John
Welcome to the new normal: First of all, I don't know if this guy and his friends with cameras are trackers or just concerned citizens. I'm guessing the former though. Who else has time to sit there and film all day? I also have no idea if this guy's ...
Verum Serum

Survey Finds That Application Environments are Expected to Grow ...
In addition, the need for agile release cycles is clearly the "new normal" with 85% of respondents participating in either multiple releases per year or even daily/weekly releases. At the same time, the majority of survey respondents expect to ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine - Your...

Virtual Dave…Real Blog » Blog Archive » Beyond the Bullet Points ...
By The Unquiet Librarian
Librarians who have raised their budgets in these economic times should not be treated as fortunate, or beyond the norm; we must see their example as the new normal” and “We must expect more of ourselves. We must stop talking about ...
The Unquiet Librarian

Conversation as Influencer: William Tincup | HR Examiner with John ...
By Heather Bussing
Whew… calm down… disconnect. Get away from it all… at least for 10 minutes. Good luck with that strategy William. No, I'm not crazy… we're not crazy… this is our new normal. Where conversations… both audial and narrative come together ...
HR Examiner with John Sumser

PhilanTopic: 2011 Year in Review: A Tale of Two Economies
By Mitch Nauffts
It was a year of bruising budget battles and unnerving debt crises, of economic recovery and retreat, of the 99% and the 1%. For many, it was simply the "new normal." Still, after three years of economic hardship, stress, and...
PhilanTopic

Employment & Economic Disparity Graphs « Weatherdem's Weblog
By weatherdem
Make no mistake, this is exactly the type of situation that the 1% want to occur. Will there be recoveries after the next couple of recessions? I still think we're witnessing a new normal condition of our economy. How soon that theory is validated ...
Weatherdem's Weblog

Gingrich: That's BOLOGNA! - CNN Political Ticker
By wallacegw
"If you hear high unemployment is our new normal, just say bologna!" he says directly to the camera in a 30-second spot airing statewide. Gingrich outlines his strategy to "create millions of jobs" by "repealing laws that raise taxes and strangle ...
CNN Political Ticker

Stubborn Sentimentalist :: Hollywood Elsewhere
(d) "Now, digital is the new normal. This needs to be accepted. Movies will go on. The past will inspire the future. But the future will also need to stand on its own feet." Obvious Solution<< previous |. Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 28, ...
Hollywood Elsewhere

Virtual Dave…Real Blog » Blog Archive » Beyond the Bullet Points ...
By rdlankes
Librarians who have raised their budgets in these economic times should not be treated as fortunate, or beyond the norm; we must see their example as the new normal. We must stop seeing those who create new technologies, or who raise ...
Virtual Dave...Real Blog

The new normal in the digital age | Pew Research Center's Internet ...
Director Lee Rainie will give a keynote at the NFAIS annual conference about the way the internet and mobile connectivity have transformed the worlds of ...
www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/.../NFAIS--New-Normal.as...

The "New Normal" Ain't So Normal! - Harry's Ghost - Open Salon
I heard the phrase again - "the new normal" - and that triggered these experiences I had long hoped buried forever. A female newscaster was blathering on ...
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Navigating “New Normal-minus”

Navigating the “New Normal-minus”
Your Global Investment Authority. Q&A. Navigating the. “New Normal-minus”. Q: How significant is the eurozone crisis for U.S. investors? Gross: The eurozone's ...
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Small Business Owners Struggle To Adapt To The New Normal
Small Business News from Gaebler.com
Persistent economic uncertainty is leading many entrepreneurs to reset their strategy and expectations to accommodate a "new normal" in business. Small business owners have been waiting patiently throughout the Great Recession and sluggish economic ...

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Drought, wildfires, and extreme weather -- is this the new normal for Texas?
StateImpact Texas
By Terrence Henry As 2011 winds down, the environmental story of the year for Texas is undoubtedly the drought. The last year has seen record heat, record dryness, devastating wildfires, and widespread losses of crops and cattle. ...

Democrats hold power base and push Shumlin's agenda forward in 2011
vtdigger.org
by VTD Editor | December 27, 2011 This year politics as usual gave way to a new normal. Gov. Jim Douglas, a Republican, who held the Vermont's chief post for eight years, stepped down, and Democrat Peter Shumlin seized the reins of state government. ...

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Mission Support
Campus Technology
By Stephen Laster At an executive session of more than 50 CIOs at Campus Technology 2011, one message came across loud and clear: For IT departments to survive--even thrive--in the new normal, they have to reinvent themselves. ...

