Sentences with phrase «of dog teams»

In the winter of 1925, when a diphtheria epidemic broke out in the isolated town of Nome, Alaska, a relay of dog teams brought life - saving serum from distant Nenana.

Therapy Dog Program will be a core group of dog teams who help serve the needs of the community.

At the Iditarod, for example, a dedicated plane follows the canines and samples urine of dog teams for drugs without warning.

A nice extension of this activity is to make a template of a musher's team (usually no bigger than an inch by 2 inches in size), or have students create their own small facsimiles of a dog team out of tagboard and label them with their names.

Ultimate Iditarod: Mushing terms Directory, Anatomy of Dog Team, Whats Carried on the Sled Races.

I have been fostering multiple Dogs for St. Francis since 2006 and I am the head of the Dog team.

Not exact matches

Bezos described his team's mentality as «a dogged focus on improving the shopping experience,» and the fruits of their labor can be seen clearly today, 20 years later.

A study by Millan's team found that 76 % of owners who played audiobooks for their dogs reported that they were calmer and more relaxed after a four - week period.

The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dubbed the «Last Great Race on Earth,» kicks off in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 5 when thousands of people will line the streets to watch teams of 12 to 16 dogs embark on the 10 - to 17 - day adventure that will take them up to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast.

While some view football as a cutthroat, dog - eat - dog industry, the anecdote shows that even the most stoic of football figures can make moves that benefit both their team and the player they're moving.

How do you keep your team motivated during the dog days of summer?

The logic: The Packers» offense looked bewildered last weekend in their shutout loss to the Vikings, but as home dogs in the final game of the season between two teams with nothing to play for but divisional pride, I like them to keep things close.

While a candidate's deep - rooted passion for Saturday Star Trek conventions or service dog training might not sound relevant to your business, how we choose to spend our free time is probably the most honest gauge of what we find intrinsically rewarding, and in entrepreneurship, understanding these deep motivations could help you put together a team with similar aims, character and cultural fit.

The infamous dog - fighting ring cost Vick his endorsements and his NFL paycheck — including a 2007 clawback by the Atlanta Falcons, where the team demanded that he reimburse them for $ 20 million of the $ 37 million bonus.

Although Kyjen has a lot of dogs, they're also a family team.

With these quality improvements, the brand is making sure they get a hot dog in every hand this summer with the help of the beloved Wienermobile teams, who are quite literally taking the vehicle where it's never been before.

In partnership with The National Search Dog Foundation, Arc Aspicio honors their love of canines (and their commitment to the field of homeland security) by sponsoring dog search teams from across the countDog Foundation, Arc Aspicio honors their love of canines (and their commitment to the field of homeland security) by sponsoring dog search teams from across the countdog search teams from across the country.

United Airlines has tapped former White House press chief Josh Earnest to head its communications team, part of the effort to improve the fortunes of a carrier damaged by everything from poorly received growth plans to the death of a dog in an overhead bin.

She's a mother, wife, dog lover and leader of one of the best advertising technology teams in Silicon Beach.

Working with a team of pet nutrition experts, Rachael Ray created Nutrish Super Premium Food and Treats for dogs and cats.

Husband - and - wife team Kyle Linden Webster and Naomi Pomeroy (of Beast) are behind this conceptual ode to an expat bar, where every detail, from the ornate salvaged moon gate to the global drinking snacks (like Chinese sausage corn dogs), drips with nostalgic, if slightly irreverent, exoticism by way of the Lonely Planet.

After USHG opened the first permanent Shake Shack as a kiosk in the park in 2004, Meyer's team spent years refining the craft: serving better - quality burgers, hot dogs, shakes, and fries; treating guests with a level of hospitality more often found in restaurants than fast - food joints; and making its cultish following of customers happy enough to endure those infamously long lines.

I mean what possible value could being the lead dog on a top - 20 team in one of the 2 - 3 top conferences in the nation — playing for a Hall Of Fame coach — havof the 2 - 3 top conferences in the nation — playing for a Hall Of Fame coach — havOf Fame coach — have?

Typical Arsenal fan article... a win against an average in a cup game and suddenly Arteta and Flamini are top dogs deserving of a squad number... and when we come across a half decent team and their limitations are exposed the same clueless fan like the writer of this article will scream blue murder.....

I should've listened to my team of mental - health professionals when they advised me that the only known cure for the diabolical Locked Address malady that dogged me around the links was to lock the clubs in a closet for three months or more — a fate worse than death, I thought.

