Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Hurricane Sandy: the new normal?

Hurricane Sandy: the new normal?
SBS
It follows that the answer to the question about the “New Normal?” questions is “NO – because each year in this decade and the next and the one after that is and will be at most a snapshot of changing climate along a trajectory that will ultimately ...

SBS

The New Normal of Extreme Weather
The Atlantic Wire
We're fully aware of the destruction and damage that storms like Sandy may cause. But we just can't just throw around "storm of the century" when scientists say that these storms will start appearing more and more. Irene last year was called the "storm...

The Atlantic Wire

All Three Branches Agree: Big Brother Is the New Normal
Wired
Despite Hurricane Sandy, the Supreme Court on Monday entertained oral arguments on whether it should halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans' communications, a program that Congress eventually ...

Office Outfit Idea: The New Normal's Georgia King Nails French Girl Chic
Glamour (blog)
Girl crush alert! Last week, I had the pleasure of hanging out with Georgia King, a.k.a. Goldie, from one of my favorite new fall shows, The New Normal. The minute she arrived at my office, it was a fashion love fest, and I instantly wanted to steal ...

Glamour (blog)

The Low-Wage, Part-Time New Normal Economy
Firedoglake
Consumer confidence numbers have picked up steadily over the past three months, and Americans now feel better about the economy as a whole and their personal economic conditions. Further evidence for this can be seen in the rise in consumer spending ...

Scoop: THE NEW NORMAL on NBC - Today, October 30, 2012
Broadway World
Tuesday, Oct, 30, 2012; 12:30 AM; - by TV Scoop. PARA-NEW NORMAL ACTIVITY (TV-14) IT'S HALLOWEEN AND HERE COMES BRYAN BOO BOO? -- Nicole Richie AND George Takei GUEST STAR – Bryan (Andrew Rannells) is getting into the Halloween ...

Has Saving Energy Become the New Normal in Tokyo?
Energy Tribune
Has Saving Energy Become the New Normal in Tokyo? Posted date: October 29, 2012 In: Asia, Global News. From New York Times. By Christopher F. Schuetze. Tokyo Electric Power Company customers used 34.9 gigawatts of energy this afternoon at five ...

DANSKE BANK A/S : Setting new standards in financial services
4-traders
"Danske Bank Group must respond to this new normal in a sustainable way," says Ole Andersen, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "This requires new standards for how we engage with customers and interact with other stakeholders while delivering a ...

It's Show Time: New sitcoms jockey to become the next 'Office'
77Square.com
Another two hopefuls, “Go On” and “The New Normal,” both on NBC, aren't easy cases. With “Go On,” Matthew Perry is fun to watch, but his kooky group therapy cohorts are maybe a little too kooky to take seriously. Yes, it's a comedy, so they're played ...

Fight back against Gay TV in your home!
Catholic Online
Dubbed, "The New Normal" the TV show centers on a homosexual pair who consider themselves "married" and are having a baby by surrogate. Demonstrating the perversion of the show, the lead male characters appear pregnant in advertising images. Email ...

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Georgia-Florida series: Welcome to the new normal

Georgia-Florida series: Welcome to the new normal
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Georgia-Florida series: Welcome to the new normal. 9:37 pm October 28, 2012, by Bill King. Ain't it sweet! (Georgiadogs.com). Old memes die hard. On “SportsCenter” late Saturday night one of ESPN's talking heads introduced a recap of the Dogs' big win ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

Has Saving Energy Become the New Normal in Tokyo?
New York Times (blog)
Tokyo Electric Power Company customers used 34.9 megawatts of energy this afternoon at five o'clock, up from 22.7 megawatts at 3 o'clock in the morning. Such arcane and precise information is a matter of common knowledge in Japan these days, where ...

New York Times (blog)

Reconciling to a new normal by Indian steel industry
Business Standard
What is the new normal for the Indian steel industry? As is the experience of China and India, the demand for metals, particularly steel, finding large application in construction, automobile and machinery building, gets guidance from the progress of ...

Oakland police's war room the new normal
San Francisco Chronicle
The massive undertaking by Oakland officials and police to prepare for protests would be an exceptional challenge for most Bay Area cities. In Oakland, it's become the new normal. It involves months of planning, orchestrating hundreds of police and ...

San Francisco Chronicle

Utility scale renewables: The new normal?
Fierce Energy
If utilities aren't thinking seriously about renewable energy, they'd better start. Renewable energy is quickly moving from an initiative of progressive "green" utilities to an industry imperative. And it brings with it serious challenges -- and ...

The new normal in nature
ABC Online
YOU COULD HEAR THE ROAR. It reverberated between the soaring ridges of the Byadbo Wilderness in Kosciusko National Park. This was the sound of nature's power as 60,000 tonnes of water every hour crashed down the Snowy falls. We felt vulnerable...

ABC Online

"The New Normal" Halloween Preview Pics
AfterElton.com
Nicole Richie will be playing herself this coming Tuesday on The New Normal. Apparently she's besties with Bryan (Andrew Rannells). Word is, Nicole does a pretty good job playing herself. The advance photos below give you a peek at everyone's ...

AfterElton.com

The New Normal
The Australian
Hmm, now what does this sound like in the way it presents complex relations? Try Modern Family, which Ten screens immediately before this ersatz alternative. Just as I Dream of Jeannie never quite matched Bewitched, in days when families were simpler, ...

Michael Lipper takes on the 'new normal'
Citywire.co.uk
Unpopular, Unconventional, Painful and Disruptive is not the name of the new hot law firm. The title is a summation of some of my "out of the box" thinking flying home from a too-brief visit to an offsite board meeting of the California Institute of ...

Ten's Modern Family tops key advertising demos but audience turns away from ...
MuMbrella
Tens Modern Family tops key advertising demos but audience turns away from The New NormalModern Ten's Modern Family topped key advertising demographics in Sunday night's ratings although the network quickly lost its audience when The New ...

