Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The New Normal: Living Alone; and Bill Gross recommends a Defensive Investment Strategy Amid Zero Rates

The new normal: Living alone
WBEZ (blog)
by Al Gini | Feb. 28, 2012 A 24-yearlong study by the Harvard Medical School suggests that one of the key ingredients to a healthy and happy life is marriage. Or, to break it down into one of marriage's key domestic elements, living with somebody.

WBEZ (blog)

Gross Says Investors Should Embrace a Defensive Strategy Amid Zero Rates
Bloomberg
The period of muted growth in developed economies, high unemployment and orderly deleveraging Pimco dubbed the “new normal” in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis is morphing into a world of credit and zero- bound interest-rate risk,...

Bloomberg

What You Can Control in a Tough Business Climate
Bloomberg
At the same time, the fast, volatile business environment we're in — the new normal — means we'll need more real-time capability to adapt, both changing our strategies and ensuring our employees can shift to meet new strategic directions.

CCH Executives Cover New Developments in Tax & Accounting at Thought Leader ...
Bradenton Herald
27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Tax, accounting and audit firms are facing a new normal today that's fast-moving and ever-changing. In a presentation at the 2012 CPA Practice Advisor Thought Leader Symposium in Dallas, CCH executives met with key leaders ...

Feeling the blues while adapting to winter's 'new normal'
Mother Nature Network
About three miles up the ski trail I start thinking about the "new normal." In Montana this February this new reality leaves out winter as we know it. It's a state in which one inch of overnight snowfall is enough to goad me out onto the trail.

Mother Nature Network

Sluggish Oscar ratings is the new normal
LA Observed
Show drew about 39 million viewers, up 3.7 percent from last year but flat among the 18-49 crowd. It's possible that the telecast lost a few jocks to the NBA All-Star game, which aired at the same time, and it's also possible that the nominated films ...

Russian heat wave 2010: extreme weather or within new normal climate?
Bits Of Science
One could focus on the rise in average temperatures and wonder to what extent this will increase the chance of weather extremes. One can of course also walk the opposite route: take a witnessed extreme – and examine if that weather event stems from the ...

Bits Of Science

Forced Out YouSendIt's first president, Khalid Shaikh
Inc.com
The New Normal The motel outside Denver where Khalid Shaikh now resides. In Silicon Valley offices, the framed founder's doodle is as common as jewel-toned furniture and quirky conference-room names. But there's something peculiar about the drawing ...

Inc.com

Drought, wildfires, and extreme weather -- is this the new normal for Texas?
StateImpact Texas
By Terrence Henry To get to Spicewood Beach from Austin, you first drive through the Hill Country. You'll pass a parcel of land scorched by wildfire and drive over a Pedernales River that has been reduced to a trickle, with docks awkwardly resting on ...

Redevelopment can be replaced
Visalia Times-Delta
ÔªøCity officials in Visalia and Tulare call it the "new normal" — the end of redevelopment as we know it as a tool to revive blighted neighborhoods. We hope the "new normal" does not apply to blight as well. That will depend on how aggressive and ...

Fears grow that Oscar allure may be fading
Bend Bulletin
And with early Nielsen ratings for Sunday's telecast essentially flat — up a bit in total viewers but static among the bull's-eye audience of viewers 18-49 — Hollywood started coming to grips with one of its biggest worries: Is this the new normal ...

2012 Finance Agenda: The Lean Years Continue
Business Finance Magazine
by Lynne Schneider , Tom Willman As enterprises successfully acclimate to the challenges of what has become known as the "new normal," we find evidence of a growing acceptance that these changes are permanent; indeed, today's situation might be more ...

The strength of a guarantee
aircargoworld
This is slowly becoming the new normal. “Airlines are very scared,” says Adrien Thominet of ECS, “so they ask for the largest possible guarantees; they ask for the largest possible financial support. Airlines need more and more to go to big GSAs who ...

aircargoworld

20 Signs That Dust Bowl Conditions Will Soon Return To The Heartland Of America
Hawaii News Daily
Secondly, drought conditions have become the "new normal" in many areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and other states in the middle part of the country. Scientists tell us that the wet conditions that we enjoyed for several decades after World War II ...

Risk and Return Go Back to the Future
Minyanville.com
... the ProShares UltraShort Lehman 7-10 year Treasury ETF (PST). After all, we had to go through a lot of pain en route from normal to the New Normal; why should you expect the return trip to be without what economists drily describe as frictional costs?

The Halibut Taco is Alaska's Unofficial State Dish. Discuss.
World Hum (blog)
It's the new normal. I'm not World Hum's designated taco expert, by any means—Jim's the Mexican food addict around here—but I've been intrigued by unexpected Mexican-in-the-sub-Arctic offerings before. And I'm no less intrigued by the halibut taco ...

World Hum (blog)

McGinn: More patrols will combat violence, but community needs to help
KIRO Seattle
Family members of one of the victims called for a truce, and on Monday, McGinn called for a “new normal” of cooperation from the community in helping police solve crimes and stop the violence. “Partnering with community members is one of the most ...

After Vikileaks, we can protect privacy, or outgrow it
Macleans.ca
Is this the new normal? Because if marital misconduct is now fair game, heaven knows how low we will go. In the United States, you can be sued for “[giving] publicity to a matter concerning the private life of another.

