These days, it's
less about trend, and more about the comfort factor.
BlackBerry's hope is that it will appeal to the elite smartphone user that its brand used to own: The affluent, workaholic doer who cares
less about trends and logos than getting things done.
As years passed and I got older, I found myself worrying less and
less about trends.
Not exact matches
The move is part of the sweeping
trend that is shaking the center aisles of the supermarket, as my esteemed colleague Beth Kowitt has written
about so thoughtfully in the pages of Fortune: a migration away from processed foods to those that are simpler and
less removed from nature.
Asked
about the
trend of media companies becoming
less inclined to license TV shows to Netflix — for example, Hulu won exclusive rights to NBC's «This Is Us» — Sarandos called out as an example teen drama «Riverdale» on The CW, which saw its ratings for season two increase 400 % versus the first season.
Germany, by comparison, has much
less to complain
about: Its goods trade deficit with China remains on a steeply declining
trend, falling last year to 14.2 billion euro, a 21.5 percent drop from 2016.
Pavlovsky said Chanel still relied on
about 15 different tanneries and noted that the average price of high quality lamb leather was rising as people were eating
less meat and demand kept growing — a
trend which also applied to calf hides.
As a result, millennials tend to avoid jumping into popular investment
trends with both feet and may have
less to worry
about in the present environment.
A key point for me and potential many others in my situation is that this hopefully starts a
trend to attract younger individuals with
less than a $ 1 million dollars into caring
about their money and savings.
Yes our quality of life is still quite good relative to SOME other countries... that not really what people are thinking though when they use the term «3rd world country» — they are talking
about the
trending that they see — and the media reflects a perception out there that things are
trending in a negative direction... look, if you read my original posts, you will see that they have much
less to do with our economy as they have to do with WHY we are involved in the middle east and the SOCIAL impact of that.
At the same time farmers need to be more accountable and transperant
about less traditional business reporting, especially environmental outcomes and
trends and animal welfare practices.
Not everyone was convinced however and it wasn't until 2004 that we saw the introduction of both the wildly successful Apothic Red, truly the first of the modern, off - dry, supple red blends that we're talking so much
about, as well as the Red Truck red blend that was spiritually more aligned with the traditional California red blends, albeit produced from mostly Rhone varieties, another first, though of a
less important
trend.
With countless of more or
less useful grilling accessories on display at
about a hundred or so booths, we sniffed out the newest
trends over here and picked up a whole bunch of BBQ related products for our shop.
You all recently posted an NBA
trend about underdog road teams receiving 30 % or
less of the wagers as a winning betting strategy.
And
about the gym class argument, I feel that as more and more boys are left uncirc'd (which is the
trend these days), the
less big a deal it will be for the circ'd boys to see the uncirc'd boys.
It's not exactly clear what's behind the
trend of more parents moving away from corporal punishment — it could be a result of doctors and other child health and welfare experts spreading the word
about extensive and well - researched evidence showing a clear link between corporal punishment and negative outcomes for kids, or it could be that this form of punishing kids is
less socially acceptable than it used to be, or a combination of both factors.
Rachel posted, «I haven't started work yet, but even at home I seem to be able to pump
less and
less and I'm worried
about this
trend.
To understand why there is a
trend amongst conservative white males, the Gallup data was cross-examined with research
about the «white male effect» — the idea that white males were either more accepting of risk or
less risk averse than the rest of the public.
«I was particularly alarmed
about the overall
trend of more imaging tests, medications, and referrals alongside
less counseling,» says Mafi.
Less is known
about trends among those who do not partake, which inspired new research by Professor of Health Education Adam Burke, published in PLOS ONE on June 17.
The figure is also
about 10 per cent
less than the estimate given for China in the most recent publication of the Global Carbon Project, which updates annually the global carbon emissions and their implications for future
trends.
If they would use a more realistic climate transfer sensitivity of 0.11 K / Wm -2, or even somewhat higher (0.12 or 0.13) for the long - term, and use
trends instead of smooth curve points, they would end up with solar contributions of 10 % or
less for 1950 - 2000 and near 0 % and
about 10 % in 1980 - 2000 using the PMOD and ACRIM data, respectively.
Not participating in the newest health
trend / hack doesn't make you any
less healthy (or cool, if that's what you're worried
about).