Look back, set 2012 goals
Culpeper Star Exponent
The economy was tough and yet the business community seemed to adapt to the “new normal” and move forward with the typical Culpeper spirit. The Culpeper Chamber added over 120 members in 2011 taking our membership to well over 500 with our sights set ...

Family turns up the volume to fight MS
The Columbian
“You learn a new normal,” he said. “You have a new level to go with, and you go with it.” That new normal includes involvement with the Portland chapter of the National MS Society and its many fundraising events — especially the annual bike ride, ...

Outlook positive for New Zealand equity market
Otago Daily Times
This means that the standard bank deposit rate of around 4% will be the "new normal" for most of 2012 and could actually fall further, rather than rise. Bond yields will trickle upward slowly but will not be exceptional. Again, the trend will be to ...

Otago Daily Times

Dissolving Iraq
American Spectator
This carnage is not Iraq's "new normal." It is a return to the old normal that will continue until some new strongman asserts control over Iraq or Iraq is broken up into sectarian regions and swallowed by its various neighbors. ...

American Spectator

Jewelers Celebrate a Solid Christmas
Jewelers Circular Keystone Online
“People seem to be more 'up' this year, and settled into the 'new normal,'” Cohen says. “They're spending less than they would have five years ago, but seem less worried overall.” Her two big sellers: bridal jewelry and Pandora. ...

Obama job approval higher than disapproval for first time since July, Gallup says
CBS News
... 2011 4:27 PM EST by phuyay December 27, 2011 4:07 PM EST Two comments: those who praise Obama have now accpted high unemployment, high gas prices, the failing housing market, the increase in food stamp recipients as the NEW NORMAL. ...

Local foods, healthful kids' meals among 2012 restaurant trends
Columbus Dispatch
Local and sustainable products have topped the list of hot trends for more than four years, demonstrating that they might be going beyond trend to a new normal. “It's part of our heritage,” said Chris Crader, co-owner of Harvest Pizzeria in German ...

Stores report strong sales
The Decatur Daily
“Those that survived can succeed in the new normal. They are executing on strategies, with fingers crossed that they have the right strategies.” JC's 5-Star Outlet, formerly JC Penney Outlet, is using the same strategy as its predecessor did, ...

The Decatur Daily

Larry Avila column: Holidays felt busier than in past years
Appleton Post Crescent
The new normal as many people say means working harder than ever and looking within at core strengths to seek new applications for existing services and capabilities. Innovation is essential as we head into the New Year. Continuing to move forward and ...

2011: The Year of Completely Bizarre, Downright Crazy Weather
Big Think
Are extreme (and bizarre) weather patterns the new normal? While many climate change deniers have made the charge that scientists have embraced climate change orthodoxy to enrich themselves, a recent report shows the opposite to be true: a poor economy ...

State Sen. Mark Jansen looks back on 2011 achievements, hopes for more more in ...
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
“What I like to say is we're trying to find a new normal for Michigan. We're trying to find a new baseline,” said Jansen, who will be term-limited at the end of his term in 2014. “It's much easier to achieve with a governor who understands we've got to ...

The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com

Canadian retailers have a Target on their backs
Globe and Mail
As uncertainty becomes the new normal, retail sales gains will be modest, rising between 2 and 3 per cent in 2012, about the same as the previous year, predicted Darren Kirk, a vice-president at Moody's Investors Service. His outlook on profit margins...

Globe and Mail

Govt ready to supply land for 5000 ECs
TODAYonline
But such low rates are not the 'new normal' and will eventually rise. Buyers need to do their sums and be careful not to over-commit themselves in their borrowing for property purchases." As property prices continued to climb to record highs, ...

Budget time: A season of cutting
Allentown Morning Call
"What we're looking at is the new normal," outgoing Macungie Councilman Guy Ramsey said. "People I've talked to who are experts in municipal financing and real estate say they don't see it turning around." Budget woes have been well-documented — from ...

The Whole Family Under One Roof?
New York Times
But for a growing number of families in which adult children can't afford to live on their own, this is the new normal. These “boomerang” children have been the butt of jokes on late-night television and even in commercials, but what's so bad about ...

New York Times

The unbearable tightness of money
Campden FB
US bond manager Pimco has championed the idea that the global economy is entering a “new normal” where growth will be both lower, and more uncertain, than over the last thirty years. This means investors are operating in an environment where the ...

8 Ways to Adapt Your Business to the New Normal - Small Biz Daily
By Karen Axelton
Are you still waiting for the economy to bounce back to pre-recession days? You might be waiting a long time. Instead, check out today's guest post by.
Small Business Daily News, Blogs,...

