Sentences with phrase «about using points for»

My initial impulse would be to accumulate UR points using a combination of [Chase Sapphire Preferred] and the Freedom Card, but I've noticed a lot of people talking about using these points for aspirational travel, i.e. first or biz class flights.

As the sharing economy continues to grow, more and more people are asking about using points for Airbnb and Uber.

If you have to pay high fees or fuel surcharges on an economy or short - haul flight, you should be especially cautious about using points for that redemption.

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I love that Stacey brings up the point about being active in private Facebook groups, this is an often untapped network possibility that one may not participate in if they are set on using their profile for personal use only.

Combine this with another of Twitter's problems — that it's often a source of spoilers for things I do care about, like Game of Thrones plot points, and the alternative of simply not using it looks far more appealing.

You might be working on gaining an essential contract or be just about to close a deal and your client asks for your company registration number — At this point of course you can register a new company but, how much easier would it be to use a readily available genuine company number.

Robert Burgess, editor at Head for Points, talks about the most cost - effective way to use air miles and which airlines have the best schemes.

«Many people automatically book round - trip fares for vacations, but if you aren't sure about your itinerary and you're using points, you should absolutely consider booking a one - way ticket,» said Sean McQuay, NerdWallet's credit card and banking expert.

That is, when debt service ratios are calculated using the discounted mortgage rates actually charged by banks (about 125 percentage points below posted rates), the average Canadian homeowner is paying just 25 % or so of income on mortgage payments, far below the 32 % benchmark used for mortgage - insurance qualification.

Of course, this list isn't for everybody, but the larger point is simply to get you thinking about the potential of using the winter holidays soon to come as a great opportunity to cozy up and catch up on your reading.

To calculate your value of a Facebook Like, you can easily answer these questions using your Facebook Insights and your closed - loop marketing analytics (in the calculator, click the question mark next to each question for an explanation about how to acquire each data point).

For example, on the most current version of the retrofitted self - driving Lexus, a mounted laser has about a 12 - degree field of view that it uses to essentially zoom in on details of points of interest.

At about the same time, APRA acted to ensure that the interest rate «buffer» used in the serviceability assessments for all loans was at least 2 percentage points above the relevant benchmark rate (with an interest rate floor of at least 7 per cent).

ac.uk links pointing to its domain, so I wrote a guest blog post for them talking about how graduates can find job opportunities using social media.

As its defenders point out, it will be difficult for the U.S. government to completely stamp out Bitcoin use, since there is no central repository for the currency and no central authority that can be targeted (there is a FAQ with some responses to popular misconceptions about Bitcoin, including the central authority question).

Despite having been in the investment business for over a decade at that point, most of my reading had been about other value managers, so I was excited about learning from traders who used completely different investment philosophies than we used at Oakmark.

Its sole purpose was to provide updated economic and fiscal projections, to be used as a starting point for a debate about the upcoming budget.

With an ETF, you can get exposure to just about any asset class in the world, very cheaply — just basis points — and what do people use them for?

(Creationism fails to be a theory mainly because of the last point; it makes few or no specific claims about what we would expect to find, so it can't be used for anything.

Rather than just leave a comment on his post, which I have, I want to post about it myself.Toby rightly points out that the great American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr created the now famous «serenity prayer», used by Alcoholics Anonymous for years.

Scholars of the doctrine point out that, when appropriately used, armed combat aims to bring about a peaceful and just social order for both sides of the conflict.

Sure there are larger themes people are trying to make, but they are making it primarily off of Julie's narrative, using it as evidence for proving a larger point about the corruption of EV leaders.

And lest you think this post is about finger - pointing, I have no doubt in my mind that if my own assumptions and prejudices go totally unchecked, if I never stop for a moment to consider the other side and wonder if I might be wrong, I too am capable of using the Bible to my own ends, of convincing myself that God is on my side.

We will talk more about predetermination and foreordination in the future posts about Unconditional Election and the Sovereignty of God, so I don't want to use a lot of room to discuss these issues here, except to say that Scripture, reason, and experience all seem to point pretty clearly to the fact that God expects us to make wise choices and holds us accountable for the choices and decisions we make.

I do hear your points that you think I have not seen the need for warning of danger, that you believe I think of it as «unChristian» to talk about such things, and that you may even believe that my comments are akin to protecting evil deeds and harming the innocent, using the bible as a proof texting weapon to that end and contributing to a problem of church becoming fake and shallow while claiming to be deep and pious.

We see many great people of God throughout the Bible at their lowest points and how their faith in God led them to be used for great things (and so despite their grievous sin we see them as holy because they grew and showed great faith and fruit) but what about those in the Bible who are said to have believed but are never heard from again in the text?

So your point about being able to use your talents is a very poignant one for me; a very special one.

All that Bergson really says is that we can not know disorder without making it into an order of some sort first, and points out that the relation between the «two directions of order» is really a continuum that we distinguish on the basis of its extremes (completely free activity and geometrical mechanism, or integration and differentiation, to use the terms Gunter recommends) for the purposes of talking about this issue.

So when Jesus quotes the law in Mark 7:10 about putting children to death for cursing their parents, He is not necessarily quoting it with approval, but is instead pointing out how the religious leaders were using the law to do the exact opposite of what the law said.

