New Normal: Sustainable and Authentic

For a sustainable and authentic future for Florida
Bradenton Herald
Authenticity could help shape the new normal for Florida coming out of deep recession. In turn, this led to the idea of the Sustainable & Authentic Florida Conference Oct. 17-19 in coastal Manatee County, which Caroline McKeon of Sarasota and I are ...

Bradenton Herald

Joplin One Year Later: A new beginning after the death of his wife and infant son
Tulsa World
Since losing his wife and son in the Joplin tornado, David Vanderhoofven has created a "new normal" for himself. "I'm happier than I ever thought I would be," said Vanderhoofven, 47. "Life is not back to normal. I don't think it ever will be, ...

Planning for success in the 'new normal'
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
Many are calling our post-2008 world “the new normal.” As a result, many small business owners have changed their approach over the last two to three years. While individual strategies vary, here are common themes I've observed among small businesses ...

NeNe Leakes Has A 'New Normal,' And We Think We Like It!
SheKnows.com
But now that we've seen a preview of her new scripted series, The New Normal, we're thinking that this Hollywood thing definitely suits NeNe. And yes, she's going to be “verrry rich, b—h!” Get a sneak peek of the show after the jump and tell us if you ...

Tax cap forced districts to cut staff and programs
Syracuse.com (blog)
School boards and school administrators worked diligently this winter and spring to conform to this ''New Normal'' (as some have dubbed it). Tuesday's overwhelmingly positive statewide school budget vote clearly demonstrated that district residents ...

'Idol' finalist James Durbin and Chicago high schooler pair up for Tourette's ...
Fox News
Called Different is the New Normal, the film is meant to break common misconceptions about Tourette's, as well as encourage others struggling with the condition. The title of the film is inspired by an upcoming song by 2011 American Idol finalist James ...

Fake testicles and facials, new ways of pet pampering
Turkish Press
Groomer Ani Corless described this as the new normal for lapdogs. "These are man-made breeds and they require maintenance," she said. Mid-facial, Hops ejected a tiny puddle of vomit, but otherwise did seem to enjoy the attention.

Destroyed hospital helped lead Joplin recovery with optimism
Tulsa World
“I don't think it ever will be, but it's a new normal.” Today, we catch up with some of the people rebuilding their lives and their city. The pastor who lost members of his congregation but rebuilt a church. A family who lost one home but gained ...

Tulsa World

Networks shake things up for fall
Kansas City Star
... holding six of them: "Happy Endings" and "Don't Trust the B- in Apartment 23" on ABC; "New Girl" and the new "Mindy Project" (Kaling as a doctor with tricky personal and professional lives), and two new shows - "Go On" and "The New Normal" on NBC.

A look at this fall's new shows
Omaha World-Herald
“The New Normal” (Tuesdays) — In this comedy, Omaha native and Broadway star Andrew Rannells plays one half of a gay couple who ask a surrogate to help them have a child. “Go On” (Tuesdays) — Former “Friend” Matthew Perry hasn't had much TV luck.

UMass Memorial head sees new era in health care
Worcester Telegram
He predicted that this era of cutbacks in health care spending and growth is the new normal, and that health care budgets will not see a return to reimbursement rates and trends of the past. “It's going to be a much better, more affordable health care ...

Fall TV's most promising and most puzzling offerings
MyCentralJersey.com
On Tuesday, the network has two sitcoms —Go On starring Matthew Perry and The New Normalfrom Glee's Ryan Murphy — that look like they might be funnier than NBC's norm. And on Monday, it has Revolution, a sci-fi action drama from JJ Abrams about an ...

Fall TV 2012: 'Community' Cancelled, Matthew Perry on NBC, and a Complete ...
PolicyMic
NBC has also added The New Normal, a series about a gay couple who hire a surrogate to help them have a baby. Justin Bartha is one of the stars so I'm holding out hope. Guys with Kids is a comedy about, yeah, guys with kids and Animal Practice is about ...

PolicyMic

Arab Spring to create opportunities for MENA private equity
CPI Financial
If 3-5% economic growth was the norm before, six per cent or more could be the new normalpost the Arab Spring,” El-Khazindar said at an opening panel discussion entitled 'MENA Investing After the Arab Spring' at the Fourteenth Annual Global Private ...

