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 ...
HomeFinder.com News

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 ...
open.salon.com/blog/.../the_new_normal_aint_so_normal

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