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Tank Chats #42 Elefant | The Tank Museum
- Published on Aug 17, 2017 veröffentlicht
- Tank Chats playlist • Tank Chats from T... Originally known as the Ferdinand, then later renamed Elefant, 90 of this heavily armed and armoured vehicle were built, seeing service in the Soviet Union, Italy and Germany.
Although deployed as a tank destroyer, the Elefant had its origins in Ferdinand Porsche’s attempt to build what became the Tiger tank.
This particular Elefant is part of The Tiger Collection at The Tank Museum, Bovington, on loan from the US Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center, VA.
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I'm glad you addressed the Elefant in the room.
How dare you
@Philipp Stetter the museum should put that in quotes on the information display placard. They would know visitors are actually reading the Information as they would hear the chuckles
@David Traywick Im glad that my pun from 5 years ago still makes people chuckle today
German tank engineers: "Let's build more turretless tank destroyers, they are faster and cheaper to produce." Also German tank engineers: "Of course we need three engines in it. What a question."
@French Guitar Guy I think the hulls cost a significant amount of money and manpower to produce in the first place, I think scrapping them to make different vehicles would have been even more of a waste.
😏👍 Hey, at least the Germans didn't try anything stupid and counterproductive, like designing a single reliable diesel engine that could power these things with MUCH less problems, breakdowns, etc! In my past life, I was a top mechanical engineer in Germany, and I was the one who encouraged AGAINST developing a reliable, powerful diesel...
In fact, I recommended they try using 12 interconnected Kettenkrad engines for the Porsche Tiger, Ferdinand, Panther II, Tiger II, and Elefant. But unfortunately I died during testing of the nitroglycerine powered rocket engine I was about to recommend for the Nazis V2 program...... 😭
For some reason I've been thinking over this on and off for a while.
Can someone tell me which tank actually had the better armor
the Elefant or the King Tiger?
@Mandernach Luca that was the Panthers biggest problem, it was alright until Hitler slapped on extra armour.
@Gene Garren OTOH Allied tankers thought every German tank was a Tiger and almost certainly never saw the inside of one. You might see a crew singing a different tune if they had to actually put up with a Tiger's flaws.
This tank was donated by the Aberdeeen proving grounds tank museum to the tank museum where it is being filmed here. The tank was actually lost in the woods of Aberdeen until a friend of mine, Joe Benson, while in the U.S. ARMY on a map exercise stumbles across THIS very tank in the woods. He notified his Sgt, who notified the 1st Sgt. and so on up the line. 2 days later there were crews with chain saws clearing around the tank to recover it from the woods, recovery took about a year.
This tank was also featured on the TV series Tank Restoration. It's amazing to think that had Joe not stumbled across this tank it may very well be still lost in the woods of Aberdeen proving grounds.
Well done Joe Benson, where ever you are!
@Gruener Teufel Oh, they gave it back to Germany than?
@Robert Witt Jr Not that hard to believe when you remember the Americans forget where they parked the T28 prototype.
@Gruener Teufel correct
@Gruener Teufel Exactly.. it was never lost... just out back. I live near there and went there every few yrs from the 70s on up till it closed.
When you overengineer a vehicle to the point the henschel tiger is the simpler option..
@Tommy Seabee Not exactly 50,000.49,234…
@Michael Stark Trolls being people with a different opinion or more knowledge? Difficult, isn't it, getting feedback? Get an education.
@Michael Stark Shermans were reliable, easy to build and available in large numbers. Most German tanks were unreliable (especially the engines), hard and costly to build and not widely available. The fuel problems exacerbated this. The claim that allied aircraft wiped out German tanks is pure propaganda and is long laid to rest as such, right next to the myth that Shermans were just Tommy-cookers.
Not the best gun wins the war, but the most reliable platform.
@Michael Stark never take those kill numbers too seriously. German commanders were known for inflating kill numbers so much
There are instances of commanders claiming more kills than there were tanks present on the battlefield
@Michael Stark research 2 things, please: a) changing the gearbox on a Pz III; b) changing the gearbox on a Sherman.
Then, and only then, come back.