Macleans.ca

Building homes for the future
Nova News Now
“ Pettipas suggested energy-efficient homes will be the new normal for the industry. “The Efficiency Nova Scotia Demonstration Homes represent the future of the residential construction industry and we hope to start a new trend in environmental ...

Nova News Now

Sisters, Sisters!
Patch.com
By Caitlin Marquis According to the blog, Kimberly has lived in town for 20 years with her husband and they are now "adjusting to the 'new normal' of their empty nest," noting that their two sons are living away at college.

JP Morgan Analyst Day: What To Expect From Jamie Dimon
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Mayo mostly wonders how JP Morgan will grow and remain the best in the new-normal banking environment. Mayo hypothesizes the bank would be worth up to a third more if it broke into pieces, and wants questions at least asked about whether JP Morgan can ...

Deep Inside Hollywood:Jane Lynch, Matthew Bomer, Cherry Jones, and BD Wong
SouthFloridaGayNews.com
Meanwhile, Ellen Barkin has joined the cast of Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler's comedy pilot The New Normal. She'll play the mother of a woman who becomes involved as a surrogate for a gay male couple trying to have a baby… Kevin Bacon will take on the ...

SouthFloridaGayNews.com

Mass layoffs expose myth of US economic “recovery”
World Socialist Web Site
Nearly three years after the official end of the recession in June 2009, it is becoming increasingly clear that the crisis of 2008 was not merely another recession, but a transition to a “new normal” where high unemployment is a permanent fixture, ...

Local woman endures tragedy, uses it to make a difference
KTVB
"Time doesn't take the pain away, time helps you get used to this new normal, but that doesn't stop me from hurting," she said. Natalie survived the accident with several broken bones and a severe brain injury. After a lot of hard work and physical ...

JOBS Act just what Obama ordered
Politico
This cannot become the new normal. We need to do everything we can to ensure that America remains a country of opportunity, in which jobs are created, startups and innovation happen, risks are taken and small businesses flourish.

Politico

How Exercise Fuels the Brain
Manila Bulletin
In those rats that ran for four weeks, the “supercompensation” became the new normal, with their baseline levels of glycogen showing substantial increases compared with the sedentary animals. The increases were especially notable in, again, ...

Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) Earnings Are Troubling - Fred Dunsel (02/28/12)
WallStreetWindow.com
Duke said, “Our price leadership is making a difference across the United States, as many families are settling into a new normal. Core customers remain cautious about their finances." The company said that it planned to strengthen productivity and ...

Foreign policy won't impact the 2012 election? Think again
University of Texas at Austin News
Blaming China for America's troubles is the new normal. Whether Republicans will run anything as powerful as the infamous “Chinese professor” ad that aired in the 2010 mid-term elections remains to be seen. But this much is certain: voters will hear ...

University of Texas at Austin News

The Return of Pointed Political Commentary
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
Personally, I think spending that kind of money to win what amounts to little more than a political urinating contest would be an unconscionable waste in good times — much less in this “new normal” era of seriously reduced resources.

Signs of optimism on national, local housing market
WTOP
McClain says Virginia is probably the first state in the country to have fully recovered and the decrease represents a new "normal" market. He isn't concerned that a downward trend will continue. AP : ce17821f - 16e7 - 4b3c - bd63 - ba1a0a3b59ee.

WTOP

The Gutsy Generation: New Normal
By The Gutsy Generation
Having unpredictable bowels leaves you in periods of stability sometimes and instability others and this re-adjustment of new normal might just become a constant in your life. The day I was diagnosed, March 12th, was the start of a new ...
The Gutsy Generation

Prison Planet.com » 20 Signs That Dust Bowl Conditions Will Soon ...
By admin
Secondly, drought conditions have become the “new normal” in many areas of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and other states in the middle part of the country. Scientists tell us that the wet conditions that we enjoyed for several decades after ...
Prison Planet.com

Investment management moves off life support systems | blog.kpmg ...
By Tom Brown
Regulatory change is still an important issue on the boardroom agenda. It seems as though the rush of regulation that followed the financial crisis in 2008 has now bedded in, and that business leaders now tolerate it as the “new normal”.
blog.kpmg.co.uk

Warmer day ahead; fog advisory until 10 a.m. | Weather Watch
By Claudia Grisales
As you all know, I have been 100% correct about the new normal. I have something to tell you though. I have been wrong. The new normal is actually WORSE than I could've predicted. I certainly did not think we would be in the 80s and 90s in ...
Statesman Blogs

Beyond cloud computing and Big Data - SI and tech insights
By Accenture
Key to this transformation is the dismantling of the single data centre. Several factors have contributed to make the distribution of enterprise IT across locations and service providers thenew normal: The availability of hardware and software as ...
SI and tech insights

“The New Normal” – my initial thoughts | MarkjOwen's Blog
I have been given a copy of Peter Hinssen's “The New Normal“. This book is about the. “advancement in technology” that “is creating a new 'normal' where ...
markjowen.wordpress.com/.../the-new-normal-my-initial-thou...