He walked to the head of his team, threw his arms around the gray - and - white muzzle of his lead dog, an Alaskan husky named Larry, and told him, «Life just changed.»

All three did fine jobs of helping young teams overachieve so if you were to bet on a «bigger» dog amongst these awards, this prop may be for you.

- Coyotes: The Desert Dogs could end up being one of the NHL's most surprising teams this year.

Of course this is a limited sample, but it's interesting to see how home teams have done in high pressure situations — especially when you see that road dogs have been consistently undervalued in the postseason.

Noteworthy trends: Teams that have won 80 % or more of their games in a season and still find themselves as home dogs have gone 33 -23-1 ATS since 2003.

They're hot on the heels of the current top dogs, Team Lazarov and ready to take their place as soon as they slip up.

Throughout his storied career, CP3 has been dogged by the reality that his teams have never made it out of the second round.

He wants that dog because on a lot of teams the purchase of a dog serves as something of an initiation: You join the club, you buy a dog; you buy a dog, you join the club.

In 2006, when Wade eclipsed Shaquille O'Neal for the role of Alpha Dog on that Miami Heat team and willed that rag - tag bunch of outcasts to an NBA title, Wade officially became untouchable.

I'll give a shit about seeing Ichiro even during the dog days and my enjoyment of this team is what matters most to me.

«Pretty soon it becomes like a chain reaction, and the whole team is barking like a pack of wild dogs.

I will say only that Hawk has now had as many owners as this athlete has had NBA teams; that the athlete finally played his way down to the CBA; and that when I spoke earlier of boys who have made their dogs into basket cases, I spoke from personal knowledge.

A new Husky dog logo was also developed as part of a review of all athletic team logos and marks, which in recent years had moved away from a consistent look on team uniforms.

The evidence suggests that the 2 1/2 - year slump that has dogged Pavin, the 1995 U.S. Open champion and the heart and soul of the 1993 and»95 Ryder Cup teams, may be ending.

The Portland (Maine) Sea Dogs are on a pace to become the first team in the history of the Double A Eastern League to hit 200 home runs.

Georgia is a perennial top 10 recruiting team because they are the big dog in a state with a ton of talent.

Bayern have the luxury of being top dog in a 1 team League.

But at the end of the season, everyone and their dog could point at the various holes on our team.

talk about skewing the stats to fit your own conclusions... this is like a slap in the face to every real Arsenal fan... have you no shame, have you no dignity, have you no sense of right from wrong... if you think everything was so well orchestrated why is everyone and their brother laughing at the way in which we conduct business both on and off the field... either you're a paid hack or a delusional buffoon... regardless you can't be a genuine Arsenal fan because the difficulties facing this club having been going on for years and this latest episode in our pathetic recent history is but a glaring reminder of how far we have fallen... I'm not going to waste my time discrediting every single ridiculous statement you made in your love letter to Wenger, but if you write another article I will gladly expose you for the fraud you truly are... this club is in desperate need of a serious cleansing and for you to try and package this dog and pony show as a well - oiled machine is a direct insult to anyone who has supported this team during the supposed «lean» years... the deceptive and disrespectful manner in which this organization has treated it's fans is an abomination to supporters everywhere and for you to even try to justify their actions is akin to saying just shut - up and keep filling our pockets... so please crawl back under whatever stone you crawled out from under and think carefully before you spew this type of propaganda ever again

When filtering the data down to strictly home teams receiving less than 20 % of spread bets, I was wondering what the winning percentage was for home dogs getting 7 or more points that are receiving less than 20 % of spread bets?

In January of 2010, the two teams met in the divisional round of the playoffs with Baltimore listed as a 4 - point road dog.

Ramsey & co should have grown a pair 2/3 yrs back and and told the the le boss that team needs a decent specialist DM to protect the defence... afterall thats what most of the fan, ex Arsenal players, pundits journalist & my neighbours blind dog etc etc, apart from AKB's, have been saying FFS!

How are these players not chomping at the bit now that top teams dropped off, we should be hungry as a starving dog, but no, somehow we are slowing games not getting in peoples faces and showing a lack of hunger desire and intensity.

The thing that really has troubled me ever since the end of the last transfer window and has made me become an anti-Wenger proponent is this: At the end of last season every man and his dog could see that the team needed new signings in a number of key areas, from the most intelligent fan to most casual followers, all the discussion was around strengthening in defence and also in the front line.

On Saturday, 66 mushers and their teams of dogs will leave Anchorage as the 2012 Iditarod gets underway.