Sentences with phrase «of avoiding getting»

There's no doubt that investing in ID theft protection gives you a better chance of avoiding getting scammed — the question is whether the extra security is worth the money you're paying.

The surest way of avoiding getting pregnant or getting infected with an STI is through abstinence.

Then, we transitioned him to only watching videos during poop changes (when the benefit of avoiding getting poop all over the floor outweighed the risk of him dialing Grandpa for the 78th time).»

Which makes the golden rule of avoiding getting sick on a plane dead simple: choose a window seat and stay there for the duration of the flight.

Not exact matches

To avoid any regional bias, we spoke to people throughout the beer industry — from brewers to hop farmers — to get their take on areas that are showing a lot of potential, though may still be under - the - radar on a national basis.

Avoiding burnout has nothing to do with making sure you eat three square meals a day or get eight hours of sleep a night.

Changes won't happen immediately, but savvy providers might try to get out ahead of the trend to avoid losing subscribers to services like Netflix.

The rest of the tale is hearsay: that a heavily indebted Heywood, a former family friend and fixer who had helped get Bo junior into Harrow (Heywood's prestigious alma mater in England) had demanded a bigger cut of a business deal; that he threatened to expose underhanded dealings by Gu if he didn't get it; that Bo's police chief, Wang Lijun, had confronted him over the alleged murder (the death was originally put down to alcohol poisoning), after which Wang sought asylum at an American consulate; that Gu had shown up at a police station in a People's Liberation Army major - general's uniform to announce that she was under special orders from Beijing to «protect» Comrade Wang; that the couple had plotted to assassinate Wang and came up with three separate storylines to avoid being implicated.

Follow the principle of progression — by always adding a little more — and you can avoid plateaus and slowly but surely get stronger and fitter.

Which gets right to the heart of why you should take the next online personality quiz you come across with a grain of salt (and also why you should avoid pigeonholing others as «introverted» or «neurotic»).

My own father spent his whole life doing hard, manual labor, and the one piece of career advice he ever gave was to get an education and avoid the type of work that literally broke his back.

Why didn't you get it months ago, you crazy person??? But if you're one of the holdouts, the unfortunate truth is getting one now might not help you avoid this second wave of flu.

By avoiding these six common mistakes you are ahead of the crowd and significantly increase your chances of getting your media pitches picked up.

«The protection you can get from just being inside a normal building will significantly increase your chances of avoiding injury.»

'' [The researchers»] conclusion was that the nature of action video game play was critical in «forcing players to simultaneously juggle a number of varied tasks (detect new enemies, track existing enemies and avoid getting hurt, among others)...»

You would think that cracking an egg against the side of a bowl is the best way to avoid eggshells from getting into your food, but that method actually splinters the shell and creates more errant shells.

So is there any way to get the relationship - strengthening effects of a good moan but avoid the toxic fallout of too much complaining?

It's getting harder to avoid some fees as major carriers segment their cabins to introduce no - frills economy fares that come without many of the trappings travelers have gotten used to, like the ability to select a seat or change their travel plans.

Fwd.us sought to avoid getting caught up in partisan politics by adopting a strategy of backing lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who support an immigration overhaul.

By launching products this way, startups «win a tremendous amount of time in getting to market and avoid the costly mistakes that come with «parachute manufacturing,»» says Haxlr8r founder Cyril Ebersweiler.

You need to limit the scope of your policy in order to avoid getting burned.

The feedback loop of the city making itself attractive to start - ups and start - ups helping to make the city attractive to talented young people (who in turn create more businesses that attract more young people) is only getting started, but Robinson says he can already see the effects both in terms of the area's legitimacy — «people are saying, «hey, I would actually invest here or I would start my business here» as opposed to 10 years ago where people would avoid the city at all costs» — and quality of life for young people.

In a 2015 survey by the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund, two out of five adults with deductibles representing 5 percent or more of their incomes reported that they avoided getting care, including preventative tests, because of their deductibles.

Instead of getting caught up in a losing battle of trying to lure employees into participating with rewards and penalties, follow the lead of companies like Dow Chemical to avoid incentives altogether.

