What trendspotters are seeing as the "new normal"

INSIDE 2012: What trendspotters are seeing as the "new normal."
Niagara Gazette
As the new normal becomes a prolonged normal in the hampered developed world, more brands in more categories will open up entry points for extremely cost-sensitive consumers. Marketers will find new opportunities in creating stripped-down offerings, ...

More 'New Normal' In 2012
Seeking Alpha
The “New Normal” made famous by the Pimco team in 2008 will most likely overhang the next year (with the exception of more shocks from the unsettled issues in the eurozone), making the search for yield a big focus of pensions and mutual funds who have ...

A warmer and wetter new 'normal' for Alaska weather
Alaska Dispatch
The increase in overall average annual temperatures for the new normal period ranged from a tiny .3 degree increase at Nome to 1.3 degrees at Barrow. Anchorage simmered in the middle with a .8 degree rise. The meteorologists found the summer rise more ...

Alaska Dispatch

2012 can be time to beat overload and work smarter
The Times and Democrat
Workplace performance expert Jason Womack says that for too many people, feeling anxious and overwhelmed has become the new 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, ...

Landing a new role after job loss and surgery
Boston.com
Some of my colleagues call this the “new normal.” Many employees were earning very competitive wages in 2006 and 2007. Then 2008 hit and there has been a correction in terms of compensation. I think you may need to be flexible. ...

Leicestershire in 2012 - predictions for the year ahead
Leicester Mercury
This is the new normal. We are never going to go back to the sort of spending people were doing three or four years ago. I think what we'll see is more people taking advantage of the low rents. It will be a very good time to open a shop – you're never ...

WSU list attempts to revive, not ban, certain words
Detroit Free Press
Lake Superior State's list aims to curtail utterances of pop culture catchphrases such as "baby bump," ''man cave" and "the new normal." Wayne State champions rescuing words that fell out of favor or never found it. Both universities accept public ...

Michigan's Wayne State University: Others Ban Words, We Save Them
MyFox Phoenix
While each list is meant to be tongue-in-cheek, Lake Superior State's list encourages holding your tongue when it comes to such pop culture catchphrases as "baby bump," ''man cave" and "the new normal." Some 300 miles to the south, ...

Edmonton police chief hopes for fewer homicides
CTV.ca
Knecht said he hopes 40-plus homicides each year is not the new normal. Historically, the city averages about 28. "We'll be in big trouble if in 2012 we have the same numbers as we have in 2011, because our folks are stretched to capacity. ...

CTV.ca

The Most Significant Market Developments of 2011 with Trends for 2012
The Market Oracle
Stagflation is the new normal disguised somewhat by government statistics. Trend: The Fed will start a new program of 'nominal GDP targeting' without stated limits in size of activity, as it will be defined by the scope of its objectives. ...

No More Living on Promises and Plastic
Moneyshow.com
We've gone from optimism that we could afford the 3000-square-foot house to all of a sudden thenew normal, which is pessimism. Do we have enough to live on? I've got to take you back on that. I'm not sure it's a case of the difference between optimism ...

Commuter test on 520 bridge about to begin
Kent Reporter
Tuesday's more typical commute will also start the long process of traffic resettling into a new normal that includes state Route 520 tolling. Washington State Department of Transportation's Toll Division Director Craig Stone will talk about what to ...

“Occupy” makes annual list of most overused words
GayToday
... that has been claimed by both the left (President Barack Obama) and the right (Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich). Other vote-getters included “the new normal,” “ginormous,” a mash-up of gigantic and enormous, and “thank you in advance. ...

GayToday

Beyond the Matrix -- A Buddhist Approach
Huffington Post
An upsurge in extreme weather events is now treated as the "new normal," while the mainstream media -- themselves powerful corporations -- ignore the fact that such disasters have been repeatedly predicted by climate science. Wilson asked whether our ...

Mary Pankiewicz: Being connected 24/7 is counterproductive
Knoxville News Sentinel
Should we accept this as the new normal, or is there reason to be concerned? Many studies have concluded this constant connection is creating high levels of stress. And that causes a myriad of other issues including higher risk of heart conditions and ...

Global economy: fighting for fiscal future
PakistanToday.com.pk
A growing prevalence of convenience and snacking will make eating on-the-go, thenew “normal” as it enters 2012. The rebound in output among developed countries has proven feeble, yet fiscal austerity, especially in the eurozone. ...