A New Normal - Shelby-Utica, MI Patch
Learning to adjust to another "new normal", as our son returns to school.
shelby-utica.patch.com/blog_posts/a-new-normal-134e4450

Planning For Retirement In The New Normal | KCUR
On this Monday's Central Standard, we discuss retirement planning strategies for the new normal.
kcur.org/post/planning-retirement-new-normal

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Born of Disruption: An Emerging New Normal for the Information Landscape

2012 NFAIS Annual Conference: Born of Disruption: An Emerging New Normal for the Information Landscape - "The emergence of e-journals, search engines, and the Web triggered the disruption of the information landscape more than twenty years ago. Accelerated by the continual introduction of new technologies, the perpetual reshaping of digital content, and the coming of age of Digital Natives, disruption is gradually transforming the entire industry as technologies mature, converge, and become mainstream. Today, the melding of broadband connectivity, mobile devices and apps, cloud computing, analytic tools, and social media has created a platform-rich information environment that can be leveraged to enhance and enrich the information discovery process. This new information environment is driving publishers and librarians around the globe to reinvent their methods of information creation, packaging, and delivery while building the requisite organizational infrastructures. What is the new normal for content as multimedia grows in importance . . . As changes in user information behavior accelerate and the Digital Natives come of age, are business models and practices in alignment with the new normal? . . . "

For ex-army amputees, Edmonton's rehab centre a state-of-the-art gem
Canada.com
"That's one of the reasons I was successful at it, because it was a new me, a new normal. . . . It gives me a huge sense of freedom that someone using a wheelchair will never have." Franklin admits running was beyond his new normal, since he had to ...

Three Ways to Manage Rising Gas Prices
Triple Pundit
Some have looked at what the impacts of higher gas prices will be while others have acknowledged that they aren't going lower and asked if your business is ready for the “new normal” of high fuel prices. These articles have pointed out some very ...

The new normal: Lessons for manufacturers
ICIS (subscription)
Manufacturing processes will need to change in many companies as we transition to the New Normal. Quality will matter more and more as we move away from the throwaway society of the past couple of decades. So will approaches such as Process ...

Much to Savor, and Worry About, Amid Mild Winter's Early Blooms
New York Times
The experimental garden could, over time, serve as a blueprint for a new world of horticulture. “This is not normal,” said Mr. Forrest, touring the garden in only a suit and tie and no overcoat. “If this becomes the new normal, then we have to change...

New York Times

Warmer, wetter week ahead
Asheville Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE — After a brisk weekend, temperatures return this week to what seems to be the new normal. Expect a partly sunny day today with a high near 60 degrees, calm winds and a 20 percent chance of rain, according to the National Weather Service's ...

Diabetes Support Group Members Promote Understanding
OzarksFirst.com
Type two is the one that's caused by obesity and lack of physical activity, but the people KOLR10/KOZL spoke with at a support group Sunday say they often run into people with misconceptions about the differences between the two. a new normal," said ...

Why The Artist is The Perfect Movie For These Times
Huffington Post
But how it illuminated in such simple elegance the shift of technology we are all facing today, the trauma of change and then the return to a new normal. For the Artist, sound is the new technology that threatens to destroy his livelihood and career.

The Audacity of Ambition
American Thinker
Is this the new normal? I'm sure glad Steve Jobs didn't act on this kind of advice -- I really do enjoy my iPhone. And I'm glad I didn't act on such tripe as well. Ambition -- some have it and some don't. It matters not which country you live in as ...

Strawberry growers struggle
News Chief
The bigger concern, however, is that this year's strawberry market may have become the new normal, they said. "Over the years, it's been a competition between California and Florida," Lott said. "Now we've got Mexico in the mix.

The conversation has grown (up)
Downtown Journal
A 24/7/365 life is the new normal, and thus the need to offer an appealing 24/7/365 experience is crucial to being the place where people want to locate. As the crossroads of work, entertainment, culture, public spaces, tourism, retail, education, ...

Downtown Journal

Pudgy pets are problematic
MiamiHerald.com
"We've made fat pets the new normal," said the agency's president and founder, veterinarian Dr. Ernie Ward. Obesity is now the leading health threat of pets, he said. The simple truth is, being overweight has caused many of the same health problems in ...

Oil Prices – It's What Everyone is Talking About
Wall Street Pit
... surrounding Iran, Andrew Sentance, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said high and fluctuating prices for energy were part of a “new normal” economic climate in which Asia is the main engine of global growth.

Families left to cope with guilt, grief, doubt after suicide
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
You are never the same person, but you learn to live with the new normal," she said. Laurie Barnett-Levine, vice chairwoman for the Ray of Hope, a suicide awareness and prevention task force in the county, said work is under way to help people ...

REAL ID: The Big Data concession stand v. "Mexican Terrorist" with drivers ...
OpEdNews
Many slaves to convenience will complain irritably that merchants and government agencies have been performing this function as the new normal for years and to get over "privacy" issues. It's a funny coincidence as the firms who buy and sell this ...

Investors Should Look South To Brazil's Economy (EWZ, BZF, ITUB, PBR, VIV, EEM...
ETF Daily News
Rather, steady and solid are the watchwords for Brazil in the “new normal.” That being said, this emerging market's (NYSEArca:EEM) GDP growth could surprise to the upside in 2012 if the global economy finds its footing. Barring another global financial ...