Youngest 'Idol' finalist weighs opportunities
Cincinnati.com
Eben and his mother, Stephanie, a Milford attortney, are still trying to figure out their “new normal” after his national TV exposure that neither expected. “My son just made the age cut-off by 13 days. I didn't think he'd make it through to the judges ...

Silver Wheaton Positioned To Rise 35% By 2014
Seeking Alpha
In my opinion, this is the new normal - inflationary pressures will underpin the market for almost all commodities for some time, as governments around the world have flooded the markets with cheap currency. Silver Wheaton is the company best ...

Fundraiser sends participants on 'Amazing Race' through York County
York Daily Record
Cystic fibrosis has made Anna's life different, but since she was diagnosed at just a few weeks old during a routine test it has become a "new normal." "When we received the diagnosis we just wanted to be proactive," Kate Becket said.

Grumpy, lukewarm support for eurozone Greece
BBC News
... importance of the meeting will be if Angela Merkel has got the message and is prepared to act on it. I some how doubt that is going to happen. As was said on this morning's Today programme, we may have to get used to crisis becoming the new normal.

BBC News

Economists: US economy getting better, but a Romney White House may speed ...
Ahwatukee Foothills News
In essence, he said, people have adjusted to the “new normal.” One area where there has been significant recovery has been in home values. Michael Orr, who heads the ASU business school's Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice, said it is getting ...

Don't let yourself be lied to about the efficiency of the market
libcom.org (blog)
But in fact the current “ new normal” sees ideas which would reduce the minimal state beyond that envisaged by Smith becoming policy. He at least saw building and maintaining hospitals as the role of the state, the current government is deepening ...

libcom.org (blog)

New methods of pet 'pampering' include fake testicles and facials ...
By Agence France-Presse
Groomer Ani Corless described this as the new normal for lapdogs. “These are man-made breeds and they require maintenance,” she said. Mid-facial, Hops ejected a tiny puddle of vomit, but otherwise did seem to enjoy the attention.
The Raw Story

Life in the Grateful House: Seashore
By Lisa
Even tho these feelings have become my new normal and I don't know how to change it, I totally accept myself and right where I am at the moment. Even tho on this day I feel so much despair and crankiness, I can choose to change it. Or not, ...
Life in the Grateful House

Networks shake things up for fall | NorthIowaToday.com
By qatdrake91-123
... new shows — “Go On” and “The New Normal” on NBC. Matthew Perry plays a sportscaster dealing with the death of his wife in “Go On,” while “Normal” involves two gay men who want to have a baby, and the woman who is their surrogate.
NorthIowaToday.com

New Normal - Boots and Sabers - The blogging will continue until ...
New Normal. One thing that has been striking about the Obama Era is the new normals that have crept into out lives. For example, we all have come to somehow ...
www.bootsandsabers.com/index.php/weblog/.../new_normal

Unchecked surveillance should not be new normal
Danbury News Times
Americans have gotten used to being the focus of attention -- and we're not just talking about social media. There are cameras in airports and stores, lenses that aim outward from the dashboard of a police car or peer from an ATM.

The Imperfect Storm
Huffington Post (blog)
Although it's tempting to blame the economic downturn for all that ails nonprofits and charitable giving, the reality is that the current uncertainty is the new normal. Donors are dramatically changing what they want from philanthropy.

Fall TV: a first look at the networks' new schedules
STLtoday.com
"The New Normal," from Ryan Murphy ("Glee"), turns on a gay couple (Andrew Rannels and Justin Bartha) and their surrogate. "Guys with Kids," from Jimmy Fallon, finds three men (Jesse Bradford, Zach Cregger and Anthony Anderson) coping with new babies.

Adapting Legacy Networks to the Cloud
EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet (blog)
That is literally the million-dollar question as cloud computing quickly evolves into the new normal for IT. As I've mentioned before, many of the new Flash storage proponents say the best network is no network at all. Simply load servers or near-line ...

For Obama, Hopelessness is the Key to Lower Unemployment ...
By Dan Hellman (Diary)
If you had big dreams, it is time to lower your expectations and get used to the new normal. This is the message from a president who offered hope and change. This is the message of hopelessness the president offers. And it's working. In spite ...
RedState