Georgia-Florida series: Welcome to the new normal | UGA: The ...
By Bill King
Old memes die hard. On SportsCenter late Saturday night one of ESPN's talking heads introduced a recap of the Dogs' big win over the Gators by noting.
UGA: The Junkyard Blawg

Monday, October 29, 2012

Is Big Brother the New Normal?

Is Big Brother the New Normal? The Supreme Court Will Decide
The Atlantic
Is Big Brother the New Normal? The Supreme Court Will Decide. By Garrett Epps. Tweet Oct 28 2012, 8:30 AM ET Comment. In a less than reassuring twist, the U.S. government will argue that no one can sue to end one form of intelligence surveillance...

The Atlantic

Introducing new normal for startups
Cincinnati.com
“No business plan survives first-customer contact.” – Steve Blank. Steve Blank wowed the Greater Cincinnati Venture Association meeting this week with a compact presentation of his customer development process. Steve has launched eight companies in ...

'The New Normal' preview: Honey Boo Boo and other Halloween highlights
CarterMatt.com
The New Normal For those of you who love their Halloween specials to have a little bit of everything, “The New Normal” is airing a good one on Tuesday night. We've already been lucky enough to catch the episode, and without giving anything away, let's ...

First Look: The New Normal Takes Nicole Richie to the Paparazzi Pumpkin Patch
E! Online
Just how awesome is The New Normal's Bryan (Andrew Rannells)? Not only is he the showrunner of a mega-hit TV show Sing (sound familiar?), but he's also besties with Nicole Richie! Richie is set to guest star on the NBC hit series' upcoming Halloween ...

E! Online

More 'New Normal' 1.08 photos and spoilers: An epic Halloween
Examiner.com
"The New Normal" will air an all-new episode on Channel 12 in Tempe on Tuesday night, and now fans are being given more of a glimpse at the episode, "The New Normal" episode 1.08 titled "Para-New Normal Activity." On Thursday, Oct. 25, Spoiler TV ...

NeNe Leakes' Halloween costume on 'New Normal'? Matt Lauer
Today.com (blog)
It's Halloween in Los Angeles on "The New Normal," and if you thought fashion-forward Bryan (Andrew Rannells) -- who's also decorating his house to be the best on the block -- wouldn't have some say about the costumes, think again. In the upcoming ...

New Normal Sneak Peek: Bryan and Nicole Richie Hit the "Paparazzi Patch"
TV Guide
In this sneak peek from Tuesday's Halloween-themed episode of The New Normal (Tuesday at 10:30/9:30c on NBC), Bryan (Andrew Rannells) gives viewers a glimpse into some of his favorite things to do for the holiday, which includes hitting one of Los ...

NeNe Leakes of 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' discusses magazine feature
Examiner.com
She is also a cast member on the new show from Ryan Murphy, "The New Normal." The new season of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" will premiere next month, and Leakes will be featured on the show again. It remains to be seen if Leakes will continue to be a...

Examiner.com

Cancer survivors transition to new normal
YorkRegion.com
Cancer survivors transition to new normal. Martha Deme (top, left), Jacqueline McKinney, Margarida Melo, Marla Mloter (bottom, left), Frances Cronkwright and Nisha Abrol, who supported one another at a group for cancer survivors at the Stronach ...

Do New Normal P/E Multiples Imply a Major Correction?
Forbes
In today's “New Normal” market, viewing stocks and the market through the prism of historical price-earnings multiples may be severely hazardous to your financial health. Here's why. First, keep in mind that – as a ratio – price/earnings is the ...

Three successful new shows include UNCSA alumni
Winston-Salem Journal
But some of the new shows have already been granted full-season orders, including “Elementary” and “Vegas” at CBS; “The Mindy Project” and “Ben & Kate” at Fox; “Revolution,” “Go On” and “The New Normal” at NBC; and “Arrow” at CW. That's good news ...

Are Women Easy Bake Ovens?
Huffington Post
The New Normal, a sitcom that debuted on NBC this fall, features a gay couple deciding to have a child. They settle upon using an egg donor and a surrogate mother, the latter described cheerfully by a fertility industry representative as "an Easy Bake ...

Nicole Richie Gives The New Normal A Try | PerezHilton.com
By Perez Hilton
Nicole Richie guest stars on NBC's The New Normal with Andrew Rannells in this sneak peek.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

2013 Toyota Corolla LE: The new normal

2013 Toyota Corolla LE: The new normal
Washington Post
The global contraction largely is the work of modern communications, especially the Internet. The general contraction in the size of the automobile is caused by a more menacing reality. At the 27th edition of the biennial Sao Paulo International Motor ...

'The New Normal' characters' Halloween costumes: See the pics
Hypable
The New Normal is fortunate enough to be airing the night before Halloween, and they are making full use of their time slot by having their own centric Halloween episode entitled “Para-New Normal-Activity”. Check out and rate their costumes below!

Hypable

'Real Housewives' star NeNe Leakes isn't fabulous and super classy
Examiner.com
“The New Normal” has just been picked up for a full season after the pilot and a couple of follow-up episodes has aired with tremendous success. And while fans have seen her over-the-top personality and her no-nonsense attitude on “The Real Housewives ...

Examiner.com

One Million Moms Targets ABC's '666 Park Avenue'
Huffington Post
It was only a matter of time. Clearly having grown bored of campaigning against NBC's "The New Normal," anti-gay group One Million Moms has turned its vitriol against ABC's "666 Park Avenue," apparently for daring to include the "mark of the devil" in ...

No Buzz For New Shows Adds To Broadcast Woes
MediaPost Communications
Meanwhile, NBC's “The New Normal,” which I would argue has proven itself the best new series of the season, seems to be losing ground in the ratings. (That's a shame: A sequence in this week's episode in which Bryan, one half of the gay couple at the ...

