Sentences with phrase «by facing the dog»

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By the same token, it's easy to hate on the top dog — and let's face it, that's what Apple is in consumer tech (it has near - monopoly status with iPods, iTunes and iPads; has the top - selling smartphone by far despite Android's collective market share leadership; and is on the verge of finally conquering Microsoft in computersBy the same token, it's easy to hate on the top dog — and let's face it, that's what Apple is in consumer tech (it has near - monopoly status with iPods, iTunes and iPads; has the top - selling smartphone by far despite Android's collective market share leadership; and is on the verge of finally conquering Microsoft in computersby far despite Android's collective market share leadership; and is on the verge of finally conquering Microsoft in computers).

To illustrate, in a recent Wall Street Journal article Elizabeth Bernstein writes about how she persuaded her 7 - year - old nephew to give her face - licking new dog a second chance by casting him as a «puppy whisperer.»

With the website dogged by bottlenecks and bugs, she faced a wall of finger pointing and nitpicking, where critics seemed more intent on scoring points and pushing agendas than offering solutions.

Like my wife that was struck in the face by our rescue dog, they cover their eyes in pain.

Yes we have improved we have become more aware we have started to show some maturity when facing the top dogs and that's the difference between us this season and us getting SMASHED by all of the top teams last season and if you watch football you can see that the city side are not a patch on their former selves nor Liverpool nor even chelski, we are NOT another 49 unbeaten squad not yet and not for a while until the improvements are made, Yea credit where its due of course but lets NOT RUN AWAY WITH THE IDEA WE ARE WORLD BEATERS JUST YET EH, AKB's are the reason we'll never improve as a fan base because they can see NO wrong in anything the board or AW does, Im no AOB but I do see the need for self criticism and improvement and at BIGGUN its not a ridiculous statement at all we have improved but they have also been off the ball and that why we're having a good run.

For instance, don't allow kids to tease dogs by putting their finger in their face or by taunting them with toys.

Faced with this rebellion, mom compounds the nutritional disaster by becoming a short - order cook, removing the offensive healthy meal and replacing it with macaroni and cheese, hot dogs, french fries or chicken nuggets.

This origami puppet looks like a cute cat, but you can make other animal faces too, such as a bat or dog, by drawing a different face, or folding the ears differently.

By about 5 months, babies can comprehend emotions on an unfamiliar person's face — and by 7 to 9 months old they can read dogs» and monkeys» faces, toBy about 5 months, babies can comprehend emotions on an unfamiliar person's face — and by 7 to 9 months old they can read dogs» and monkeys» faces, toby 7 to 9 months old they can read dogs» and monkeys» faces, too.

Those of us older than 30 grew up with an idea of how family eating was supposed to be with lots of fried chicken, pie, cookies and milk after school, hot dogs, a never - ending smorgasbord of tasty treats all made with love by stay - at - home moms dedicate to putting smiles on the faces of their kids.

«We at Devil Dog USA Incorporated work to combat those numbers by facing them head on.»

Hana Japanese Steak House in Guilderland is facing possible legal action after the manager refused to seat a blind customer because she was accompanied by a service dog.

He was facing a strong challenge from Democratic Babylon Town Supervisor Steve Bellone and dogged by questions about his conduct — some of which were raised during the George Guldi trial.

The statement congratulated the governor for staying the course even in the face of the most daunting criticisms; adding that only a leader who is fully committed to the good of the people could endure the allegations and dogged attempts by the traducers to set the people against him.

Eventually you find her house, a bland wall facing the street, guarded by a massive angry dog.

Although the research, published this week in Scientific Reports, can not confirm that dogs are intentionally acting cute to manipulate us, it showed that canine expressions are not just a byproduct of happiness or excitement by comparing dogs» faces when presented with food instead of people.

Dissuaded by the stream of water in its face, it backs off, standing a few feet from my male dog, who is also white.

Although human faces were unique in some ways, they also bore some striking similarities to those of other species: «He who will look at a dog preparing to attack another dog or a man, and at the same animal when caressing his master, or will watch the countenance of a monkey when insulted, and when fondled by his keeper, will be forced to admit that the movements of their features and their gestures are almost as expressive as those of man.»

The dogs were able to select the angry or happy face more often than would be expected by random chance in every case, the study found.

The scientists tested 30 children and ten adults, asking them to judge a dog's emotions by listening to its barks in three different situations: alone, facing a stranger at a gate, and when playing.

If the dogs» response to faces was learned — by associating a human face with food, for example — you would expect to see a response in the reward system of their brains, but that was not the case, Berns says.

The researchers, led by Professor Outi Vainio at the University of Helsinki, tested dogs» spontaneous behavior towards images — if the dogs are not trained to recognize faces are they able to see faces in the images and do they naturally look at familiar and strange faces differently?

The unidentified woman's face had been mauled by her dog, and doctors had said the damage was too severe for reconstructive surgery.