ETF Daily News

The Perfect Movie For These Times | Maria's Farm Country Kitchen
By heatherhurlock
But how it illuminated in such simple elegance the shift of technology we are all facing today, the trauma of change and then the return to a new normal. For the Artist, sound is the new technology that threatens to destroy his livelihood and ...
Maria's Farm Country Kitchen

PJ Media » Slow 'Recovery,' Dire Consequences
By Tom Blumer
“A president with the gall to brag about the set of conditions just described and who wants us to believe, with press assistance, that this is the “new normal,” it's the best we can hope for, and that we'd better get used to it, is one who deserves to ...
PJ Media

Increasing congestion in the west highlights need for new directions ...
By jhumm
However, congestion is creeping back up again, with Christchurch City Council road corridor operations manager Paul Burden calling it a “new normal” as new travel patterns in the post-quake environment begin to cement. Riccarton Rd ...
Christchurch Transport Blog

Roy Morgan: Business focussed on “internal efficiencies ...
By Houses and Holes
My view of this is that it is more permanent than Dr Lowe reckons. In fact, it is a new normal of lower demand growth, not any passing issue to be blamed on Europe or anything else. Business is steadily realising this and seeking efficiencies.
macrobusiness.com.au

feMOMhist: No magic bullet
By feMOMhist
Previously he would have been to shy to go over or ended up being overly physical and inadvertently hurting someone. I kept peering out the window at him just to make sure. I wonder if this could become our new normal? Labels: ADHD ...
feMOMhist

New normal « Family Scholars
Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to ...
familyscholars.org/2012/02/18/new-normal/

VIDEO: Stillwater man searches for "new normal" after injury that left ...
Two years ago, with batter board and string, Wayne Prater went out to a piece of land he owned on the outskirts of Stillwater. He plotted out the fou.
www.stwnewspress.com/.../VIDEO-Stillwater-man-searches-fo...

The Generation of the “New Normal” |
Last year, headlines were made when a study revealed that 73% of African American children are born in single parent homes. These same children also ...
blog.traciscampbell.com/2012/.../generation-of-the-new-norm...

Twitter / LegalRebels: From the New Normal this w ...
From the New Normal this week, see our interview with Peter Kalis, of K&L Gates, about the future of the legal profession....
twitter.com/LegalRebels/statuses/172364655765884928

Monday, February 27, 2012

The New Normal: Businesses invest less and Consumers spend less than before the recession

Conference Board Economists: U.S. Economy Transitioning To A ...
The U.S. economy is transitioning to a new normal in which businesses invest less and consumers spend less than before the recession, Goldstein told The ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../conference-board-us-economy_n... 

Traffic jams in west increase to 'new normal'
The Press
"What we've seen now is those levels creep back up again and I think that's got to do with people consolidating their travel patterns and behaviours into a new normal. "In some areas there's as much as 10 per cent heavier flows during peak times and ...

Weekend Meme: Ethan Peck Makes "The Selection," Sophia Bush Speaks Out For ...
AfterElton.com
I hope that The New Normal gets picked up so we can see Rannells in our homes every week, since even if I made it up to New York City, I'd never be able to get tickets for The Book of Mormon. I can't begin to describe how excited I am about The Last ...

Home sweet home? Not so fast.
Denver Post
Homebuilders seem to be adapting to a new normal of contracting for homes at well below one-half of historic levels; more mortgages are being refinanced at historically low levels and some economists say the decline in homeownership rates is a sign ...

When Idaho's Unpredictable Weather Becomes Normal
Twin Falls Times-News
She argues that sporadic weather patterns are the new normal, thus affecting how easily firefighters can predict an upcoming fire season and how much water should be reserved throughout the summer. The amount of dry fire fuels that become available ...

As Gas Prices Rise, Washington Democrats Tell American Families to Get Used to It
Texas GOP Vote
(“Gulf Deepwater Drilling Ban's Hidden Victims,” Investor's Business Daily, 1/31/2012) As Democrats are telling American families to get used to high gas prices, they are also attempting to shirk responsibility for the “new normal” of sky-high ...

Sunoco Blows Nearly $2 Million Hole in West Deptford's School Budget
Patch.com
It was something about which school board President Christopher Strano sounded the alarm just a few weeks ago, and he said the district—and township, which will face that same drop in the municipal budget—will have to adjust to a new normal without a ...

Fla strawberry growers struggle to turn a profit
MiamiHerald.com
The bigger concern, however, is that this year's strawberry market may have become the new normal, they said. "Over the years, it's been a competition between California and Florida," Lott said. "Now we've got Mexico in the mix.

Lofty oil new headache for debt-ridden Europe
The News International
Looking past the near-term uncertainty surrounding Iran, Andrew Sentance, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said high and fluctuating prices for energy were part of a “new normal” economic climate in which Asia is the ...

The News International

Expanding Mexican strawberry industry hurts Florida strawberry growers
Sun-Sentinel
The bigger concern, however, is that this year's strawberry market may have become the new normal, they said. "Over the years, it's been a competition between California and Florida," Lott said. "Now we've got Mexico in the mix.

Supportive family, top-notch medical care is winning combination when fighting ...
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Having them there was important on so many levels: In taking in the territory in my new world order, Lindsey was familiarizing herself with the new normal, facing it head on, and being there for me as I always intend to be there for her.

Farm and Food: Crop insurance costs outrace conservation
Lincoln Journal Star
We like those numbers for no other reason than if 2010 prices are, as some suggest, the "new normal," there's everything new and nothing normal about any of them. Moreover, alone or as a group, they make an interesting yardstick to measure today's ...

