Thursday, December 22, 2011

The New Normal Isn't Normal - Illness Changes Everything

The New Normal Isn't Normal (Illness Changes Everything)
Houston Chronicle (blog)
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 get better, or I'm sure it's nothing” don't really help. This won't get better, ...

Houston Chronicle (blog) 

Dealing with the New Normal: BravoSolution Presents Ten New Year Resolutions ...
MarketWatch (press release)
LONDON, Dec 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The past year was no walk in the park for procurement. Economic volatility and supplier disruptions struck global supply chains hard in 2011, intensifying the pressure on procurement professionals to cut costs ...

Uncertainty is the new normal for 2012
Milwaukee Small Business Times (blog)
If this is the “new normal,” it's nothing to cheer about, Kliber said. BizTimes will try to sort through those uncertainties at the Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast at the Italian Conference Center in downtown Milwaukee on Jan. 20. ...

Milwaukee Small Business Times (blog)

Uncertainty: The New Normal for Site Selection and Facility Investment
Area Development Online
There is a lot of talk in the mainstream media about the current economic malaise being the “new normal,” ie, sluggish growth with persistently high unemployment. While such media pronouncements often ironically indicate the end of the “permanent” ...

2011 Was an Inflection Point for Digital Learning
Huffington Post (blog)
In November 2010, in his most important speech, Arne Duncan called for more productivity during this 'new normal' period of lower revenue. As our second 'new normal' year draws to a close, the challenges are numerous but the inflection is clear -- the ...

The Five Worst Economic Ideas of the Year
Newsradio 620 (blog)
By Charlie Sykes CREATED 8:06 AM The longer the Great Stagnation/Long Recession/New Normal continues, the greater the risk that some profoundly terrible ideas — spawned by economic desperation and political opportunism – will pop up, gain a foothold ...

Perky market good in theory, until you take a backward glance
Sydney Morning Herald
The new normal is dependant on at least a short-term resolution of Europe's debt crisis. It could go either way. Photo: Reuters LET'S get yesterday's market bounce in perspective. It's nice to have - an early Christmas gift. ...

Sydney Morning Herald

Who Is The Boss Of The Watchdog Agencies?
CT Newsjunkie
The nine agencies, which fought and failed to remain autonomous during the legislative session have been forced to adjust to a new normal. The new normal required the three largest agencies—State Elections Enforcement, the Office of State Ethics, ...

Getting real about housing | Jon Talton
The Seattle Times
After all, we've been hearing such predictions — the famous return to "the new normal" — since even before the roof fell in around 2007. No, the housing market is not bouncing back if you mean a return to the go-go years of the 2000s, or even the ...

New York Knicks 2011-12 Season Preview
Yahoo! Sports (blog)
If Fields can rediscover his pace and his stroke, and find a new normal in the post-Carmelo world, he could make a massive contribution to the balancing of a Knicks roster that's looking too top-heavy to make real postseason noise. ...

Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Volatile Markets the New Normal?
Fox Business
Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes. Real-time quotes provided by BATS Exchange. Market Data provided by Interactive Data (Terms & Conditions). Powered and Implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions. Company fundamental data provided by ...

Absolute Announces Approval of Normal Course Issuer Bid
Canada NewsWire (press release)
The Company's new normal course issuer bid will terminate on December 22, 2012 or earlier if the number of shares sought in the Bid have been obtained. The Company reserves the right to terminate the bid earlier if it feels it is appropriate to do so. ...

Why Human Resource Should Care About Big Data
Smart Data Collective
For recruiters, this new normal may change everything about what Human Resource (HR) people do and how they do it. To thrive in the coming world of Big Data analysis, Human Resource professionals will have to learn to adapt and develop different skills ...

Tax-Cut Crusader Varney Supports The Wrong Tax Cuts
Media Matters for America
This is why both sides are calling for what I believe to be the new normal where people aren't going to pay payroll tax. They're just not going to pay it. Like high gas prices. New normal. [Fox News Channel, Fox & Friends, 12/21/11] Frank: "Perhaps The ...

A new year, a new name
Commons
“Unfortunately, the new normal for us is to use the proceeds from the theater and the hotel to pay off our debts, rather than have more money available for renovations and upgrades,” she said. But she said the theater is working on “hazard mitigation,” ...