Answer: So they can work as late as they want and avoid that time - draining hassle of getting in the car and going somewhere.

Kaiser avoids this trap by delivering care to patients through teams of providers (doctors, nurses, nutritionists, etc.) and physicians --» who quarterback this care,» Tyson says — get a flat salary, receiving end - of - year bonus payments if their patients achieve better health.

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

Some 40 percent of Zipcar's 70,000 members say that by participating they've avoided buying a new vehicle or gotten rid of an old one.

When he got down to less than 20 percent of his mortgage left to pay off, he also took his money out of escrow to avoid paying extra fees and negotiated his insurance rates down even further.

And in the current market climate, you're not going to get much of a return avoiding stocks entirely.

Her advice for anyone looking to avoid burnout is to unplug from their phone, get seven to nine hours of sleep each night, eat breakfast every morning and to take a break during the workday.

You should avoid getting overly caught up in the high - tech world, but you should also know how to take advantage of using it.

It's still a standard «platformer» game — you start on the left side of a level and traverse it by moving to the right, killing enemies and avoiding your own death along the way — but «Super Mario Land» is full of delightful additions, like an underwater vehicle you get to pilot.

Once a male has paid attention to her, she plays hard to get by flying away, leaving the male ant to chase her down — and us humans to avoid swarms of frisky, flirting ants.

Today's budget did what the Conservatives needed it to do, and Joe Oliver managed to avoid getting branded personally with any of it.

While mistakes can't always be avoided, we've seen too many examples of inexperienced, untrained or poorly supervised employees getting free reign of the company's social media accounts.

With the world of startups becoming more competitive than ever, it's important that a business leader be as proactive as possible in getting his great idea out there to avoid the competition sweeping in and capturing his intended customer base.

The Conservatives had avoided accumulating the «barnacles and cuts and bruises» often associated with a long - governing party and stood a strong chance of getting re-elected.

By avoiding these common mistakes, you can get on your way to building the e-commerce business you've always dreamed of.

He noted that mega-incubators like 1871 are great places to get started because they enable entrepreneurs to avoid all kinds of costs and commitments that are bad uses of their scarce capital and — at the same time — to secure access to enormous amounts of «free» resources, education, networking and mentoring that will be crucial to their long - term success.

If you have a slow month, you'll know you'll have less to spend and can start thinking of ways to tighten up your budget and avoid getting into debt.

Holders can present them to the police in hopes getting out of minor infractions and avoiding legal trouble.

We should remember, though, that victory is not getting good feedback, avoiding giving difficult feedback, or avoiding the need of feedback.

Former Harvard president Larry Summers called the program «the single most misdirected philanthropy in this decade,» according to TechCrunch, while Slate Group chairman Jacob Weisberg wrote in Newsweek, «Thiel fellows will have the opportunity to emulate their sponsor by halting their intellectual development around the onset of adulthood, maintaining a narrow - minded focus on getting rich as young as possible and thereby avoid the siren lure of helping others or pursuing knowledge for its own sake.»

To help job seekers make the best first impression, TopResume conducted a recent survey of 379 recruiters, hiring managers and human resource executives to get insight into the biggest resume deal breakers candidates should avoid.

But Uncle Sam still gets his piece of the pie — and that happens when you begin taking money out, usually in retirement or at least at age 59 1/2 to avoid early withdrawal penalties.

«Forced arbitration is a get - out - of - jail - free card that lets banks, payday lenders, and debt relief scammers avoid accountability when they violate the law,» said Lauren Saunders, associate director of the National Consumer Law Center, in a statement.

Someone else could have a fantastic idea, of course, but you want to avoid getting into a situation in which you feel out of control or as if you have no autonomy within the challenge.

To avoid the problem, do thorough reference checks, and really study the candidate's background, to get a sense of what's driving them, suggests Chris Von Der Ahe, a senior client partner at Korn / Ferry International in Los Angeles.

This complete elimination of distractions is the only way I know to get into deep, focused work and avoid fragmented sessions where you're merely doing half - work.