I can still remember
the first time I figured out what a blog WAS, back in the spring of 2003 (I was at South by Southwest, listening to a presentation and no doubt recovering from a hangover).
Since it was the first night and we were meeting our table mates at dinner for
the first time I figured this crop top and high waisted floral shorts with some gladiator sandals was perfect!
That facts surprises many and it surprised
me the first time I figured that out.
Our playthroughs have not always resulted in heated discussions;
the first time we figured out we could combine our dance powers to level up a tower faster, we broke out dancing ourselves in sync with our characters on the screen, hoping to hurry the process even more.
Not exact matches
While Nintendo hasn't released its sales
figures, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils - Aime told The New York
Times earlier this month that in its
first two days of availability, the console registered higher sales than any previous Nintendo console.
Analysts estimate that the PBOC spent over $ 34 billion in November alone to prop up the currency, and
figures expected next week from SAFE are expected to show reserves dropping below $ 3 trillion for the
first time since 2011.
Within the
first five months, we'd hit six
figures and I was able to «retire» Pat from his corporate job as a TV director (which basically means he works with me full
time).
House prices in London dropped for the
first time since 2009, Nationwide
figures revealed.
The data also shows declining revenues from yellow cab fares — in the
first half of 2014, cabbies collected $ 1.06 billion; in the same
time period this year, that revenue
figure fell to $ 981 million.
«The console had decent 16 - bit graphics, so it was the
first time gamers could actually
figure out what they were doing.
Brooks Bell — who has an eponymous e-commerce optimization firm in Raleigh, N.C., that has worked with American Eagle Outfitters and Brooks Brothers to scale their online operations — says that by the
time online brands open their
first store, they've already
figured out the hardest parts of the operation: warehousing, inventory management and logistics.
Anderson said that he aims to make the new machines — which will launch in about three months — so simple that if someone had never used a drone before the user could easily
figure it out the
first time using it.
If you're selling a product,
first figure out how much it will cost you to make the product and how much
time it will take.
The parent company of T.J. Maxx parent said revenue at established stores was flat in the third quarter — the
first time that
figure didn't increase since 2009.
First, you need to
figure out where your audience spends most of their
time.
Thirty - three per cent say they feel rushed into making a purchase, with that
figure rising to 39 per cent among
first -
time homebuyers.
But now that the company has announced results for the
first time — it revealed its fourth quarter numbers on Feb. 27 — investors can begin
figuring out where this company is headed long - term.
As is usual with
time - management manuals, the
first step is to
figure out where all your
time is going using a spreadsheet or
time diary, such as those Vanderkam's made available at her 168hours.com website.
Store managers, «captains» in Trader Joe's parlance — the nautical titles are a holdover from Coulombe (newly promoted captains are commanders; assistant store managers are
first mates)-- can make in the low six
figures, and full -
time crew members can start in the $ 40,000 to $ 60,000 range.
The announcement is the
first time the Facebook - owned photo sharing app has split out its audience
figures by a geographic region.
TOYOTA has topped the quarterly sales
figures for passenger cars in Western Australian for the
first time, according to industry statistician VFACTS.
The collective wealth of the world's richest tech billionaires has surpassed an astonishing $ 1 trillion for the
first time, new
figures reveal.
First, the six -
figure contribution was the largest to the Trump Foundation in 2015 from a source other than Trump himself, according to the
Times.
But this isn't the
first time that
figures in Trumpworld have been accused of using two - bit intimidation tactics to silence people who had compromising information on Trump.
According to this June's Financial
Times «Expenditure by local and central governments in China jumped nearly 25 per cent from the same month a year earlier, a sharp acceleration from the 9.6 per cent growth registered in the
first four months of the year, according to
figures released by the finance ministry,» and HSBC's Flash PMI index suggests for the
first time in six months that there has been an expansion in manufacturing, although the flash index is, of course, preliminary and may be revised.
Well, if you're like a lot of
first -
time advertisers, then your prospect is now on your homepage scratching her head trying to
figure out what just happened.
Uber's market share was an astonishing 54 percent, although that
figure slipped a point in Q3, the
first time that has happened.
«We are exceptionally excited to host a conversation with Michelle Obama, former
First Lady of the United States and one of the most inspirational public
figures of our
time,» said Iain Black, President and CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.
While analysts waste their
time trying to
figure out, for example, when EV will ultimately take all market share of new car sales, for example, this series will concentrate on the
first blow: when oil demand growth falls to zero.
There's nothing magical about the
figure 7 - it's just a way of saying that a customer rarely makes a purchase the
first time they see your message.
But when that
figure was revealed it was the
first time that the board of directors had heard the sales practices problems were of such a large size and scope.
However, the 4 - percent annual increase in jewellery demand for the
first time since 2013 was not enough to dent the overall demand
figures for the precious metal.
Official PMI
figures for manufacturing covering March came in ahead of consensus expectations, with the employment sub-index suggesting China's factories were a net contributor to employment for the
first time in five years.
At the same
time, the amount of education loans outstanding, which has increased every quarter since the New York Fed began tracking these
figures in 2003, rose $ 33 billion to surpass $ 1 trillion for the
first time, according to this measure.
In gloomy accord with Nationwide seeing UK house prices falling across every single region for the
first time in 30 years, Halifax has now released monthly
figures for March estimating UK house prices have dropped 2.5 %.
This marks the
first time that Forbes» list tops 2,000 people with 10 -
figure fortunes.
Year - over-year price increases entered double digit
figures for the
first time in a decade.
Investor lending rose in March for the
first time in more than a year, official
figures earlier this month showed and asking price
figures from consultancy SQM Research paint the picture of a market that is still strong.
: Women over 40 are having more babies than the under 20s for the
first time in nearly 70 years, official
figures for England and Wales show.
Trade data for the same month revealed the country incurred its
first trade deficit in local - currency terms since early 2014, mainly due to a surge in imports, although the
figures were probably affected by the
timing of the Lunar New Year holiday.
Earlier
figures covering January marked an important milestone in the region's battle against deflation, showing all of the monetary bloc's individual member states had recorded price rises for the
first time since February 2013.
But in early March
figures revealed that a resurgence in production in US shale fields had increased US crude inventories to record levels, which pushed a leading benchmark for oil prices below US$ 50 per barrel for the
first time this year.
I'm never hungry
first thing in the morning, so I can take my
time to
figure out what I'm going to do to break the fast.
«Those hearing that jabbering Lancastrian monotone for the
first time, taking in that 6ft 9in shaven - headed, motor - mouthed, deeply menacing
figure, might be tempted to dismiss Fury as simply a bully and a goon, a Twitter troll made flesh, Dapper Laughs with muscles.
Figures revealed there were 106 deaths, the
first time it's reached the more than 100 since 1992.
New
figures from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) show that for the
first time in recent history more midwives and nurses are leaving the register than are joining, with homegrown UK nurses leaving in the largest numbers.
This was the
first time I had ever seen him draw anything besides Star Wars — themed stick
figures with light sabers, and I actually stopped reading — I think I stopped breathing — to watch him do it.
It's not the
first time religious
figures have been denied entry to the UK.
It was indeed only in the early Renaissance, in the liturgical drama which influenced the subject matter of the newly recovered art of painting — where the resurrection did get attention — that Magdalene was returned to prominence and became for the
first time an officially popular
figure.
It is no small irony that Vice President Mike Pence and Franklin Graham, popular
figures among many Chaldeans in the US, headlined the
first ever World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians last month at the same
time as Shaou lingers in custody in Michigan, still facing imminent deportation.