This vehicle was featured on an episode of "Tank Overhaul" where the crew at the U.S. Ordinance Museum team at Aberdeen Proving Ground did a partial restoration. During the process, they discovered what they believed was a disabling shot to one of the front wheels, which likely knocked off the tread. Amazingly, they were able to recover a piece of a round still embedded in the wheel and matched it to an M61 anti tank round. This round was used by the Sherman tank with the 75mm gun as well as the M10 and others. As you can see in various frames of this video, the Aberdeen team did not repair battle damage but rather painted it with a silver paint to highlight those areas. It's a great piece of history and I thank all involved for their work!
I was taken on a tour of APG before it closed. That was the day the Elephant was in the paint booth during the restoration. I entered the booth while the staff were eating lunch. The tank was of course disassembled for painting. Seeing the massive size of the wheels, etc. was a thrill. You could clearly see where a shell hit the drive sprocket.
This is probably the same Elephant that Karlheinz Munch details being lost in The Combat History of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653, page 267. This Ferdinand was commanded by Uffz. Werner Kuhl. Kuhls Elephant came to a destroyed bridge and the driver tried to turn the Elephant around but it slid off the road into a ditch. A recovery attempt to toe it with a Tiger I of Schwere Panzer Abteilung 508 was tried but there was too much enemy firing going on so it had to be abandoned. One of the road wheels was shot up while the Germans were trying to recovery it.
So it was definitely hit while already disabled.
Nice story but just as likely these hits were "is anybody home?" shots taken after the tank was abandoned by the Germans. The M61 was I believe only used in 75mm Shermans and the M10 used the M79 AP shell.
It’s on youtube. No interior restoration or engine rebuild though. Pitty.
"I told mother we saw Panthers, Tigers and Elefants. She thought we were visiting the zoo!"
"New toys, brothers."
@ZETH_27 "I won't miss his coffee."
Don’t forget the jodenpanzer
I could seriously listen to David Willey talk about what he ate for breakfast for 3 hours. He's both captivating and methodical in the way he presents these videos. It just works.
Shows that you do not need to add false excitement, distracting music and childish excitement to make a watchable docu. Perhaps it is for adults?
In 2003 I was a child living on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US and this EXACT tank was left next to a railroad track, grey and rusting. It was one of two left in the world. I'm so glad it got restored.
I love seeing battle scars on these tanks. Each one holding its own story. I wish I knew what it had been through.
@JohnyG29 Not a great story that. 👀
>Mid Engine - Check
>Rear Wheel Drive - Check
>Hybrid Engine - Check
Its basically a 1940's McLaren P1.
But it's even worse
The petrol engine isn’t connected to the drive sprockets, they only charge the battery, so it’s more like a BMW I3 actually.
The 918 and P1’s engine are connected to the gearbox obviously.
David Willey if you're reading this you are an excellent storyteller. I just joined Patreon to support the Tank Museum, and I look forward to your future videos!
Sometimes youre just having a bad day, sometimesyoure having a hard time getting past certain memories. sometimes you just need a semi soft spoken Englishmen to tell you about tanks
it's just the perfect accent for any kind of documentary
@Klobi for President I think that would be a bad day in 1945
I hope you're doing better these days mate :)
"Sometimes you're having a bad day. Sometimes you see this thing rolling up."
Only germans can think of the Henshel tiger as being simple and easier to product.
It’s too bad the Aberdeen restoration crew only stripped the exterior and gave it a new paint job. The interior has really deteriorated from being on outside display for so long. These are historical artifacts and should be taken better care of.
Some of these old tanks actually had significant amounts of asbestos inside them, not that easy to work on the insides.
Jim Goose Yeah, it's basically a hybrid tank with the only good thing to say about it being that it's a hybrid tank, and therefore ecologically conscious.
Jim Goose That was a joke to some extent.
@Bochi42 An outdated and ineffective one that only proves the Nazis were ecologically conscious and little else.
@CalzerDan Judging by the first attempt to audit the DoD enough could've been diverted to better restore it and nobody would know until 2025 or so. ; ) But seriously I do get your point and I'm going to assume there was quite the bias against spending money on and risking glorifying Nazi weapons in the Army for a long time after WW2.
Hell it's 75 years on the dot since VE Day and we've still got neo-nazi punks around. Makes me sad to think about it.
We can separate an interest in the equipment and history of it and hate the ideology but at the same time I can see why nobody in the US Army saw any purpose in preserving a nazi weapon that was in most respects an abysmal failure with nothing to be learned from except what not to do.
This is soooo good. So interesting. Love this history. Rest in peace all who fought.
This guy is very good. Factual, descriptive and interesting. Well done tank museum Bovington.
