Sentences with phrase «past years used»

My Mom, who passed away this past year used to make a great lentil soup..

For example, 12th graders report past year use at 2.7 percent, after a peak of 6.2 percent in 1999.

There was a significant drop in past year use among eighth graders, from 2.7 percent in 2016 to 2 percent this year.

Past year use of K2 / Spice, referred to as «synthetic marijuana» in the survey, was reported at 3.7 percent among 12th graders, down from 11.3 percent five years ago.

Past year use of LSD among 12th graders is at 3.3 percent, reflecting a modest but significant increase in the past five years.

Hookah smoking has dropped for the second year in a row with 10.1 percent of seniors reporting past year use compared to 13 percent last year, down from 22.9 percent in 2014.

Dublon has been testing Tongueduino on himself for the past year using a range of environmental sensors.

Earlier today, I wrote about how I made over $ 300 this past year using an Amex Blue Cash card as my primary credit card.

Thank you for the many Southwest flights we were able to book this past year using the Southwest deal (although we went for the 2 companion passes instead of 1 to take kids more often as we're 5).

Sugar cane and corn are what come to mind at first when we think about biofuels, but over the past years the use of animal fats to produce these has extended.

Marijuana use (including hashish, hash, THC, pot, grass, weed, and reefer) was assessed at W1 - W6 with a fill - in - the - blank item that asked adolescent to report how many times in the past year they used marijuana.

Not exact matches

Or, at least, they're using a lot less water to make it: MillerCoors announced this week that they've reduced their water consumption by 9.2 % over the past two years, saving roughly one billion barrels of water.

We have to get to a position where this technology is as seamless and easy to use as what we've been using for the past 15 to 20 years.»

Although the set of indicators used is somewhat different than in past years, there is enough overlap to allow for some comparison.

The average American uses 176 gallons of water per day, and municipal water prices have increased 27 percent over the past five years.

So some analysts and investors with long memories are wary of the promise of using the millimeter wave rights for business cases that sound eerily familiar, despite the obvious advances in technology that have occurred over the past 20 years.

Last week, a study published by the Kauffman Foundation using census data from the past 50 years, revealed some eye - opening statistics about the number of immigrant - led companies in America.

The watch must be used with one of the iPhone models released in the past two years — the 5, 5S, 5C or the latest versions scheduled to go on sale Sept. 19 in the U.S. and nine other countries.

For the past 20 years or so, I've maybe used MS Paint twice.

This past year, 51 percent of purchases took place online, more than 90 percent of consumers used smartphones while shopping in - store and 78 percent of global shoppers were influenced in some way by social media.

In the past two years, GoPro's growth has exploded, and the cameras» uses have spread far beyond the action - sports world.

The Canadian drugmaker has faced intense political and investor scrutiny in the past year for its steep drug price increases and unorthodox use of a specialty pharmacy.

«I explained how for the past couple of years I've kept Wednesdays clear on my calendar, usually worked from home, and used it as design / writing / solo - thinking time because the other four days get consumed with collaboration,» Schweikardt explained to the board, but lately «the collaboration days had gotten so busy, that Wednesdays had turned to email and administrivia catch - up days.»

For this first - of - a-kind study, Pew surveyed adults who use prepaid cards at least once a month and found that 59 percent currently have a checking account and 45 percent had used a credit card in the past year.

«Over the past several years, NASA has been funding a group of psychologists to develop a software program astronauts could use, while aboard spacecraft, to help them work through depression and conflicts with their fellow space - goers.

Though many community banks in this program have, controversially, used this money to pay off TARP rather than lend to small business, Hall says the money will help Team Capital make $ 200 million in loans to local small businesses, and it has enabled it to loan out $ 40 million in the past year.

Where Cirque shows used to be independent from the casinos and hotels they call home, with tickets sold separately from vacation packages, within the past five years it has become quite easy to find, say, a package to stay at the MGM Grand that includes credits for food and two tickets to Ka.

As a result, the number of people who say they have used heroin in the past year jumped by more than 50 percent between 2002 to 2011, according the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The authors claimed that an «Increasing numbers of academic studies are finding that mental health problems have been soaring among girls over the past 10 - and in particular five - years, coinciding with the period in which young people's use of social media has exploded.»

After phasing out her work last year as creative director for a packaging company to give Tweedle Press her full attention, she found that running the company with only one employee — her husband — made for an easier work - life balance than when she used part - timers in the past.

Among the findings: Technically proficient attackers are spending an average of $ 1,367 for specialized tool kits to execute attacks; 63 percent of respondents claim the use of such kits has increased over the past two years; and 64 percent say the tools are highly effective.

I've used the Native Union Night cable for the past three years as my main charger, and it has never let me down.

Stringent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules prohibiting the use of unmanned aircraft for commercial use has largely kept American companies from leveraging drone technology to their advantage, but that's rapidly changing in the Arctic, where a series of FAA decisions handed down in the past year are easing restrictions on commercial drone flights.

Scott is a huge proponent of replacing legacy technology with more modern and secure cloud software; federal cloud use has increased 15.8 percent in the past year.

Using a past portfolio of innovations from Apple, and a nod forward to the new building, where Apple will host its annual meeting next year, Cook deftly paints a picture of a promising future.

In the past few years, Durex has released some creative ad campaigns that focus on real couples and the link between lowered technology use and more intimacy.

While the Dish Network's reach and power have weakened over the past few years just as Viacom's have, the satellite company is still in a somewhat stronger position than it used to be relative to the entertainment giant, because it knows that Viacom is already suffering from low viewership numbers, and that impacts its ad revenues.

For now, there's still $ 17 billion in stimulus money left to send out the door, and $ 2.2 billion in niche handouts, of the sort the Conservatives have been using to micromanage the electorate for the past four years.

In the past two years, they have sought to develop a way to build «compelling wearable hardware» and software - based experiences, using a common architecture.

Goldman's «burn rate» - the proportion of outstanding stock used to pay staff - averaged 3 % over the past three years.

Over the past two years, I've gone from zero to over 600 products that I sell online using print on demand.

Over the past few years, what used to be motivators for employees — pay, benefits, perks — have simply become satisfiers.

For what it's worth, I've used the plan for the past three years: The 100 - minute restriction is a bit tricky for my line of work, but the hundreds of dollars I've saved each year are worth it.

CP overhauled four locomotives in the past two years — it clearly intended to use them for years to come.

«Over the past few years, we've seen a steady trend toward people using TweetDeck on their computers and Twitter on their mobile devices.»

With that said, I still use the occasion to reflect back on the past year and look forward to the next, and I use this time to examine the reasons behind not achieving my goals from the past year.

The most common measure used to assess volatility in the U.S. is the VIX index, which has been persistently at low levels for the past year.

To build the list of Canada's 100 Best Jobs, we used data from Statistics Canada, including jobs that had experienced employment growth over the past five years, had a minimum median salary of $ 60,000 and employed at least 5,000 people.

Nate Alder, a student at Brigham Young University, has won first or second place in 11 competitions over the past year for his company, Klymit, which has developed a way to insulate outerwear and outdoor gear using argon.

In court documents filed with the Northern California District Court on Thursday, Uber argued that the class - action part of the suit should be dropped because the 160,000 drivers, «have little or nothing in common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some point over the past six years.»