Uncomfortable became the New Normal

Faith in numbers, but not much else Boston Globe ... against the Rays rather than for New York -- in whittling down that number is an uncomfortable one. But considering everything else going on around the Red Sox these days, it shouldn't feel that weird. Uncomfortable became the new normal weeks ago.

State budget must adjust to new reality HeraldNet Conservative budget writers recognize the present austerity as the new normal. Gov. Chris Gregoire made the right initial moves. In early August she ordered state agencies to plan for spending cuts of as much as 10 percent, in all about $1.7 billion. ...

Castle Round Table: "Rise" TV Fanatic I would just like things to get back to a new normal for a while before we find the two in heartbreaking conflict again. Carissa: I think Beckett will acknowledge his love, and then he'll reveal what he knows about the conspiracy and any love will be ...

Gore's “Climate Reality” a Big Green Stink Right Side News It featured 24 hours of live video presentation discussing the “cataclysmic [climate] events so regular it's a new 'normal.'”[sic] While the presentation may have had new material to point to, the argumentation and (il)logic are essentially the same as ...

Zooey Deschanel wears out her welcome Salon But since we live in the age of the Seth Rogen/Jonah Hill/Zach Galafanakis/Paul Rudd-style man-boy, perhaps I'm wrong and this is actually the New Normal for single heterosexual men. No matter: from the mallet-on-the-head running gag about Jessica...

Rebuilding American Industry: Should Labor Fight to Revive US Manufacturing? Center for Research on Globalization This is not a temporary measure, but the "new normal.” A recent article in the New York Times was revealingly titled: Detroit Sets Its Future on a Foundation of Two-Tier Wages: "The new [lower wage] jobs, which are seen as long term, are being watched...

The return of political economy Livemint Won'ta so-called new normal of lower growth exacerbate social tensions in these economies? Will this lead to more protectionism or currency wars? Could the collapse of the overleveraged financial system be a signal that the global economic system has ...

A heartwarming tale of a tail The Province ... real story of Winter, a bottle-nosed dolphin who was found bound in crab trap lines on a beach outside Clearwater, Florida, Dolphin Tale explores themes of physical damage, and the lingering emotional scars that come with accepting "the new normal. ...

Ocean City Home Bank sponsors Wounded Warrior Project Shore News Today With a mission to honor and empower wounded warriors, the organization encourages military men and women as they adjust to their new normal and achieve new triumphs. Offering a variety of programs and services, WWP is equipped to serve warriors with ...

Is This the End of Men or The Beginning of Women? Discovery News Or are we just working our way to a new normal, where men and women develop a different set of expectations for themselves and each other? And do we need to start looking for ways to help the groups of men that are struggling to keep up? ...

A PTSD Safe (and Anonymous) Haven Nextgov ... returning from combat and their families on the home front. It is an organization and community where warriors and families come together to overcome their challenges and share their experiences in a new world -- the new normal that exists after war."

Why TV Rights Matter: A Counter-Proposal Villarreal USA (blog) The new normal for players would become: sign with a wealthy and prestigious club, go on loan (if necessary) with a non-compete clause, rinse, and repeat. The rest of La Liga would become mere feeder clubs for the big two (if not already). ...

Accelerating the link between energy efficiency and the bottom line Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) Our project is seeking to shrink the number of years that we need to get to this new normal in real estate. As I discussed in a previous post, many people are trying to accelerate the growth of the energy efficiency retrofit market. ...

Hamish McRae: Why the market has moved against Italy The Independent What is now happening – real and continuing fiscal discipline being imposed on borrowers by financial markets – is more normal, the new normal in fact. Indeed if you go back to the second half of the 19th century, even a country as wealthy as Britain, ...

Will the renminbi be the next EM currency to sink? Citywire.co.uk The bank's 'new normal' comes as a result of the fact that like the developed world, emerging and frontier markets are exposed to the vulnerabilities of European banks. While emerging market currencies were able to benefit from the heightening Eurozone ...

Inflation | Decoding the dynamics Livemint This objective is consistent with the estimated threshold level of inflation of 4-6%, suggesting the absence of a so-called new normal for inflation in India. Both global and domestic factors will shape the inflation outlook in the future. ...

Fed Target Must be 5% Inflation Gold Seek This should be the new normal. In order to sustain a relative plateau in the debt to GDP ratio, the Federal Reserve will have to make up for the short-fall. With real growth lagging in at inflation-adjusted readings of .7%-1% in the first half of the ...

Report: Amazon Pushes Warehouse Workers to Toil in Brutal Summer Heat PC Magazine We're in the process of adding air conditioning to additional FC's so that we're prepared in case what we saw this past summer becomes the new normal." But brutal summer working conditions were not the only grievance with Amazon voiced by the workers ...

Thirteen HR professionals honored Bizjournals.com "It's adjusting to the new normal we're experiencing in the business world." Tracy Grajewski, vice president of the human resources department at presenting sponsor Highmark Inc., noted that HR has moved from a tactical to a strategic role. ...

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP | "U.K. Takeover Code — Changes ... Linex Legal (press release) (registration) Only time will tell the true impact, as both market participants and the Takeover Panel (the Panel) adapt to the “new normal.” The new rules closely follow the proposals set out by the Code Committee of the Panel following its 18-month public ...

Time for #Climate Change Adaptation | Care2 Causes « GCC News ... By Siva Already cities and communities are adapting to the “new normal” – Seattle is adapting to expected water shortages NOT by building lots of new, expensive facilities, but by creating habitat management plans for key watersheds that provide its ... GCC News Brief

Daily Kos: "We're here, we're queer, and we want to recruit you ... By rss@dailykos.com (LGBT Kos) The new normal, per The New York Times, front page of the Metropolitan print edition: TULSA, Okla. — Master Sgt. Anthony Henry, a top Marine recruiting trainer for the southwestern United States, pulled up to Tulsa's [sic! sic!] biggest gay ... Recommended

Introducing the Speakers: Agata Wilam | TEDxKraków blog By Anna Spysz During her TEDxTalk, Agata Wilam will speak about her experience with the Children's University, and how encouraging the curiosity of youngsters rather than asking them to be “seen and not heard” is slowly becoming the new normal in ... TEDxKraków blog

Video: Obama's Speech to the UN on a Palestinian State | Verum ... By John Video: Protesters Removed, Arrested at Paul Ryan Speech; Welcome to the new normal in Wisconsin: There's another video report here which has some different footage including one woman who demands to know how Paul Ryan is going to ... Verum Serum

Creating Jobs in The New Normal | NationofChange Creating Jobs in The New Normal. YES! Magazine / Video Interview. Published: Thursday 15 September 2011. How local economies can help fight ... www.nationofchange.org/creating-jobs-new-normal-1316100...