Each dog was tied by a lead a metre away from a person, and the dogs» faces were filmed throughout a range of exchanges, from the person being oriented towards the dog, to being distracted and with her body turned away from the dog.

This corresponds to a previous study by Professor Vainio's research group, where it was found that dogs prefer viewing conspecific faces over human faces.

By the time I'm done with my hour or so of downward - facing dogs and sun salutations, I feel connected to my breath, mind, and heart.

From downward - facing dog, bring your right shin forward, aligning your knee by your right wrist and your right heel close to your pelvis.

Then slowly bring yourself down to crescent lounge, followed by downward facing dog.

All these symptoms can be improved by doing poses that lengthen the spine, she says, such as Ardha Uttanasana (Right Angle Wall Stretch) and Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward - Facing Dog).

By taking your body through flowing poses such as cat - cow, downward facing dog and warrior you can both stretch and relax.

In this short tutorial video, Eva will walk you step - by - step through the proper alignment and focus in adho mukha svanasana or downward - facing dog.

In this short tutorial Kino guides you to a safe and beautiful Upward Facing Dog, or Urdhva Mukha Svanasana, step by step.

Step 8: Downward Facing Dog Pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana): Transform into the downward dog from Bhujangasana by elevating your hips up, keeping the heels on the ground, and making an inverted - V with your boDog Pose (Adho Mukha Svanasana): Transform into the downward dog from Bhujangasana by elevating your hips up, keeping the heels on the ground, and making an inverted - V with your bodog from Bhujangasana by elevating your hips up, keeping the heels on the ground, and making an inverted - V with your body.

You can warm up for this practice with three rounds of Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation) A and B. Then, take a long Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) followed by a vinyasa back to Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward - Facing Dog Pose) before coming into Anjaneyasana (Low Lunge) on each side.

Warm up by breathing slowly in Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward - Facing Dog Pose) and Supta Virasana (Reclining Hero Pose).

Once you've established this connection between the base of the pose and your shoulders, keep gazing back at your feet as you lift up into Dolphin by tucking your toes under and pressing your hips back and up as if you were going into Downward - Facing Dog.

She starts by performing a variation of the downward facing dog, which revs up circulation and metabolism, before moving into a lunge position to stimulate digestion.

I put my two dogs in my jogging stroller and away I go putting a smile others faces as I pass them by.

«There was a pit bull on his face»: Blind man's Seeing Eye dog is attacked by a «fake» service dog on board a train.

The inbred lowlifes in this B - movie black comedy are members of the Smith family, a clan of troglodytes in a seedy Texas trailer park replete with vicious barking dogs on chains, who swing into ruthless high gear from the very first scene, when penny - ante drug dealer Chris Smith (a game turn by Emile Hirsch, who has grown from the appealing, open - faced kid in The Emperor's Club into a scabby, hirsute roughneck) arrives in a torrential rainstorm and is greeted at the screen door by his father's new wife Sharla with a female full - frontal.

(Only one of their scenes is fumbled: the bit with them coldly divvying up and joking about the dog tags is effective, but Spielberg strangles it by holding so long on the hurt faces of passing men that he belabors the point.)

Morgan and Bernal embrace that bare - bones approach with physical performances that carry a surprising emotional weight; Bernal's panicked face, desperate to avoid death, is immediately engaging, while Morgan swaggers about like John Wayne in an anti-western, accompanied by a vicious dog.

The film throughout has characters forcing each other to confront the very things they wish to avoid, as if training a dog not to soil by rubbing its face in its own shit.

He's frustrated that he's been bounced from the case by the Prosecutor General, a serious, stone - faced legend of dogged duty who has the unlikely nickname «Minty» (because he keeps popping breath mints while working a case) and is played by American star Arthur Kennedy (dubbed in Italian of course), so when his drug investigation winds back into the bombing he conducts his own investigation.

But the actor also has a string of theater credits, including Neil LaBute's «The Distance From Here» (which won him a Drama Desk Award), «Peanuts» spoof «Dog Sees God» written by «Easy A» writer Bert V. Royal, and Edmund in the Public Theater production of «King Lear» that starred Kevin Kline, all of which suggests he's far from just a pretty face.

Film Reviews: Face / Off by Leslie Rigoulot Partial Filmography: Alpha Dog Face / Off She's So Lovely Unhook the Stars

Faced with news reports of crushing sadness and horror, America expressed its desire this week to return to the blissful ignorance of infancy by spending $ 103 million on a movie about talking cats and dogs.

Characters find themselves torn to kibble by attack dogs, slashed to crimson ropes by box cutters and blasted in the face at point blank range with shotguns.

The school held the best concession, which consisted of hot dogs, soft pretzels, chips, and soda, and we offered free face painting by a very talented volunteer.»

Intrigued by her photo (she chose the Knight family dog in lieu of her face), he reached out to her as «Jay.»