But since last year, this
trend has been quiet and became
less talked
about.
More
about copying
trends and
less about being unique.
Although I'm
less concerned
about feeling cool nowadays — and I definitely allow myself to wear spaghetti straps — I'm embracing this
trend with huge open arms.
«Fast fashion has created a culture of consumerism that is
less about personal style and more
about constant
trend consumption.»
Tee, jeans, comfy sneakers, and a on
trend dad hat make your outfit one
less thing to worry
about.
If you're on the fence
about splurging on this
trend, there are some great,
less expensive options that are available right now.
Sometimes, trying new
trends is
less about purchasing the newest product formula and more
about trying new color combinations.
So when I saw the lipstick is back on
trend and how a lot of YouTube Beauty Gurus and fashion blogs and articles are raving
about lipsticks again, I wanted to give it another chance and see if after so many years maybe they have finally found a way to make these lipsticks
less drying on the lips!
Iron man v Iron Monger, Thor v Loki (both norse gods, & royalty), Hulk v Abomination, Cap v Red Skull (they're very different chars, but in the plot, they're established as both super soldiers more or
less made of the same stuff) and Iron Man kept the
trend alive with it's first sequel (and now that I think
about it, cap 2 as well with winter soldier).
Curiously, the princess craze parallels a
trend for grown - up movies
about female royalty — dramas that focus
less on tiaras and gowns than on the complex problems of women wielding power in a man's world.
CPE's report investigates the 12 percent of high school graduates who didn't enroll in college, and it reveals some interesting, though not necessarily surprising,
trends: They are more likely to be male, two out of three come from the lower end of the socioeconomic scale, and
about half have parents whose highest level of education is a high school diploma or
less.
It is therefore notable that we find a clear downward
trend from
about 2010 on, when pension costs began to rise sharply, with newer charter schools much
less likely to participate in the state plan.
By owning our expertise — knowledge
about student learning — we will be
less reactive to the latest
trends in technological change, including applications.
These data represent
less than half of total giving to K - 12 purposes in a single year, and as such they can not point to conclusions
about general
trends in the type of activities funded overall.
We're
less convinced
about the company's promise it will offer a «dynamic, emotional experience» however — there still seems like a large degree of disconnection between what dynamic and emotional traits mean to people like us and what they mean to companies desperately scrabbling to remain relevant as tastes and
trends change.
Now, the Report gets into some very granular information
about genre specific publishing
trends that will be interesting to some authors and
less so to others.
Obviously there can be a lot more contributing to the drop in sales — a weaker economy means
less consumers taking farther - reaching vacations, for example — but if the
trend that came
about with the enhanced ebooks is solid, could this mean that people who buy books
about business or technology embrace e-reading while readers who purchase travel guides or cookbooks are
less apt to choose digital over print?
The great thing
about ebooks is they're cheaper to produce, so you have
less upfront investment, and faster to produce, so you can respond to
trends faster.
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Less is More As consumers increasingly want to learn
about ingredients that are included in the food they eat, this
trend has trickled down to the pet - treat industry.
For the travel agents, who play a vital role as sellers and re-sellers on behalf of the suppliers, the issue is
less about trying to predict the vagaries of the economy than staying on top of
trending luxury destinations and a changing client base.
- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only
about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even
less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or
less -
about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the
trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current
trends - one of the
trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing
Someone on Reddit compiled a list of the last Nintendo Direct Minis (and Micro) and noticed a
trend of a fuller Nintendo Direct launching within
about three weeks of the Mini (or
less), with some appearing just days later.
A friend and I recently had a conversation
about the
trend of galleries putting together shows of famous artist's
lesser - known works from yesteryear and writing a vague exhibition text to explain why they're important.
Some of these are antithetical to
trends in contemporary painting, which is more
about provisionality, and
less about slow consideration, taking away and re-making.
A
trend line will be significant if, and only if, the variance of the data
about the
trend line is sufficiently
less than the variance of the data
about its own mean.
As a function of the NAO
trend through to
about 1996 there was a significant cooling pattern over Greenland (look at annual mean
trends from 1950 to 1996 for maximum effect), but the longer you average over the
less that is seen (though since there is still a positive NAO
trend it is still a factor).