Sentences with phrase «just raising»

We started initially just raising and investing about $ 1 million annually, now we are investing more than $ 30 million annually,» explained Charlie Piscitello, Petco Foundation Board President.

We're just raising it as a point of interest.

But insurance companies aren't just raising premiums.

But even more than just raising money, crowdfunding is an excellent opportunity to cultivate a community that will love your book, even before it's made.

As one author said, «I think the main benefit was with my self - published book, in just raising awareness that it existed at all.»

«Superman's actions are not just raising concerns for the leaders of our world.

In a sense, the expansion of independent teacher education programs like Relay furthers the creation of a second - class system of education for children living in poverty while middle class children continue to be taught by professionally prepared teachers and have more access to a genuine education that aims for much more than just raising standardized test scores.

Their experiences remind us that schooling has multiple goals, not just raising achievement to cut points.

Massachusetts» Innovation School process is more than just raising test scores.

i'm just one of them good ole boys from the country, i got a year round farmers tan and love partying with my friends and just raising hell, i'm a beer pong champ, but currently on a 10 month sober fest soon to be over once i get outta iraq

When you're starting the exercise, instead of focusing on just raising your knees up (and flexing the spine), I want you to also try to force your elbows forward and down to meet your knees.

I got into ergonomics because wearing two wrist braces got to be just too annoying, and I found just raising my monitors made a big difference in how my neck felt.

This one time, I was in Europe and had a month - long roadshow where I was just raising money for a startup.

«For a long time this house has always wanted to see a more progressive tax structure, so it's not even about just raising revenue, it's tax cuts for middle class families and to lower - income families.»

«It's not just raising the minimum wage.

With nitrogen pollution being «basically public enemy number one,» Mr. Corwin said a lot of time and effort is put into dealing with waste, not just raising and selling ducks.

... It's not just raising the minimum wage, it's raising the minimum wage in a way that is responsible and is positive for the overall economy.»

Knowing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, it will probably be from just raising their tolls and fares on all transportation that involves their jurisdiction.

«Beyond any supplement — insurance supplement or vacation supplement — just raising the wage, so that's probably the simplest cleanest way to do it.»

With $ 1.1 mil still sitting in his campaign war chest, he COULD bump it up another $ 750Gs in matching funds if he steps into the «gettin» crowded» city Controller's race by just raising another $ 125G.

«There was the whole issue whether she was just raising her profile.

It is not just raising the minimum wage that is required, but also an increase in the EITC would go far in leveling inequality.

We all share the common goal of just raising our children to be happy, healthy and eventually even happier, healthier and product adults.

You don't need to get a degree (you'll have the equivalent just raising your child), but by reading some good material on the subject you can begin to see where your child's development level is and have an idea what kinds of toys the child would enjoy playing with.

We at Responsibility.org designate April as Alcohol Responsibility Month as a step beyond just raising awareness.

Often, just raising awareness can change behavior, case in point being the anti-smoking campaigns of the late 20th century.

More than just raising awareness about the importance of breastfeeding, this month is crucial for encouraging people of all genders, ages, races, orientations, and demographics, that they can and should support breastfeeding, regardless of what they chose to do for their baby.

It can be such a challenge just raising one of the preschool - and - under - set, and when you add more than one... oh my!

«In the flurry of activity that makes up our day - to - day parenting lives, it is easy to lose sight of the big picture: we aren't just raising children; we're raising adults.

Just the raising of the two children was too much for her to handle.

I'm assuming the steamer basket is just raising the loaf pan off the bottom heating element.

Those doubts are the thin end of the wedge, and these billboards are just raising a hand and saying «Hey, doubter, we see you.

I'm just raising questions of the source of morality for the situation — whether that is from a relative perspective or an absolute.

So a lot of the great record of Eisner and Wells came from just raising prices at Disneyland and Disneyworld and through video cassette sales of classic animated movies.

Standard & Poor's, one of the three major ratings agencies, has said that just raising the debt ceiling would not be enough.

Crowdfunding Investment is similar to other crowdfuning initiatives, like Kickstarter, but rather than just raising money, equity crowdfunding would give investors shares in the small businesses they invest in.

Are companies just raising prices or has there been an improvement in same - store sales?

Just raising the North Korean flag alongside other national banners in the Olympic Villages required an exemption from South Korean laws banning praise of the North Korea regime, a Pyeongchang organizing committee official told Reuters.

Sites like Kickstarter are useful for more than just raising money.

The venture arm, which just raised $ 36 million for its debut fund, acts more as a traditional investment vehicle.

Peloton, which sells an Internet - connected fitness bicycle, just raised a massive new round of funding.

Having just raised $ 7.8 million in a Series A round, founder Liz Wessel shares what she learned from the experience.

NEW FUNDING: Police tech company Mark43 just raised $ 38 million in Series C funding in hopes of making law enforcement more efficient.

Opentrons, a Brooklyn - based startup that's trying to replace lab work that scientists often have to do by hand with a $ 4,000 robot, just raised $ 10 million.

She just raised her voice one octave.

Every time they do something brilliant, they just raise the bar for themselves.»

«We had just raised a new round of funding and had gone through a successful launch.

Maybe you've just raised a million on Kickstarter, and you're making up for lost time by hiring a few new employees.

You did just raise all this money again, you've raised a lot of money.

A start - up that promotes «tiny» living just raised lots of cash, and is on its way to helping stressed - out city dwellers find a happy place.