Obama's “Car Czar” says workers should have taken deeper cuts
World Socialist Web Site
The current lockout of rubber workers at Cooper Tire in Findlay, Ohio is indicative of the “new normal” being demanded by corporate America, which is intent on closing the wage gap between American workers and their brutally exploited counterparts in ...

Business Briefs
The Tribune
“Everyone was engaged in imagining how our leadership team will face the new normal.” Eiland said that change is something that leaders in today's business environment must face head on. “Mike led us through activities to help us develop as leaders of ...

Governor Otter: Legislators Can Count on my Budget
StateImpact Idaho
Click play to watch the video segment: The governor has said leaner state government should be the new normal. That was the title of a recent op-ed he distributed to media. He also tried to temper expectations when he distributed this letter to members ...

The NRN year in review: 2011
Nation's Restaurant News
If the restaurant industry was in a deep recession in 2009, and returned to some semblance of stability in 2010, it may be fair to say 2011 was the beginning of coping with — and dare we say thriving under — the new normal. Challenges were present ...

China Hackers Hit US Chamber
Wall Street Journal
"It's nearly impossible to keep people out. The best thing you can do is have something that tells you when they get in," said Mr. Chavern, the chief operating officer. "It's the new normal. I expect this to continue for the foreseeable future. ...

Simmons, Bedzzz Express Donate Beds to Alabama Tornado Victims
MarketWatch (press release)
Those affected are rallying together to bring their communities back to what they describe as "ournew normal" and to pay any kind deeds forward, exponentially increasing aid to those who have lost everything. "We're based in Birmingham so it's our ...

Tackling the odds
Shelby County Reporter
While, for now, the battle is over, William has had to adjust to a new way of life — what he and his family describe as a “new normal,” involving constant awareness of anything that could signal a resurgence of the disease. “He has a new normal, ...

Shelby County Reporter

Best wishes
Kidscreen
have become the new normal. I never thought I'd say this, but I miss the minutiae of my friends' lives. Not the moment-to-moment Facebook flashes or twerpy tweets we exchange all year. But the annual window into what they think about when they really ...

Fund manager: Legg Mason's Sam Peters not wildly bullish on 2012 market but it ...
The Republic
Some are saying the onslaught of electronic high-frequency trading and the increasing popularity of exchange-traded funds have created a new normal in which stocks may move more in concert than ever before. Peters believes the market will return to a ...

Guest Column: Staying relevant — why the library must change and embrace the ...
The Rock River Times
Evidence everywhere is telling us that digital information is rapidly becoming the new normal. Sales of eBooks are growing dramatically. Amazon sells more eBooks than all of its print materials put together. Borders went out of business, ...

Sandwich Generation Stress: Five Survival Tips
Huffington Post
... must burn in your heart and mind on those days when you'd rather call in sick, stay in your pajamas and order take-out until further notice (for those days will surely come). But in the meantime, here are five survival tips for managing the new normal.

Effort afoot to reform Idaho sales tax
The Idaho Statesman
Ringo, however, said the initiative will allow voters to weigh in on whether to permanently shrink the size of state government, a restructuring that Gov. Otter calls the “new normal.” “We think it's a good idea to give people a chance to say whether ...

Nike's CEO Discusses Q2 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
The breadth and diversification of the Nike portfolio, combined with our strong balance sheet, uniquely positions us to effectively manage through the ongoing economic uncertainty that's become the new normal. While no company can completely eliminate ...

Market Returns: 2011's Worst Performing Stocks
NASDAQ
"To deal with what Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan calls a "new normal" of less profitable retail banking, he is cutting $5 billion in annual costs, including about 30000 jobs." 7. United States Steel Corp. (X): Produces and sells steel mill ...

Think Again!
MarketMinder
Given the opportunity, System Two will override System One's error and recognize certain behaviors are historically true and certain heuristics, such as “new normal and “jobless recovery,” are untrue. But is the answer really to extricate all human ...