PakistanToday.com.pk

Obama is Stagnant, Not Surging
Town Hall
Instead, it simply confirms the new normal for President Obama: an approval rating stuck in the low to mid 40s. When it comes to polling, President Obama is stagnant. He ended December just as he ended November, with a 41% approval rating. ...

Our impact on the environment hotly debated
Vancouver Sun
Long-distance travel by electric-powered passenger train, com-muting by plug-in electric car or trolley, super-insulated homes, more root vegetables, and in-Canada vacations will become the new normal. The future will be different ... and better. ...

Analysts forecast NM's economic recovery to be modest, but several crucial ...
ABQ Journal (subscription)
However, it has never been cheaper to borrow, and consumers and businesses “are getting used to this new normal.” Dee said his “gut-level reaction” is that these factors are generating a cautious optimism about business conditions around the state. ...

Cindy Sheehan: Here Comes The Tornado - OpEd
Eurasia Review
One afternoon, about three weeks after Casey and I died, Carly came out into the living room from her bedroom, to find me prone on on the love seat in my new-normal position and said: “Mom, would you like to hear a poem I wrote.” I was in deep pain, ...

Virginia Water Status Report for December 2011 | Virginia Water ...
By araflo
The National Climatic Data Center released the new normal values in July 2011. For information on the new normals, see NCDC releases new 30-Year Normals, National Climatic Data Center, 7/20/11. (Sources: Climate pages of the following ...
Virginia Water Central News Grouper

Last Year Was Costliest for Weather Catastrophes
By bob berwyn summit county voice
“And while we witnessed an unmatched succession of extremes in nearly every weather category this year, climate scientists have pointed to the likelihood that such extremes are not an anomaly but may be the new normal.” In a press release ...
adventure journal

Just Kidding!
... weight loss journey, but a few weeks ago I got ancy and decided to jump ahead - well that didn't work. So now here I am - for real, re-starting my way to skinny. I go back to work tomorrow so we'll see what the "new" normal is for us! SHARE ...
REDCARPETWIFEY1's SparkPeople Blog

How to Manage Grief « The Learned Sergeant
By hoplite0352
In fact, it was my expectation that I would settle into a new normal within two weeks or so. Yet, I stand well over a month typing away at 0315 on a Sunday night/Monday morning, the Ambien failing for yet another night to put me to sleep. ...
The Learned Sergeant

One is the Happiest Number | Boston Daily
By Janelle Nanos
It's official: With nearly half of American adults now living outside of marriage, single is the new normal. But exactly who are these singletons? Here's a snapshot of what the single landscape in the U.S. currently looks like. Plus, read the feature: ...
Boston Daily

The Robert Scott Bell Show a ENCORE PRESENTATION – Dr ...
By Don
Is disease the new normal? Where are the super-kids? Will vitamins really shorten your lifespan? I'll ask Dr. Buttar to chime in on that “study” as well. What are you doing for Persistent Organic Pollutants? We'll also cover a bit of the best kept ...
The Robert Scott Bell ShowThe...

Library Boy: No Law-Related Terms in 37th Annual List of Banished ...
By Michel-Adrien
the new normal; pet parent; win the future; trickeration; ginormous; thank you in advance. The complete archive of banished words is on the university website. The list started in 1976 and is based on submissions by the general public. ...
Library Boy

NGDP targeting would have prevented the Asian crisis « The Market ...
By Lars Christensen
It is often being argued that the global economy is heading for a “New Normal” – a period of low trend-growth – caused by a “balance sheet” recession as the world goes through a necessary deleveraging. I am very sceptical about this and ...
The Market Monetarist

AMERICA'S BEST CHOICE: Happy New Normal!
America's Best Choice: conservative news and commentary relevant to traditional values, conservative principles, limited government, free markets, individual ...
americasbestchoice.blogspot.com/.../happy-new-normal.html

Story of the year: What's the new normal? - Tom Kelly: Real Estate ...
Stabilization should come on the heels of the true bottom. The unrivaled number of foreclosures and shadow-inventory homes, however, has simply thrown even ...
mynorthwest.com/800/.../Whats-the-new-normal-in-real-estate

Corporate Cultivation – The New Normal |
While adapting to the new normal, struggling nonprofits may stray away from the fundraising strategies that have proven successful in the past to search for that ...
pattonmcdowellblog.wordpress.com/.../corporate-cultivation-t...

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