NCAA Penalty Structure About To Get Overhauled, And Buzz's One-Game ...
Anonymous Eagle
NCAA Penalty Structure About To Get Overhauled, And Buzz's One-Game Suspension Might Be TheNew Normal. 2. By Rubie Q on Oct 26, 9:45a. Jamie Rhodes-US PRESSWIRE. Back in August, Marquette assistant coach Scott Monarch got canned after ...

The New Normal TV Show NBC | The New Normal Online Series ...
The New Normal TV Show Online on NBC: episode synopses, cast bios, photo galleries, video previews and an extensive community.
www.tvrage.com/The_New_Normal

Idaho breast cancer survivors face 'new normal' | KTVB.COM Boise
BOISE -- Studies show that Idaho women get fewer mammograms than women in any other state. However, with advancements in detection and treatment of ...
www.ktvb.com/.../Survivors-need-support-too--175764441.ht...

The 'New Normal' Christianity?
Yahoo! News (blog)
NBC's sitcom "The New Normal" isn't just trying to remake society for the Gay Left. It's trying to remake Christianity, which is to say, destroy it. For its October 22 episode, "The Godparent Trap," NBC ran promos with the gay character Brian in the ...

Friday, October 26, 2012

Santander Brasil sees "new normal" for Brazil banks in two years

Santander Brasil sees "new normal" for Brazil banks in two years
Reuters
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's banking sector will undergo profound changes over the next two years as government efforts to keep interest rates at record lows translate into lower credit costs and more competition, the head of the nation's largest ...

Defense industry must embrace 'new normal'
Politico
The sequestration threat hovering over the Department of Defense could hold dire consequences for U.S. national security. Sequestration would take $500 billion out of the defense budget, leading to the potential loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs ...

Politico

Lunch Break: The Unacceptable New Normal
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Paul Vigna. Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial, sat down with Wendy Bounds on Lunch Break today, and talked about the state of the jobs market, whether or not the economy's getting better, and how college grads should plan for a ...

'The New Normal' Recap: 'The Godparent Trap'
TheCelebrityCafe.com
The topic of this week's The New Normal? Godparents and spirituality. Since Bryan and David will be welcoming a baby into their lives, it is only fitting that they have a discussion about who will be the godparents. So, let's jump right into the ...

Idaho breast cancer survivors face 'new normal'
Northwest Cable News
BOISE -- Studies show that Idaho women get fewer mammograms than women in any other state. However, with advancements in detection and treatment of breast cancer, everyone -- including Idahoans -- has a better chance to survive the disease.

Forum topic all about Brevard's 'new normal'
Florida Today
Melissa Breckenridge, program manager of LEAD Brevard, said the theme of Friday's event is “Navigating the New Normal,” a reference to how the Space Coast is handling the end of the space shuttle program. Brevard County Manager Howard Tipton will ...

The New Normal Review: "The Godparent Trap" (Episode 1.07)
Paste Magazine
It would seem like The New Normal's creator Ryan Murphy's simple answer would be that religion is silly, something that only people who don't have friends of a different color or are Republicans could ever possibly believe in. But instead it shows ...

Paste Magazine

Lower oil and gas prices are going to become the new normal
Quartz
Lower oil and gas prices are going to become the new normal. By Steve LeVine — October 25, 2012. Happy days AP Photo/Reed Saxon. If you are an oil-futures bear, or the owner of a gas-guzzling car, you may be shouting “hallelujah” right about now.

Quartz

Photo Flash: Extended Look at THE NEW NORMAL'S Halloween Episode!
Broadway World
On the October 30th episode of NBC's new comedy THE NEW NORMAL, title 'PARA-NEW NORMAL ACTIVITY,' Bryan ('Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells) is getting into the Halloween spirit by doing what he does every year - decorating the house so that it ...

Glee's Ryan Murphy Reveals His Plans to Become a Dad — and Which Two ...
Wetpaint
Glee creator Ryan Murphy launched a new sitcom on NBC this year called The New Normal. And if you're familiar with Ryan Murphy at all, you may have noticed that the show's main character, Bryan (Andrew Rannells), is basically a fictionalized version of ...

'The New Normal' Takes On Catholic Church — And Gays Who Won ...
By David Badash
The New Normal” is taking on the anti-gay Catholic Church, and gay people who “demanded the right to fight for their country,” but not for their souls.
The New Civil Rights Movement

The Rise of Two-Tier Law - ABA Journal
The New Normal thesis is: 1) That law is in ... 2 and 3—the most dramatic catalyst for the New Normal may be an abrupt shift in the legal labor market. Call it the ...
www.abajournal.com/legalrebels/.../the_rise_of_two-tier_law/

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Global drought a new normal

Global drought a 'new normal': report - UPI
Increasing drought conditions across the planet are part of a "new normal" which oddly presents new business opportunities, a new Bank of America Merrill ...
www.upi.com/Business_News/.../UPI-98251350602396/

'New Normal' takes on Jesus' abs
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Is it just me or has The New Normal's preachiness stopped being so annoying? Yes, the show's LET-ME-TEACH-YOU-HOW-TO-NOT-BE-HOMOPHOBIC mantra was in full swing in last night's episode (that tackled the oh-so-easy-to-crystallize-in-22-minutes ...

The New Normal - "The Godparent Trap"
A.V. Club
Does The New Normal need Nana? Nobody's happier than me that she's completely absent for our seventh episode drop-in. It's so much easier to defend the show when it doesn't feature lengthy parades of insults that don't even have the decency to be funny ...

The Least Normal Things About 'The New Normal': 'Christ on a Cross' Edition
Hollywood.com
New Normal recap NBC's The New Normal is a delightful show about a not very ordinary gay couple trying to have a surrogate daughter with a strange woman who has an oddball child and an unbelievably bigoted (and funny) grandmother. NeNe Leakes is...