Cupcake Business Booms after National Win
Rochester YNN
Since Heather Saffer's sweet victory on the popular reality show Cupcake Wars the shoulder to shoulder crowd in her shop has been the new normal. "I just can't believe people are actually coming in waiting that long," said Heather.

Praise for those who choose to stay, fight
Foster's Daily Democrat
The new normal for schools is going to demand original thinking and out-of-the-box solutions. Simply using what was done last year with a few tweaks in coming years won't suit the purpose. But this should come as no surprise, technology has already ...

Higher oil prices rising threat to global economy, says IMF
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
Gurria said there was no distortion in markets and oil prices of up to $100 per barrel were “the new normal”. “We are not seeing a situation today where there is something wrong with (market) fundamentals, in fact, we are seeing a slowdown in the ...

A dozen bankers are destroying civilization- and governments don't care
OpEdNews
They are not going to stop until every last nurse, teacher and policeman is working for a dollar a day, confirming a new normal of impoverished misery for America. Advanced college degrees will soon only be held by the children of the richest .01% of ...

OpEdNews

It's Been a Year - Hannah B. Design
By Hannah B.
I know that we WILL be in a completely different place this time next year, and I will have to find a new normal once again. But I also know that wherever we end up, will be exactly where we are supposed to be. For this year, change is the new ...
Hannah B. Design

Episode 35: Ladies of the Connecticut Shoreline | Bruce Barber's ...
By Bruce
Their two sons are off at college, so Kimberly's current project is adjusting to the “new normal” of their empty nest. While she has had a myriad of jobs, her most demanding, successful, challenging, and rewarding vocation has been as a wife, ...
Bruce Barber's Real Life Survival Guide

Mike's Blog Round Up | Crooks and Liars
By Infidel753
Parsley's Pics: For Republicans, lying about Obama has become the new normal. All Things Democrat: Tennessee teabaggers demand a shocking revision of history. Squatlo Rant: If the Republican candidates seem weird, it's because they're ...
Crooks and Liars

Well being Resort weight Loss Retreat – Self improvement Retreat ...
By David
Camp out Eden Well being Retreat can be useful for repairing your new normal energy, re-discover harmony along with equilibrium; the idea improves ones internal elegance for obtaining feeling of well being. Your deals provided by Camp ...
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Increase Your Happiness: Break Free From “Masochistic Equilibrium ...
By Karen Salmansohn
Over time, you will begin to view highly positive situations as examples for your new normal. The more you witness positive examples of love and joy, the more opportunity you will have to change your belief system about life—and thereby start ...
Positively Positive

From Airbnb to Zaarly: A Short History of Collaborative Consumption ...
By Kathryn Hough
Collaborative consumption is the new normal. As more people experience the economic and emotional benefit of sharing resources, their odds of using multiple collaborative consumption marketplace sites will likely increase. Have you used a ...
tech.li

Unwed Childbearing is the 'New Normal'? Depends on Where You ...
Rachel Sheffield writes on NRO: Unwed childbearing is the “new normal” for women under 30, reports the New York Times. A study from the research ...
www.nationalreview.com/.../unwed-childbearing-new-normal-...

The New Normal? » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog
The New York Times calls unwed motherhood “the new normal,” at least for women under 30. Over at the Georgia Family Council site, I disagree. The Times ...
www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/.../the-new-normal/

New normal « Family Scholars
Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to ...
familyscholars.org/2012/02/18/new-normal/

The New Normal « Neptunus Lex
Now it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women has crossed a threshold: more than half of births to ...
www.neptunuslex.com/2012/02/18/the-new-normal/

This Chart Debunks The 'New Normal' - Business Insider
Back in 2009 during the height of the recession and the lows of the stock market, many had wondered if the fundamentals of the economy had changed forever.
articles.businessinsider.com/.../31070227_1_stock-market-initi...

New Normal | Big Little Wolf's Daily Plate of Crazy
One of the difficulties in transitioning from one life stage to another is trying to find a new “normal” – at least – a new normal that suits, even if temporarily.
dailyplateofcrazy.com/.../new-normal-managing-divorce-job-l...

A 'new normal' for America's economy? | MinnesotaBrown
Thought for the day: Is it possible that America's 20th century strength (and the backbone of our success here in northern Minnesota's steel and timber empire) ...
www.minnesotabrown.com/.../new-normal-for-americas-econ...

Managing Partner Shares Perspective on the New Normal - ABA ...
K&L Gates Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis spoke with ABA Journal reporter Rachel M. Zahorsky on the future course of the legal ...
www.abajournal.com/.../peter_kalis_an_alternate_perspective_...

30 Rock: The New Normal - News - TV.com
"The Tuxedo Begins" was by far our favorite episode of Season 6. 30 Rock is back on track. Hooray!
www.tv.com/news/30-rock-the-new-normal-27867/

New normal
This new life is pretty awesome, although it is taking some getting used to! As of right now, Trevor and I have kind of split the childcare duties- he takes care of ...
www.thesouthernbellebaby.com/2012/02/new-normal.html

The New Normal | Father Knows Last
The New Normal. Posted on February 20, 2012 by jimlindlauf. Running has become a pretty big part of my life. A quick look back at my recent blog postings tells ...
jimlindlauf.areavoices.com/2012/02/20/the-new-normal/

Justin Bartha Cast in The New Normal -- Ryan Murphy's NBC Comedy
Ryan Murphy has found a husband for Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells. The Glee boss has tapped Hangover actor Justin Bartha to play Rannells' better hal ...
www.tvline.com/.../justin-bartha-the-new-normal-ryan-murph...