The WSDOT Blog: What will traffic do when SR 520 tolling starts?
By WSDOT
What will be the new “normal” after traffic adjusts? It will take time for drivers to adjust to a new “normal” after tolling starts. When people settle into new routines after six months or so, we anticipate more traffic will return to SR 520 as drivers find ...
The WSDOT Blog

The Year the World Ended Twice
By Nick Hodge
The implosion of over-stressed established regimes, the demonstrated obsolescence of vested ways of thinking, the emergence of new leaders, new ideas, new institutions, new ways of life -- the 'new normal' in realm after realm around the ...
Energy and Capital

100 tendances pour 2012, à garder à l'oeil « VALVERT.net
By valvert
Some of the items on our list reflect broader shifts we are spotlighting for 2012: – navigating the new normal: As the new normal becomes a prolonged normal in the hampered developed world, we'll see more brands in more categories ...
VALVERT.net

2011 Was A Year Of Change - About Metro Orlando - Metro Orlando ...
We must now shift our thinking from managing growth to making growth happen. A 'new normal' began to emerge, replacing 'business as usual.' This has given rise to new opportunity. As a region, we need to develop a clear long-term version ...
Metro Orlando Economic Development...

Digitization 101: Events: Upcoming conferences that may be of ...
By Jill Hurst-Wahl
I have not been posting regularly about upcoming conferences that may be of interest to you. My apologies. Here are a few that have recently appeared in my mail. Born of Disruption: An EmergingNew Normal for the Information Landscape ...
Digitization 101

Smashwords: Smashwords Authors Experience Blowout Christmas ...
By Mark Coker
If the patterns we observed last year hold true again, we'll see a massive stepping up of the sales rates across all retailers in the first few days following Christmas, followed by a week or so of moderation, and then a new normal going forward ...
Smashwords

Public Assets Institute » Statement on LIHEAP funding
By Jack Hoffman
This will be the third time since 2005 that Vermont has been forced to make up for inadequate federal funding, but this is likely to become the new normal if Congress insists on cutting federal spending instead of raising taxes, which are now at ...
Public Assets Institute

The Obama Boom: Home prices decline › 2.0: The Blogmocracy
By Rodan
We are limping along at a new normal. Our living standard has been downgraded across the boar, and Obama is proud of that accomplishment. reply | quote. Home prices drop for 2nd straight month | News online music movies sport ...
2.0: The Blogmocracy

Mass Extinctions Now Guaranteed
By admin
“Extreme Events” are the new normal, which barely passes the bar now for any level of interest from American leadership. Gigantic body counts aren't barely worth mentioning. But there is a tiny flicker: Class M reports: The Economist ...
Survival Acres Blog

Our journey and some questions - Around the Dinner TableSupport ...
By Ferndale
At 2 and 3 years post w/r we continued to see improvements from what we had assumed were hernew normal. Your d's issues, may or may not changed regardless of T challenging her. The best gift you can give your d is time and patience. ...
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Mario Armstrong – 12 Ways to Makeover Your Small Business in ...
By Network Solutions
#12SMBtips Follow Me 29 mins ago; Via @Rieva 8 Ways to Adapt Your Business to the New Normal: Are you still waiting for the economy to b... http://t.co/xQKlTrT6 #smallbiz Follow Me 2 hours ago; From SmallBizTrends: What Holiday Movies ...
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Is ADHD The New Normal In Children Today? | HowToLearn.com
stop fighting the way ADHD children are, and begin working with what we have.
www.howtolearn.com/.../is-adhd-the-new-normal-in-children-t...

Ag Answers: Ohio Beef Schools examine 'new normal' cattle ...
Ohio Beef Schools examine 'new normal' cattle marketing, economy. Grazing conferences help producers improve forages · Phosphorus management key ...
www.agriculture.purdue.edu/aganswers/story.asp?storyID...

The Gary and Dino Show #379 | The New Normal Network
How would you like to have an internet radio station created by the professionals at The New Normal and customized specifically for your business? ...
www.newnormalnetwork.com/gary-and-dino-show-379

The New Normal - Commercial Record
Residential Outlook. The New Normal. Why Connecticut Realtors Are Saying 2012 Will Look A Lot Like 2011. By Colleen M. Sullivan. Commercial Record Staff ...
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CRISIS - The New Normal? Part - 3 - YouTube
In this presentation Dr. Gord Sims reviews brain health strategies that are important during this ...
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New Normal News: The New Normal Isn't Normal - Illness Changes ...

I feel panic and yet they are calm; this is their new normal. We would all like to help our friends going through this new normal but saying things such as “It will ...
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