Hollywood.com

Matt Bomer's New Normal Character: Scandalous Details Have Arrived!
PerezHilton.com
Matt Bomer's New Normal Character: Scandalous Details Have Arrived! 10/23/2012 10:02 PM ET | Filed under: TV News • Gay Gay Gay • Matt Bomer. We are OH SO excited for Matt Bomer to guest star on The New Normal as Andrew Rannells' ex-boyfriend!

PerezHilton.com

Tuesday TV Show Ratings: Happy Endings, Don't Trust the B, Emily Owens MD ...
TV Series Finale
On NBC, The Voice had the best demo of the night, registering a 4.1 rating with 10.9 million viewers. Week-to-week, the demo was down by 11%. Go On drew a 2.5 rating (-4%) with 6.4 million and TheNew Normal garnered a 1.8 rating (-10%) with 4.5 million.

The New Normal Season 1 Review “The Godparent Trap” – Bryan and David ...
TV Equals
The New Normal Episode 7 The Godparent Trap. “The Godparent Trap” was an interesting episode of The New Normal in that it portrayed religion as a living, breathing thing instead of what it's usually treated as, which is a crusty, old, dead thought process.

TV Equals

Ryan Murphy: 'You Either Love Me or You Hate Me' (Q&A)
Hollywood Reporter
The American Horror Story and New Normal creator admits he's "polarizing" while opening up about his creative process, how Glee got rebooted, what kind of dad he'll be and his idea for Kate Hudson. Says Murphy: "You either love me or you hate me." ...

Vet Walks On New Legs, With A Little Help From Mom
North Country Public Radio
Over the next year, his mother, Maria, became a tough coach as he learned to walk on two prosthetic legs, and together they adjusted to what she calls the "new normal" for their family. Ask A Banker: Derivatives, Gambling And Getting Around Regulation ...

September 2012 New Home Sales Strong Gains Continue
Global Economic Intersection
This is the best of the bad options available to determine month-over-month trends – as the preferred methodology would be to use multi-year data (but the New Normaleffects and the Great Recession distort historical data). With new home sales at 25 ...

Global Economic Intersection

The ACLU's Culture War in Cranston
Town Hall
If you want to see what the New Normal looks like when the American Civil Liberties Union calls the shots, look no further than Cranston, Rhode Island. That city of 80,000, the third largest in the Ocean State, is at the epicenter of the ACLU's War on ...

Worrying about 'new normal' | Bankrate.com
Are you worried enough about the new normal to push your grown children out the door?
www.bankrate.com/financing/.../worrying-about-new-normal/

The New Normal - Tim Phillips - [page]
To hear President Obama talk you'd think the last four years demonstrate that the country is headed in the right direction. According to the President, life in ...
townhall.com/columnists/timphillips/2012/10/22/the.../full/

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

From Community to The New Normal

From 'Community' to 'The New Normal,' How To Write A Bigot
ThinkProgress
Chevy Chase's hatred for his job on Community as Pierce Hawthorne, an aged millionaire taking classes at Greendale Community College to make up for his empty personal life, has become the stuff of entertainment industry legend, as well as continued ...

'The New Normal' spoilers: Here comes a Honey Boo Boo ... impression
CarterMatt.com
The New Normal You have to love the magic of television schedules sometimes. Thanks in part to “The New Normal” airing on Tuesday nights, Ryan Murphy's NBC comedy is going to have a chance to air a Halloween special that is literally a day before the ...

CarterMatt.com

Scoop: THE NEW NORMAL on NBC - Tonight, October 23, 2012
Broadway World
THE GODPARENT TRAP" - 10/23/2012 (09:31PM - 10:01PM) (Tuesday) : ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME BRYAN – GUEST STARS Constance Zimmer ("ENTOURAGE"), LEISHA HALEY ("THE L WORD") AND John Benjamin Hickey ("THE BIG C") – When ...

New 'Commander's Arsenal' spoilers revealed
Examiner.com
New normal sized "Commander's Arsenal" cards revealed: Command Tower · Chaos Warp · Duplicant · Loyal Retainers · Dragonlair Spider. Loyal Retainers, a very hard to acquire uncommon from "Portal: Three Kingdoms" that fetches $150 on the secondary ...

CN announces new share repurchase program, declares fourth-quarter 2012 ...
Sacramento Bee
MONTREAL, Oct. 22, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ - CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a new normal-course-issuer bid to purchase, for cancellation, up to C$1.4 billion in common shares, not to exceed 18 ...

It's DVR Apocalypse Tuesday, Girls. Here's What That Means and How to Beat It
Glamour (blog)
But I've noticed that Go On and New Normal consistently post HD episodes quickly--so save those for on-demand viewing if your menu looks the same. What should you watch online? Depends on your schedule. ABC is good at posting episodes fast, but I ...

Another season, another reason, for panning sitcoms
CliqueClack (blog)
The New Normal is a fresh take on an old story: couple wants to have a child and searches for a surrogate to carry the baby for them. Only this time the couple is gay, the surrogate comes in a package deal with an offbeat daughter and a homophobic ...

CliqueClack (blog)

Ratings report card: Which new TV series will make it?
Examiner.com
Go On, The New Normal, Revolution (NBC) – All three shows were picked up quickly for the season. Mindy Project, Ben and Kate (FOX) – FOX has already announced they'll both get a full run this season. Arrow (CW) - The CW's vigilante super-hero show...

Examiner.com

Pro-Romney super PAC launches $18 million blitz
Washington Post (blog)
The buy is for three ads — “Better” and ”The New Normal,” which attack Obama on the economy, plus “Genuinely Cares,” a softer spot highlighting Romney's work with injured veterans. Restore Our Future is the second biggest outside spender this cycle ...

