Sentences with phrase «pachyderms in»

Seeing as i was invoked (or at least it was my fault) let me talk about the pachyderms in the room everyone is studiously ignoring.

Researchers working in Kenya presented the animals with identical red garments worn for five days either by Maasai tribesmen, who slay elephants to prove their strength and daring, or by farmers of the Kamba tribe, who leave the pachyderms in peace.

Read about the therapy that helps patients overcome OCD and how politics are putting pachyderms in peril.

Beep beep, goes Pennywise as he delivers a power point presentation about the lazy pachyderms in the state legislature.

He suggests that New York must address social issues to further reduce its crime rate but seems to ignore a major pachyderm in the parlor: namely, that in these foreign nations gun ownership is far smaller.

Your list of six technology pledges that should be in every political manifesto misses at least one pachyderm in the...

Across the road, British darling Charles Avery is at Pilar Corrias, and a few streets down, Paradise Row presents a solo show by Douglas White, inspired by the artist's encounter with the remnants of a pachyderm in Africa.

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5) There is another elephant in the room (already filled to the brim with our pachyderm friends) and that is the tax implication facing some French, Spanish and Greek Clubs as their respective nations begin to tighten the screws on corporate tax evaders, thanks to the EU's gradual loss of patience with their poorer members failing economies.

There, in the northern part of the island, the Times reported, «upon the reward of a few shillings per head being offered by the authorities, 3,500 pachyderms were dispatched in less than three years by the natives.»

Here is the online text of last month's Maxim, in which his supermodel wife confesses a lethal allergy to all pachyderms.

The pachyderms ended up at the Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospital in Lampang, Thailand, where Soraida Salwala spent years trying to build the animals brand new limbs.

The pachyderms deploy their trunks to pick up objects of all shapes and sizes, from small seeds to logs more than a meter in diameter.

Now, scientists have identified a third way for the giant pachyderms to cool off: Their hides become more permeable in the heat, according to research published this week in The Journal of Experimental Biology.

That's the conclusion of a new study that tested the cooperative skills of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Thailand and showed that the pachyderms understand that they will fail at a task without a partner's assistance.

Kandula is a young Asian elephant that lives at the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C.. He's a clever pachyderm.

The Mod Elephant Collection from Sweet Jojo Designs features a fun pachyderm, bird, and leaf theme in a bold turquoise and soft grey, accented with green and orange.

The Peanut Shell's sweet Elephant Musical Mobile will enchant your little one with a pachyderm parade in soothing grey with coral accents.

It is set in the Jungle of Nool, a variegated island paradise, where dwells Horton the elephant, a benevolent sort of pachyderm who spends his days cheerfully going about his own business.

One Lucky Elephant (Unrated) Poignant, pachyderm - whisperer documentary examining the end of the relationship of the ailing owner of a traveling circus and the orphaned, 18 year - old elephant he'd rescued in the wild and raised practically from birth.

Among Pachyderm's primary users will be teachers, and students ranging in class level from kindergarten through college and graduate school.

In recent years, some of the country's leading museums have used Pachyderm — an open source software package accessed using a standard Web browser — to create compelling, interactive CDs, DVDs, and online learning experiences that complement and enhance exhibits for both teachers and students.

You may be thinking, «I don't have access to a video camera or the budget to buy one, so how will my students use video in their Pachyderm projects?»

Pachyderm will soon offer hosted accounts, where those with individual subscriptions can store their multimedia projects on the Pachyderm server and access them by simply logging in.

In its online showcase, Pachyderm provides links to dozens of impressive presentations created using the software.

In 2003, when the museum wanted to expand Pachyderm's capabilities and make it more flexible and easier to use, a partnership funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) was formed with the New Media Consortium.

However, the Center for Digital Storytelling has been involved in the Pachyderm Project and does offer workshops at its Berkeley, California, headquarters, as well as in several cities around the United States, and occasionally in cities outside the United States.

Having 420 horses to tap does provide the Denali decent verve when needed, kind of like strapping a JATO to a pachyderm; the sport - ute will reach 100 km / h in less than seven seconds and accelerate to 120 km / h from 80 in less than five seconds.

She will be my guest today and let us in on some of the behind the scenes safeguards for insects to pachyderms.

These gentle pachyderms are rescued from Sumatra, their last natural stronghold in Indonesia to be relocated in the tranquil Balinese countryside.

All Elephant Safari Park Lodge rooms feature unique elephant art painted by the parks own pachyderms, elephant inspired dà © cor and artifacts, individual climate controlled air - conditioning and overhead fans, state of the art LCD televisions with satellite and in - house channels, resort wide wi - fi internet service, IDD telephones and personal honor - bar and a unique Elephant Chauffeur service direct from the elevated landing of the lodge room, with the exception of the Paddy View rooms.

So he moved in part to escape those pigeonholes — «black British artist», «pachyderm shit Giuliani guy» — to make things new.