They surely know about safe sex, for as Magic Johnson and others have pointed out, one of the side benefits of his announcement is the public attention now given to the use of condoms.

«Remenber all scpritures are inspired words from God, my point is, Jesus wants us to be more than religious, but obedient.Jefferson is just stating that American Churches have become more corrupted with its religious practices that they have forgotten about jesus along the way.The church has taken scriptures and have use them according to what is pleasing to themselves.Jesus wants us to forget about what is pleasing to ourselves and follow him, be like him, love him (means be obedient to him) and ignore what we have known as religion.I define religion as jefferson is using in the video as an act of man pretending or decieving himself into believing that he know God and that he is better than others.He shows that by what he know / pratice not really whats in his heart and by serving how we choose which is pleasing to us, so we use God as a vessel praticing holy rituals teaching what we have made tradition and we have a eternal life with God.God created religion in order for us to remenber him and have a personal relationship with him through his son regardless of the many mistakes we have made in the past.We need to remenber God Forgets our past «he sperate our sins from us as far as the east is from the west».

In Philemon, for example, Paul uses the words achrēston (useless) and euchrēston (useful) as a way of making a point about Onesimus (whose name means «Useful») and his relation to Paul and Philemon in Christ (Christos).

You can read more about the trouble in translating this here, but the salient point is that the verse has become a rallying cry for the anti-Ahok political movement in Indonesia, who use it to justify not trusting the governor, who is a Christian.

The thread throughout the article that the principle reason for Lewis» popularity is / was predicated the Christian themes it uses is, I think, missing one very important point about his books: They are well written and entertaining.

My main point is, when I think about the experiences I long for these days, they're not quite as exotic as they used to be.

Cream room temperature butter and brown sugar together for 5 — 8 minutes / Add egg & milk mixture (w / extracts) a little at a time until fully incorporated / By hand or with mixer on lowest speed, alternately add flour and buttermilk until just incorporated — don't overmix at this point for the tenderest cake / By hand gently stir in 2 — 3 cups of rhubarb sauce so that it swirls through the batter / Place in a 9 - inch square or 10 - inch round pan coated with just a little butter and flour / Sprinkle evenly with chopped almonds (or, use local hazelnuts instead, or omit the nuts) / Bake at 325º for about an hour, until skewer comes out clean when tested / Macrina Bakery dusts the cake with powdered sugar and coarsely chopped almonds / Cake is tender until completely cooled so handle with care.

It was easy and straight to the point, I did double the ingredients as I made bigger meatballs and bake them @ 350 in the oven for about 15 - 20 mins and I used wild berries jam.

ABOUT THE SIMPLE PIZZA DOUGH: I will share my pizza recipe at some point, which involves a longer time of leavening and proofing, but for pies and rolls and other similar preparations like this, we use a quicker version that works wonders and is ready in 2 - 3 hours.

Using an all - purpose mix is a great starting point for building on what we already know about substituting & converting to gluten free meals.

I use mine for regular smoothies and for green smoothies at this point... I've had it about 3 weeks now and loving it and another for my mother... thank you for the chance!!

However, I'm concerned about using coconut oil at such high heat, since the smoke point is 350 degrees for unrefined oil, and about 400 degrees for the refined one.

Bearing in my mind I got a bike for Christmas and have used it for about 10 minutes since that point.

This is a brilliant recipe that works as a starting point for turning just about any fruit into jam, and Cathy gives many suggestions for herbs, spices, and other flavorings one may use to complement the fruit.

Chicken with Oyster Mushrooms, Portobellos, & Napa Cabbage (adapted from Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop) 3 skinless chicken breasts (~ 1.5 lbs without the bone), thinly sliced ~ 1 lb mushrooms (we used 2 big portobellos and 3 big oyster mushrooms), thinly sliced 1 small head garlic (about 6 large cloves), thinly sliced about the same quantity ginger, thinly sliced 1 napa cabbage (a bit on the small side), cored, quartered, and sliced into ~ 1/4 ″ thick pieces safflower oil (or any other neutral oil with a high smoke point) 2 scallions, green part only, thinly sliced 1 tsp salt more salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste for the marinade 1 tsp salt 4 tsp Shaoxing rice wine (plus more for deglazing the wok, later on) 4 tsp corn starch 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan peppercorn

Pour several tablespoonfuls of the pancake mixture onto the griddle (you can top with fruit or chocolate chips at this point if using them), making as many pancakes as will fit and cook for about 2 minutes, until bubbles form on top and the bottoms are golden brown.

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Hi Lisa, thanks for pointing it out — I always use «some» olive oil, that would be about 1 Tbsp olive oil, max 2 Tbps, so the lentils don't get too dry!

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Pour contents into a 8 x 12 ″, or similarly sized, pan / Carefully place in a secure, level spot in the freezer / Freeze for 1 — 2 hours / Remove from freezer and scrape, smash and stir mixture with a fork, breaking into small icey bits / Return to the freezer and repeat this process three more times, every 30 minutes / Granita should be done at this point, coarse bits of ice, about like a snow cone / Place granita in container, cover and freeze until ready to use.

At this point, I'm wishing I'd followed your subtle hint about using a different sauce (especially at $ 7 for a cup of pure maple syrup).