Global drought a 'new normal': report
New York (UPI) Oct 18, 2012 - Increasing drought conditions across the planet are part of a new normal which oddly presents new business opportunities, a new ...
www.terradaily.com/.../Global_drought_a_new_normal_repor...

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Katharine Hayhoe on the New Normal



Katharine Hayhoe at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual meeting in Lubbock Texas, where Dr. Hayhoe is an associate professor of Geosciences at Texas Tech.

Katharine Hayhoe on the New Normal « Climate Denial Crock of the ...
By greenman3610
I was floored and delighted to share a panel with Katharine Hayhoe at the annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Journalists this past week in Lubbock, Texas. I managed to prevail on Dr. Hayhoe to sit for a few questions about where ...
Climate Denial Crock of the Week

Ten's new comedy The New Normal rates 552,000 - mUmBRELLA
By Colin Delaney
Ten's new US comedy The New Normal saw a rise for the network last night on the previous Sunday but the prime time show is still struggling. The sitcom,
mUmBRELLA

KWG Initiates A New Normal Course Issuer Bid
Stockhouse
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 22, 2012) - The KWG Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KWG) Board of Directors has authorized the launching of a new normal course issuer bid for the purchase of up to 33.5 million of its common shares subject to the ...

Monday, October 22, 2012

The new abnormal

Yes, Atlas Will “Shrug,” Eventually
Canada Free Press
“People call this the 'new normal.' Let me assure you there is nothing normal about this at all. It's the new 'abnormal,' and it won't last, because as free people we won't stand for it…” With those remarks, business magnate and former presidential ...

Boys in the U.S. now entering puberty younger, new study shows
Daily Mail
... the study were different from those in the general U.S. population. She said the research methods weren't perfect but that they're the best to date. She also stressed that the results shouldn't be used to establish a 'new normal' for the start of ...

Daily Mail

New Orleans Hornets General Manager Dell Demps becoming accustomed to ...
NOLA.com
For the past seven years, residents of this community have become accustomed to surviving in what has come to be known as "the new normal." For the first time since his arrival in July 2010, New Orleans Hornets General Manager Dell Demps is finding his ...

NOLA.com

Boys entering puberty earlier, just like girls, new research finds
NBCNews.com (blog)
She also stressed that the results shouldn't be used to establish a "new normal" for the start of puberty in boys. "Just because this is happening doesn't mean this is normal or healthy," the researcher said. Related stories: Precocious puberty strikes ...

Tiger Tracks: What's on the Tube for Fall?
my.hsj.org
Our last place winner was The Mindy Project, Fifth was Go On, Fourth was the Mob Doctor, Third was the New Normal, Second was Revolution, and our big winner was Nashville. I took three tenth graders that voted for the top three shows and asked them two ...

Taxing Start for Brokers
Barron's
Providing cost-basis figures for investors' 1099B forms is proving a tough test for Wall Street. Are corrections the "new normal?"  U.S. brokers' reporting of the cost-basis for their clients ...

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Risk as a new normal

GINO GRUNBERG | Risk as a new normal
Kitsap Sun
Sociologists interviewed 50 people over the age of 95. They asked, "If you had your life to live over, what would you do differently?" As these sociologists compiled their findings, they discovered three recurring themes. The first thing the elderly ...What really mattered were the risks they had taken. At the end of their life they realized they hadn't taken enough of them.

TEXT-Fitch: China GDP reading in line with "new normal" growth rate
Reuters
(The following statement was released by the rating agency). Oct 19 - China's third-quarter GDP reading is consistent with real GDP growth slowing to the 7%-8% range that Fitch Ratings expects over 2012-2014. While growth is lower than the 9%-10% range ...

The new normal; Things are a-changin' as fall rolls along.
WWAY NewsChannel 3 (blog)
The new normal; Things are a-changin' as fall rolls along. Submitted by Tim Buckley on Fri, 10/19/2012 - 9:53am. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." - Ferris Bueller ...

'The New Normal' 1.07 and 1.08 photos and spoilers: Family affair
Examiner.com
"The New Normal" did not air a new episode this week on Channel 12 in Tempe, but fans are now getting a glimpse at the next two episodes, "The New Normal" episode 1.07 titled "The God Parent Trap" and episode 1.08 titled "Para-New Normal Activity.

Gruber finds new normal while battling cancer
Detroit Free Press
R EESE -- The Reese players are in their lines for pregame calisthenics when coach Bob Saylor walks onto the field. Senior captain Chad Gruber shouts: "Hey, boys, guess what day it is?" "What day is it?" they yell back. "It's game day!" he screams. By ...

Global drought a 'new normal': report
UPI.com
NEW YORK, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Increasing drought conditions across the planet are part of a "new normal" which oddly presents new business opportunities, a new Bank of America Merrill Lynch report says. The report comes just after insurer Munich Re's ...

Strip clubs are the new normal – and that's a good thing
The Guardian (blog)
Is it good or bad that for young men, going to a strip club is the new normal? I'd venture that it's a good thing. It's a place where they can step outside the anxiety-fraught dating scene and talk to a woman who, as long as he keeps tipping, will give ...

The Guardian (blog)

The New Normal in the Coast of Bays
Harbour Breton Coaster
According to the 2011 Census, the definition of an 'average' Canadian family is getting harder and harder to determine as the 'new normal' has become part of many families in the country. The structure of one of the most important institutions in ...

'White Collar' Hunk Matt Bomer to Guest on 'The New Normal'
TV Equals
Actor Matt Bomer, the star of the fan favorite USA Network series 'White Collar' seems to be popular with Ryan Murphy, the executive producer of 'Glee' and 'The New Normal' [not to mention the creepy FX series 'American Horror Story Asylum']. “Why?

TV Equals

ACM Partners - A New Take on a Stale Industry
San Francisco Chronicle
“The Next Generation of Turnaround Management” The “New Normal” of the post-recession world calls for new and better approaches to the problems of under-performance. Under-performing companies can be saved, but it requires a different mindset.