$4 million deficit is Sutter County's 'new normal' | sutter, new, normal ...
This story has been corrected from an earlier version that appeared in print. Call it progress, or as one supervisor did, the "new normal," but a projected $4 ...
www.appeal-democrat.com/.../sutter-113995-new-normal.html

Culture shift: Single moms a new normal | The Columbus Dispatch
LORAIN, Ohio — It used to be called illegitimacy. Now, it is the new normal. After steadily rising for five decades, the share of children born to unmarried women ...
www.dispatch.com/.../culture-shift-single-moms-a-new-normal...

Justin Bartha & Andrew Rannells: 'New Normal' Couple! | Andrew ...
Justin Bartha & Andrew Rannells: 'New Normal' Couple! ... Justin Bartha is set to star opposite Andrew Rannells in The New Normal, a new NBC comedy ...
www.justjared.com/.../justin-bartha-andrew-rannells-new-nor...

Urban chief outlines new normal for cities | Bridge Michigan
By Amy Lane/Bridge Magazine contributor. Tweet. Harvey Hollins III is the director of the Michigan Office of Urban and Metropolitan Initiatives and is a principal ...
bridgemi.com/.../urban-chief-outlines-new-normal-for-cities/

Early Learning Center Registration Opens | The New Normal Project
The Early Learning Center will begin accepting registrations for the fall school year in just a few weeks on Monday, March 19. Watch for details in the coming ...
www.thenewnormalproject.com/.../early-learning-center-regist...

For Younger Mothers, Out-of-Wedlock Births Are the New Normal ...
It's good that society no longer stigmatizes single mothers, but is it really good for 53 percent of children born to women under 30 to be born out of wedlock?
parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/.../for-younger-mothers-out-of-...

THE NEW NORMAL, PART 2 | GoldSilver.com
the years ahead, we are going to see rampant rioting & looting in our major cities. The crime spree we will witness will be absolutely unprecedented.
https://goldsilver.com/new/the-new-normal-part-2/

Tiger Woods has a new PGA Tour schedule in 2012 | Golf Channel
Welcome to the new normal. It's a strange world where red shirts and conventional wisdom no longer hold sway the way they once did. A land that no longer ...
www.golfchannel.com/.../tiger-woods-honda-classic-new-nor...

Is Single Motherhood the New Normal? | workingmother.com
Is Single Motherhood the New Normal? workmom blogs. RSS feed icon Browse the topics @home and @work. Engage with leading bloggers who offer advice ...
www.workingmother.com/.../single-motherhood-new-normal

The New Normal? Markdowns Woo Consumers, Worry Retailers, by ...
Several seasons of discounting have hardened consumers against paying full price – much to the chagrin of retailers, who still face narrow margins and lean ...
www.wwd.com/.../the-new-normal-markdowns-still-woo-cons...

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Austerity is the New Normal Says ECB's Mario Draghi; Also New Normal: Less Small Business Credit

Austerity New Normal Says ECB's Mario Draghi | Atlantic Sentinel
Austerity New Normal Says ECB's Mario Draghi http://t.co/PelHSbgS Europe's social model is "gone" says central bank president ...
atlanticsentinel.com/.../austerity-new-normal-says-ecbs-mario-... 

The New Normal: Less Small Business Credit
Forbes
Small businesses are borrowing less now than before the financial crisis. Federal Reserve call report data shows that bank to loans to small businesses hit their high before the 2008 financial crisis, and have not returned to pre-recession levels.

What We're Reading
New York Times (blog)
But though the average price has climbed 11 cents per gallon over the last two weeks, national restaurant sales have, surprisingly, increased because diners think of $3.50 gas “as the new normal,” one analyst says. But he worries about future customer ...

New York Times (blog)

Coon Rapids to hold Navigating the New Normal work session
Coon Rapids Herald
by Peter Bodley Navigating the New Normal is the title of a Coon Rapids City Council work session that will be presented by the Urban Land Institute Minnesota (ULI MN). The work session Tuesday, Feb. 28, 6:30 pm, will involve not only the city council, ...

Hangover Star Gets A New Man In NBC Pilot!
PerezHilton.com
Justin Bartha has signed onto the Glee boss's NBC comedy pilot, The New Normal. Bartha, or Doug from The Hangover flicks, will play Rannells's husband. The pilot will feature Rannells and Bartha living with a surrogate as they try to raise a family.

PerezHilton.com

UK Economy: Weak growth the new normal, for next 5 years at least
FXstreet.com
The opinions and analysis offered on Forexlive are for educational purposes only and clients and prospects are advised to carefully consider the opinions and recommendations offered by the analysts and to use the analysis and opinions in conjunction ...

The Daily Illini in trouble
Chicago Reader
There's a new normal in print journalism and college papers are not immune to it. I've just had a conversation with Lil Levant, publisher of the Daily Illini and general manager of Illini Media Company, the not-for-profit that controls the student-run ...

