Thursday, October 18, 2012

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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

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