San Francisco Chronicle

The New Normal | Firedoglake
By cocktailhag
One of the few benefits I've found associated with old age is that I remember more things than say, David Gregory, forgets each Sunday morning.
Firedoglake

The New Normal Trendlines | ZeroHedge
By Tyler Durden
Although we showed these earlier, we believe the charts showing the trendlines in the two most critical components of US household purchasing power deserve to be shown again, without much if any commentary necessary. Just because. Average Hourly Earnings Annual ...

Friday, October 19, 2012

Is this the new normal?

Is This 'The New Normal' for Family Sitcoms?
Huffington Post
"Record Number of Gay Characters on TV," read a headline on the Onion last week. "4.4 percent of all scripted TV characters on the five major networks are either gay, bisexual, or transgender this season." While the Onion is an infamously satirical ...

Is this the new normal?
ESPN
To grasp the extent of the avalanche problem, first consider how tragic last winter was. The 34 fatalities that occurred in the U.S. comprised the fifth-highest total since 1950, according to data maintained by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center ...

ESPN

Goldman Sachs' New Normal
Fortune (blog)
Goldman Sachs' New Normal. By Stephen Gandel, senior editor October 17, 2012: 3:22 PM ET. Goldman now ranks as the second least profitable firm on Wall Street. FORTUNE -- Goldman Sachs used to make making money look easy. Not anymore.

Fortune (blog)

'American Horror Story: Asylum' premiere review: Boo! As in, were you well ...
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
In part because it involves people associated with The New Normal and The Voice, the new season of American Horror Story, subtitled Asylum, is automatically scarier than the first one. Co-creator Ryan Murphy, the man behind the garish laughs of New ...

'Real Housewives of Atlanta': NeNe Leakes mentions new magazine article
Examiner.com
Apart from being a part of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Atlanta," she has gone on to have a recurring role on "Glee," and is also a star of "The New Normal." Bravo has announced that the new season of "Real Housewives of Atlanta" will premiere next ...

Examiner.com

New Report by Bank of America Identifies Proper Investment Opportunities and ...
LoanSafe
While conditions are far from those in the Dust Bowl years of the 1930s, drought conditions are thenew normal, according to “Global Drought – Opportunities and Risks,” a new BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research report. It follows thematic megatrend ...

How Much is Too Much, Ryan Murphy?
Hollywood.com
It's arguable that Ryan Murphy is the current darling of television. And he seems to know it! With three shows currently on-air under his control (Glee, American Horror Story, The New Normal), he has a lot of fans who are hungry for more and more ...

Hollywood.com

Shirtless guys take off on TV
First Coast News
So far this season, an array of new shows, from Elementary, Arrow and Chicago Fire to The New Normal, Emily Owens, M.D. and Last Resort, has paraded toned male torsos. Popular returning series such as Hawaii Five-0, New Girl and even Modern Family ...

How Are Fall's New TV Shows Faring?
NYU Local
That being said, at least five new shows have been given the green light to create an entire season's worth of episodes (namely NBC's Go On, The New Normal and Revolution, and FOX's The Mindy Project and Ben and Kate). The rest of fall's new shows, ...

Sen. Sessions: Food Stamp Enrollment Reaches New Record High ...
By Becket Adams
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 9:10pm. It's actually not the new normal if Barack Obama gets 4 more years. This will only be the beginning. There's a great new video that sums up the real problem with this whole administration. Arrogance is a ...
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One Million Moms tells 'The New Normal' – “Thanks for the free ...
One Million Moms, an anti-gay group based in the U.S., responds to The New Normal's comical scene where they depict the group as ridiculous, saying “the show actually made One Million Moms look good.” The New Normal and One Million ...
LiveJournal | Ratings

High Definition Is the New Normal | Nielsen Wire
Television has come a long way since the grainy black and white sets of old. While there have been constant advances—from the introduction of color to the ...
blog.nielsen.com/.../media.../high-definition-is-the-new-norma...

Sen. Sessions: Food Stamp Enrollment Reaches New Record High ...
It's actually not the new normal if Barack Obama gets 4 more years. This will only be the beginning. There's a great new video that sums up the real problem with ...
www.theblaze.com/.../food-stamp-enrollment-hits-all-time-hig...

Thursday, October 18, 2012

The new normal disciplined shoppers

The new normal: disciplined shoppers
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Credit card debt has dropped here and in other regions. Likewise, consumer borrowing has dipped. Is this the emergence of the disciplined consumer, the “new normal” in spending habits? For now, yes, writes an Equifax executive. A psychology professor ...

Barney: TV's new normal -- More gay characters in prime time
San Jose Mercury News
"The New Normal" is the title of a freshman NBC comedy about two gay men who yearn to become parents. It might as well also describe the current state of gay characters in prime time. According to a recent study by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against ...

'New normal' question sparks first intense exchange
Bayoubuzz
"Are we looking at the new normal?" Crowley asked. The question triggered an energetic and tense exchange between the two candidates. "Very little of what Governor Romney said is true," Obama said, marking the third time the president has questioned ...

Bayoubuzz

'The New Normal's' Jayson Blair Weighs in on the Show's Conservative ...
Celebuzz
You're about to see a lot more of Jayson Blair on NBC's new series The New Normal. And we're not just talking about his character's penchant for walking around in just his drawers (OK, that too). Since appearing on the show's first few episodes, Blair ...

The New "New Normal": Saving Yourself From the Cliff
Huffington Post (blog)
Are you worried about the looming "fiscal cliff"? Well if it's your only worry about the American economy, you're not worried nearly enough. There are plenty of other economic cliffs out there, just waiting for you. That's the lead story on the front ...