Chicago Reader

UK Economy: Weak growth the new normal, for next 5 years at least
ForexLive (blog)
By Sean Lee || February 24, 2012 at 03:21 GMT Thanks to everyone for taking the time to fill out our survey. The response was outstanding. We received a lot of really helpful input as to what is core to the site, as well as what more you would like to ...

Los Angeles Times to Enact Paywall
Daily Beast
Are paywalls the new normal? They just might be after the Los Angeles Times announced Friday that the newspaper would erect a paywall on its site come March 5. The move comes nearly a year after one of the country's biggest papers, The New York Times, ...

Daily Beast

[TV] Hangover Star Cast in Glee Creator's New Sitcom
411mania.com
Bartha has joined Ryan Murphy's new CBS sitcom The New Normal. The show co-stars Andrew Rannells and Bartha as a couple living with a surrogate and trying to raise a family. Ellen Barkin is playing a grandmother as well. The show is still in the pilot ...

COULD CALIFORNIA SWING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION?
U-T San Diego
Unpredictability is the new normal. In this new environment where pundits' predictions are routinely defied, now would be a good time to revisit the question of whether California's 5 million Republican voters will have a meaningful voice in who will ...

Eden man continues to beat the odds
Hamburg Sun
“Our family had to learn a new normal.” Even standing in large crowds, or smelling strong odors, such as perfumes or food cooking in a restaurant, can set off Dave's lungs, Sue explained. This past summer, Dave's health took a turn for the worse.

Hamburg Sun

PRESS DIGEST - British business - Feb 24
Reuters
WEAK GROWTH IS THE 'NEW NORMAL', ANDREW SENTANCE WARNS Britain better get used to weak growth and a bumpy recovery as that is the best the economy can expect over the next four to five years, a former Bank of England rate-setter has warned.

How To Make Sure That Your Next Home Purchase IS A Smart Investment
RealtyBizNews
by Donna Robinson - 24 February 2012 With the housing crisis dragging on, we're seeing a lot of recent media attention on renting as the new “normal”. There have been quite a few articles out there about why buying a home is not a good investment, ...

RealtyBizNews

New Residential Home Sales Decline, -0.9% in January 2012
Economic Populist
The average home price is around early 2004 levels and simply has not come down enough to meet that new normal of low wages for most of America. The average includes those million dollar homes, which registered at least 1000, over $750000 for December ...

Lofty oil new headache for debt-ridden Europe
Reuters
Looking past the near-term uncertainty surrounding Iran, Andrew Sentance, a former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, said high and fluctuating prices for energy were part of a "new normal" economic climate in which Asia is the ...

Kiwis back in market for homes, say agents
New Zealand Herald
Veda managing director John Roberts said there was a sense that people had accepted a still-struggling economy as the "new normal". "They just have to get on with their lives ... this is good for New Zealanders and it is good for the economy.

Electric Car Boosters Seek To Calm 'Range Anxiety'
AOL Energy
"The idea was to show the community that EVs really are a viable form of transportation," Delello said, adding that an ad campaign for the vehicles used the tag line 'The New Normal'. The central Illinois town now has 14 charging stations, ...

Taking the business pulse of the Upper Valley
New Hampshire Business Review
It was a little hard, it's coming back now, but it's almost like a new normal. I think everyone is a little more cautious in where they're spending their money. Milne: We're about half business-to-business and about half consumer so we see it on both ...

Kitcommentary from Kitco Metals Inc. - "At The Movies"
InvestorIdeas.com (press release)
This, however, appears to be the new 'normal' for the time being. Spot gold traded at $1779 in the early minutes of Friday action and then gave back about $5 falling to $1774 amid early book-squaring and some profit-taking, while silver gave back only ...

Why Economic Policy Has Stopped Working
BullionVault
These developments are combining to create a difficult recovery accompanied by volatile economic and financial conditions – which is the "new normal" for the UK and other major western economies for the time being. And these characteristics of the ...

Hard disk drive shortage takes aim at enterprise SAS, SATA in 2012
Search Storage
“I've been told the new normal for mission-critical will be 1 million inventory -- never again 3 million. It's just too expensive for the drive makers to provide that level of high-end 'accommodation.'” Monroe said the change will force the top eight ...

Flood outlook forecasts relief for Manitobans
CBC.ca
'New normal' Infrastructure Minister Steve Ashton said weather patterns are changing, so the province needs to be prepared despite what the forecast says so far. "The new normal is certainly indicating we have to be on guard for greater severity of ...

CBC.ca

Housing troubles 'not a short-term issue,' bank officer says
Omaha World-Herald
It could be that the current percentage has become a "new normal," he said, since consumers recently have slowed down their reductions in borrowing. Leach said people shouldn't be misled into thinking that US manufacturing is failing.

Free Breast Cancer Program For Couples
Garden City News
Topics are scheduled as follows: March 7 - Solving Problems, Managing Issues and Improving Communication; March 14 - Exploring Your Role as Caregiver or Survivor, and Integrating Problem Solving into Your "New Normal." Sessions will be led by Alisha ...

Textbook Publishers Come Under Fire From Former Contributor
Education Week News (blog)
The problem, Keeghan says, is the result of what she calls the "new normal" among "too many educational publishers": a severe lack of oversight of the quality of materials and apathy to do anything about it. She highlights the recent consolidation of ...