MarketMinder

Best wishes » Kidscreen
By Wendy Smolen
A few years and computer models later, the xeroxed letters gave way to laser printed copies. The Polaroids became scans. Flash forward to 2011 and YouTube videos, dancing elves, e-cards, or links to a blog (oy!) have become the new normal.
Kidscreen

Chinese Hackers Beat U.S. Chamber of Commerce Into Total ...
By Ryan Tate
It's the new normal. I expect this to continue for the foreseeable future. I expect to be surprised again." We can at least rest assured that Chinese hackers aren't yet controlling the Chamber's outgoing messages. Declaring the status quo ...
Gawker: Valleywag

Childish Gambino « Okayplayer
By Jeff Harvey
Times and trends have shifted since Glover first graced the mic, and weird is rapidly becoming thenew normal. Simply being “different” is no longer enough to stand out from the pack. Ultimately, while clever and engaging in fits and starts, ...
Okayplayer

Absolute Announces Approval of Normal Course Issuer Bid ...
By Tami
The Company's new normal course issuer bid will terminate on December 22, 2012 or earlier if the number of shares sought in the Bid have been obtained. The Company reserves the right to terminate the bid earlier if it feels it is appropriate to ...
Village Gamer

US Chamber of Commerce hit by Chinese hackers | TG Daily
By Trent Nouveau
It's the new normal. I expect this to continue for the foreseeable future. I expect to be surprised again." Meanwhile, Chinese embassy official Geng Shuang responded to the above-mentioned report by emphasizing that cyber attacks are ...
TG Daily

After Chinese hacks, how do we secure the Internet of Things ...
By Stacey Higginbotham
“It's the new normal. I expect this to continue for the foreseeable future. I expect to be surprised again.” In a way, this might be a healthier attitude than thinking you can build strong enough walls to keep hackers out — after all, those walls aren't ...
GigaOM

Adaptive sports for wounded warriors to become law | Warrior Care ...
By taniameireles2
Adaptive sports have become a significant recovery and healing tool in the arsenal to assist wounded warriors as they achieve their new normal. The military services, the Department of Veterans Affairs, non-profits, etc., have implemented ...
Warrior Care Blog

Ten Words. Ten Trends for 2011. – Blog | SustainAbility
By info@sustainability.com (Sustainability)
The clarion call for new energy and leadership is being sounded at an increasing clip, and while it aims to reinvigorate traditional forms of leadership, there is also the cautious acknowledgement that we've entered into a “new normal” where ...
SustainAbility

The 5 worst economic ideas of 2011 (and 12 great ones for 2012 ...
By James Pethokoukis
The longer the Great Stagnation/Long Recession/New Normal continues, the greater the risk that some profoundly terrible ideas—spawned by economic desperation and political opportunism—will pop up, gain a foothold, and start to spread. ...
The Enterprise Blog

Chart of the Day: The New Normal | Mother Jones
Chart of the Day: The New Normal. —By Kevin Drum. | Wed Dec. 21, 2011 9:41 AM PST. Tweet. EPI has a handy year-end collection of "11 Telling Charts From ...
motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/12/chart-day-new-normal

The New Normal for Promoting Tune-in (audio) - Radio & Television ...
The New Normal for Promoting Tune-in (audio). 19 December, 2011 04:13:00. Font size: Decrease font Enlarge font. image. Do broadcasters really need online ...
www.rbr.com/.../the-new-normal-for-promoting-tune-in.html

Milwaukee Biz Blog: Uncertainty is the new normal for 2012 - BizTimes
Milwaukee Biz Blog: Uncertainty is the new normal for 2012. Published December 21, 2011 - BizTimes Daily. Previous Page Previous | 7 of 7. Members of the ...
www.biztimes.com/.../milwaukee-biz-blog-uncertainty-is-the-n...

The New Normal Isn't Normal (Illness Changes Everything)
Humans have an incredible ability to adjust and change to our surroundings. Something catastrophic happens and somehow we go on. We begin to change our ...
www.maryjorapini.com/.../the-new-normal-isnt-normal-illness...

Rebekah's Page: A New Normal - Or Just Normal?
We knew we would take our several week vacation and then come back home, start school and get down to the new "normal" with just the three of us. ...
rebekahspage.blogspot.com/.../new-normal-or-just-normal.ht...

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