Nielsen: HD is the new normal
Radio & Television Business Report
Nielsen Television has come a long way since the grainy black and white sets of old. While there have been constant advances—from the introduction of color to the remote control to connected TVs (IPTV)—the advent of High Definition TV (HDTV) could be ...

Radio & Television Business Report

One Million Moms tells 'The New Normal' - "Thanks for the free publicity!"
Hypable
The New Normal and One Million Moms have developed quite a history lately, with the group first asking their supporters to write letters to the show's sponsors to try and get the show cancelled, and Ryan Murphy retaliating by writing in an extra scene ...
 
Hypable

Why You Should Vote For A New President
Akron Beacon Journal (blog)
It doesn't have to be that way, and if we are to avoid the new normal, we start by changing leaders. If we want to turn our economy around, why not Mitt Romney ? The guy's entire adult life has been a record of him turning things around. As Governor ...

Ag At The Crossroads
kwbe
... 2012 Ag at the Crossroads Conference will focus on the Nebraska Ag Economy, Land Values and Use, New Crop Frontiers, Crop Markets and Uses, and how farms and Ag businesses respond to the opportunities and uncertainties of “The New Normal”.

Spoiler Chat: Scoop on Glee, Revenge, Modern Family, Bones and More!
E! Online
Also in today's Spoiler Chat, we have scoop on everyone's favorite collar-poppin' sidekick on Revenge, intel on a Modern Family wedding and details about Matt Bomer's upcoming guest appearance on The New Normal. Plus, scoop on Revolution, Bones ...

E! Online

New Comedy on DVD & Blu-ray: How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Get a ...
Reel Life With Jane
Despite the fact that every time I hear Seth MacFarlane's voice, I see Andrew Rannells on The New Normal (hey, they could be twins), you have to hand it to MacFarlane for taking no prisoners and putting it all out there. It's like he just doesn't care ...

'Horror' gets a reboot for second season
Philadelphia Inquirer
We know this from "Nip/Tuck," from "Glee," from "The New Normal." We even know it from "The Glee Project," the Oxygen competition whose showcasing not just of genuine talent but of Murphy's mercurial approach to casting makes it one of television's ...

Philadelphia Inquirer

What 'Modern Family,' '2 Broke Girls,' and Other Shows Can Learn from 'The ...
USA TODAY
The New Normal: Such a lovely premise for a show — the relationship between a surrogate and the gay couple whose child she's carrying — and such an irritating execution of it! Mary Tyler Moore was subversive for its time, too, centering on a single ...

Beyonce at Super Bowl; Darren Criss' auction
Windy City Times
Out actor Matt Bomer (TV's White Collar) will be a guest star on NBC's The New Normal, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Bomer will extend his professional relationship with Glee's Ryan Murphy (who's also behind "Normal"); last season, Bomer played ...

Windy City Times

Gartner: Big data not just a buzzword
CRN - UK
But it also warned that by 2020 the term will be obsolete, and all data will be "just data" again by 2020, forcing firms to readjust their IT equipment to handle the "new normal". Much of the current spending is used in adapting traditional solutions ...

CRN - UK

Is It Time to Change the Positioning of Your Organization?
Huffington Post
The protracted nature of the downturn suggests that we are entering a "new normal" to which organizations must adapt or perish. The nonprofit sector is a huge source of employment and assistance in the U.S., and we should be doing everything we can to ...

Democrats get lost in the “binders full of women”
Human Events
Flexible scheduling is one of many benefits characteristic of a seller's market for labor; Obama's New Normal of essentially permanent “unemployables,” with a dwindling pool of people getting hired and re-hired for available jobs, is not such a market.

Continued Droughts Spell Bad News For Trees And Agriculture
RedOrbit
A research team, led by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, geography professor has evidence suggesting that recent droughts could be the new normal. This is not good news for our nation's forests and agricultural lands. The droughts of recent years ...

RedOrbit

A Symbol of October Struggles
New York Times
At least Granderson remained in the lineup, hitting in his new normal and out-of-harm's-way eighth position Tuesday night in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series against the Tigers. But other than misjudging a fifth-inning drive to center ...

New York Times

Mega Buzz: Glee Breakup Fallout, Elena's "Hurtful" Choice, and a Modern ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Love that Matt Bomer is going to be on New Normal! -Harry NATALIE: Justin Bartha does not share your sentiment. "I am f---ed. He's a good looking man," he jokes. Bomer, who is playing Bryan's ex-boyfriend, will be popping up in the same episode in ...

Full transcript of the second presidential debate
Washington Post (blog)
CROWLEY: Mr. President, let me just see if I can move you to the gist of this question, which is, are we looking at the new normal? I can tell you that tomorrow morning, a lot of people in Hempstead will wake up and fill up and they will find that the ...

'Arrested Development's' Jason Bateman Sells '80s Sitcom to NBC
ScreenCrush
Considering the run of good fortune NBC is having this week — giving full-season orders to both 'Revolution' and its new hit comedies, 'Go On' and 'The New Normal' — and winning premiere week in the ratings for the first time in nine years, the ...

Extreme Symptoms & Hidden Menace
Gold Seek
No longer is the correlation high in the swing states, where vote fraud is the new normal. This is a key trait of a Third World Nation, of which the United States leads in sophistication. Chavez in Venezuela has nothing on the White House victors ...

Gold Seek

What's on Andy Cohen's Watchlist? Not Exactly What You'd Expect
TV Guide
The New Normal: I just think it's smart and funny and fresh and Ryan Murphy plucked my girl Nene Leakes from Housewives. I'm just so proud of her and happy for her. It also stars Ellen Barkin, who's a good friend of mine, who's hilarious playing kind ...

'American Horror Story: Asylum' review
Washington Post
Call it an anthology show, as Murphy — also co-creator of “Glee” and “The New Normal” — has. Or call it what I've decided to call it: “American Horror Story: Nun.0.” All the updated labeling doesn't change the fact that, two episodes in, this new ...