CoxHealth's New 'Halo' Procedure Keeps Esophageal Cancer at Bay
OzarksFirst.com
"It takes away the cells that have the possibility of becoming cancer and new, normal tissue grows in its place," says Dr. Peter Ramsey, a Ferrell-Duncan gastroenterologist. It's an outpatient procedure that has the potential to keep cancer at bay, ...

Spinning Necessity as a Virtue: Families to Stand in for Fragmenting Social ...
EconoMonitor (blog)
... the US is highly neurotic, my sense is that the weakening of community ties and short job tenures (meaning tenuous social relationships in the workplace) are bigger culprits than nuclear families, which became the new normal in the 1950s and 1960s.

Editor's Eye on Baltimore: The Red Queen vs. The Court Jester by Newt Fowler
Citybizlist (press release)
The "new normal" is that change now drives every business, customer and market. The debate over what drives change often revolves around whether each of us, including our employees, competitors and customers, feeds that change or change is forced on us ...

Citybizlist (press release)

Letter: Hutton to run again for BOE
NorthJersey.com
This 2 percent cap introduced what we have labeled "a new normal." While our teachers' contracts have required some employee contribution toward their health benefits for many years, the new state legislation has significantly changed that compensation ...

Taxman won't get more in Windsor's proposed budget
Windsor Star
After four years of keeping tax hikes at zero (or less), Colucci said Windsorites may think it's thenew normal, but he points to a list of Ontario cities with 100000 or more residents — most have set or recommended their 2012 budgets, and none of ...

A new “Normal” | In the Wings
By Peter D. Kramer
Westchester Sandbox Theatre presents regional premiere of 'Next to Normal' “Next to Normal,” the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and three Tony.
In the Wings

What's Hot In.... Consumer Marketing | Ketchum Blog
By Kelley Skoloda
“Companies need to remember that in the 'new normal' the consumer is much more savvy and thoughtful of their purchases so it is even more important than ever for companies to stand up and tell their story of why them.” Larger agencies ...
Ketchum Blog

Jane Lynch, out of the tracksuit | Gay San Diego
By admin
He's already got “Glee” and “American Horror Story” on the air, and now NBC has ordered a pilot for “The New Normal,” a half-hour comedy project Murphy co-created with Allison Adler. It's set to star “The Book of Mormon” actor Andrew ...
Gay San Diego

Economically calibrating risk predictions - Banking Analytics Blog
By Andrew Jennings
While there are many commentators trying the define what the “new normal” will look like in a post-crisis economy, there's still a lot of new learning to be done and not much in the way of economic consistency. So it seems a good time to talk ...
Banking Analytics Blog

Single moms, poor babies — Joanne Jacobs
By Joanne
More than half of births to women under 30 are out of wedlock, reports the New York Times, trumpeting the “new normal” in middle America. Including older mothers, 59 percent of babies are born to a married couple. One group still largely ...
Joanne Jacobs

Ever see a bluefish frenzy? | For What It's Worth
By Chris Fountain
Just sayin'. The New Normal. February 24, 2012 at 1:20 pm. Just_looking,. You can't simply look at the avg test scores and compare homogeneous Darien with heterogeneous Greenwich. Dramatically different racial and socioeconomic ...
For What It's Worth

Graph of the Day: Putting the Squeeze on Labor, Part II - Blog of the ...
By Benjamin Landy
We cannot accept that disparity as the new normal. View more from the Graph of the Day Series. Posted by Benjamin Landy on February 24, 2012 in Economics & Inequality | Permalink | Email this post · Technorati Tags: capital, economics, ...
Blog of the Century

News Headline Summary - Talking-Forex - First for FX News
Telegraph writes: "Weak growth is the 'new normal', Andrew Sentance warns". Economic commentary. Britain better get used to weak growth and a bumpy recovery as that is the best the economy can expect over the next four to five years, ...
Talking-Forex :: News & Events

#RSAC Tweets: Funniest, Most Entertaining & Most Informative ...
Security & the New Normal – enabler vs. barrier http://t.co/cpE6HgBr · Axway ‏ ”The dam on BYOD is about to break. We need to look at encryption, monitoring access…” – #RSAC annual analyst teleconference. And oh, so many more. Follow ...
The Art of Data Protection

$4 million deficit is Sutter County's 'new normal' | sutter, new, normal ...
million deficit is Sutter County's 'new normal' | sutter, new, normal, call, one, county, progress, deficit, supervisor, million.
www.appeal-democrat.com/.../sutter-113995-new-normal.html

New Normal News: The New Normal: 2012 Politics
This is just a new normal for us,” said Mayor John Watson. The long-time Vinton mayor knows the scene inside the city is changing. Crews are leaving streets ...
www.newnormalnews.com/.../new-normal-2012-politics.html

The New Normal in the Big Easy | American Apparel & Footwear ...
The theme of this year's event is “Practical Approaches to the New Normal.” The funny thing is that the “new normal” is anything but. Today, the entire sourcing ...
https://www.wewear.org/.../the-new-normal-in-the-big-easy/

A New Normal and the Right to Reproduce | Feminist Studies in ...
"It used to be called illegitimacy. Now it is the new normal." So begins a recent article in the New York Times. According to a new report, more than half of births ...
www.fsrinc.org/blog/new-normal-and-right-reproduce

New Normal - Google News

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