Delivering Love and Brownies Since 1986
Wall Street Journal
"We change the world pragmatically person to person or by changing consciousness," Ms. Paltrow enunciated. With "Glee" and "The New Normal," said the actress, Mr. Murphy is "changing the way a generation thinks." She said she was particularly grateful ...

Wall Street Journal

Flying Below The Clouds - A Common Sense Analysis Of Airline Investing ...
Seeking Alpha
As consumer behavior changed from the highs of 2007 to the "New Normal" of 2012, having positioned its brand as a leading budget carrier made Spirit the obvious choice as "new" individuals sought budget travel options. Spirit offers its value ...

Moderator Crowley makes her presence known
Washington Post
When she asked Obama early on whether $4 for a gallon of gas is “the new normal,” the president didn't answer, instead attacking Romney about his support of the coal industry. Similarly, when she followed up a voter's question about immigration by ...

Ricky Martin, others in Obama ads; strip club's victory
Windy City Times
Maxine Waters, Howard Berman and Adam Schiff as well as actors such as Drew Carey, Andrew Rannells (TV's The New Normal), Sophia Bush and Michael Urie (Partners), Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs), Leslie Bibb (GCB; Popular) and Dot Marie ...

Windy City Times

Reimagining Retail Banking
Novantas, LLC
The industry has been thrust into a “New Normal,” which, while still containing familiar landmarks, also has much new terrain. As banks look for opportunities, leaders will need to make bold choices, some even counter-intuitive. For example, one of the ...

Halliburton Management Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
... these issues are transitory and we do not want to take the risk of lowering the pricing baseline for a problem that we will expect to go away in a couple of quarters, or to have our customers believe that such pricing would be the new normal going ...

'Revolution' gains momentum in DVR ratings
Variety
After "Revolution," the other biggest gainers among rookie shows were CBS' "Elementary" (+1.4, from 3.1 to 4.5), ABC's "666 Park Avenue" (+1.1, from 2.1 to 3.2), ABC's "Last Resort" (+1.0, from 2.2 to 3.2) and NBC's "New Normal" (+1.0, from 2.0 to 3.0).

Variety

Counting the Rule Violations at the Town Hall Debate
Slate Magazine (blog)
During the back-and-forth that followed, she stepped in with a line that made it clear she was rephrasing things: "Mr. President, let me just see if I can move you to the gist of this question, which is, are we looking at the new normal? I can tell you ...

Slate Magazine (blog)

Study Tips from McGraw-Hill Education Help College Students Bring Their "A ...
Sacramento Bee
Though this might be considered "the new normal," these distractions might -- according to research by Stanford University -- negatively impact a student's ability to retain and accurately recall information. While collaboration and discussion are an ...

What the Space Race Can Teach Us About Collaboration
blogs.hbr.org (blog)
Volatile weather is the new normal. Our global food system fails two out of every seven people. Recent studies highlight the urgent need for $50-100 trillion in global infrastructure investments by 2030 just to keep the lights on. Our actions today ...

blogs.hbr.org (blog)

Fitch: 5th Annual Emerging Mkts Conference Focuses on Effect of Developed ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
While growth has slowed - 7% to 8% growth may be the new normal - the labor market is holding up,' said Colquhoun. Franklin Santarelli, managing director and head of Latin American Financial Institutions, covered lower interest rates in Brazil ...

China Job Needs Show Why GDP Slowdown May Be Tolerated: Economy
Bloomberg
Markus Rodlauer, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund's Asia and Pacific Department, said today in Hong Kong that economic growth of 7 percent to 8 percent is the “new normal” for China and there's a very low probability of a so- called ...

Charting a path to action on climate change
Reuters AlertNet (blog)
Emissions are surging higher, year by year, and extreme weather is becoming the "new normal". Scientists say the world is heading towards a temperature increase of at least 3.6 degrees by the end of the century, with a hike of 6 degrees or more a real ...

Intel Corporation's CEO Discusses Q3 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
Can you discuss what you are seeing downstream particularly in China and then also as part of the healthy days, my math suggest exiting December at roughly 75 days. Is that kind of the new normal we should think about for you guys in a lower PC growth ...

One Million Moms Goes After 'The New Normal' Again
By The Huffington Post News Editors
One Million Moms is at again: They're still not done with "The New Normal" (Tuesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET on NBC).
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

Diane Keaton Adds New Book Called 'House' to Her Housing - Zillow
By Laura Vecsey
According to the Los Angeles Times, that home was later used as the set for the pilot of the show “The New Normal,” whose co-creator Ryan Murphy had bought the home from Keaton. The Academy Award-winning actress's influence was felt ...
Zillow Blog - Real Estate Market...

Death Watch 2012: Fall TV Survival Status Report | Inside TV | EW.com
By James Hibberd
The New Normal (NBC) 5.42 million, 2.2/6. Status: Full season order. Go On! (NBC) 7.01 million, 2.7/7. Status: Full season order. Guys With Kids (NBC) 4.9 million, 1.7/5. Status: Being at 8:30 p.m. probably helps. If we had to choose between ...
Inside TV

The New Normal - Bryanzilla - Video - NBC.com
Shania announces that she and her classmate are "pretend" engaged.
www.nbc.com/the-new-normal/video/bryanzilla/1420284

Different Is The New Normal: Living A Life with Tourette's | KQED ...
This program tracks the trials and triumphs of Ariel Small, a 17-year-old living with uncontrollable physical and vocal tics caused by Tourette Syndrome. Narrated ...
www.kqed.org/programs/program-landing.jsp?progID=20789

Whither Feminism?: Gender And The New Normal - Los Angeles ...
IN HER SOMETIMES HILARIOUS rant against all the obstacles still holding women back in the world (you know, Brazilian waxes, Kim Kardashian, and five inch ...
lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=981&fulltext=1

New Normal - Google News

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