I was lucky enough to visit the museum in May. The Tiger exhibition is very impressive. Highly recommended!
Good example of something that was going to waste being turned into something very successful. Post Kursk the Ferdinands proved highly effective tank destroyers in the defensive warfare of late 1943 and through 1944, with many still being around at the end of 1944.
The Combat History of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653 by Karlheinz Munch is an excellent work, and an eye opener to those who think the Ferdinand was a dud. It certainly wasn't. It had a long successful combat life and was well liked by it's crews.
My grandfather was at the Anzio Landings, I wish he was still here to tell me more about what he did. I know he lost many friends there though, he would have loved to have seen this tank, he may well have seen it the day it was captured! Great Tank chat! Thanks David!
This vehicle is now at fort lee VA on display very fortunate to see it in person. Always awesome to see old German technology in person
I saw this tank “in the flesh” at the Aberdeen Ordnance Museum in the early 1980’s. Very impressive vehicle. At that time, they also had a Tiger 1, King Tiger and JagdTiger on display.
I would not have wanted to be an Allied infantryman and see any of these tanks coming towards me. I have an incredible amount of respect for those troopers.
Caveman Henschel "I have invented the wheel!"
Caveman Porsche "Too simple, I don't like it"
Caveman Porsche: "It needs a petrol-electric engine"
The photo of the burning ferdinand at 14.58 wasn't knocked out. The engines overheated, caught fire and burned the tank out.
Disabling itself is worse than being knocked out by the enemy, IMO.
Joshua Ngau Ajang yes, as the tank will be either immobilized or on fire, both of which will cause the crew to evacuate and the vehicle to be disabled or destroyed
roger Rumble thus, knocking it out.
I spoke to a gunner of a Elefant in 1979 He served in Italy in 1943/44. He told me he got hit 16 times in one day. And it only got minor damage from it accept for the gun, they lost a track when they had to withdraw. They blew it up and surrendered to Italian partisans in 1944
@aaron schut No that was by Soviet AT guns and AT rifles
@Love of Mangos Dont forget that Mussolini led Hitler into Africa and Greece !
@Galf506 Agreed on all points. By 1943 it was obviously over, why keep dying and have your cities blasted with no chance of winning? Would have been a pointless waste.
First saw this as a plastic model in a hobby shop when I was like 13 years old, a long time ago.I immediately bought and built it. No longer have it, but I still think this is some kind of steam punk super tank. It was just so overcomplicated and unreliable. Could have been totally fab, with that monster of a gun.
Love these chats .Wonderful museum.
One of my favourite tanks in rts and simulation games. Used it always as a huge sniper rifle surrounded and protected from infantery to pick of enemy tanks.
I saw this tank at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It was stored outside in the elements, and was in rough shape.
I'm glad it has been restored and is being treated with more care.
OMG this would be my ultimate job for anyone who is interested in Warfare. And the technology difference from the first tank, to the ultra modern weapons today! What a beast of a tank. I’d never tire of looking at these vehicles.
David Willeys and David Fletchers knowledge is amazing. I hope to get to Bovington not too far in the future to meet one of them or even both.
Excellent! I really enjoyed this longer, more detailed Tank Chat. I usually find them to be far too short and this was a nice change. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the work you put into these videos. I love this channel
Ferdinand Porsche was one of the best secret weapons the Allies had during the war. The amount of chaos he inflicted on Germanys armored divisions deserved a medal.
The statement that Germans chose Tiger because it was LESS complicated than this thing, is pretty much all one ever has to know.
But the Tigers performed well overall and had an operational average not much different to the Panzer IV.
I love your stuff. I suggest instead of the museum having white walls make the back ground like the terrain it fought in.
These things were terribly difficult to move around. Given the reliability problems, it placed even greater requirements on transport infrastructure. Its enormous weight meant that it was restricted in where it could go (that even applied to the KV-1, which was about 20 tonnes lighter). When it broke down, it required _five_ Mk IV Bergepanzers to rescue it. The whole point is that on paper, it looked good with a massive gun and very thick armour but that's of no value if you can't bring it to bear on the battlefield. I agree: it was something of a failure, even at Kursk.
@DavidtheNorseman The Panzer IV was intended to be the backbone of the German army tank arm but at Kursk it was actually the StuG III. The generals had been asking for a replacement for both for a number of years but instead got the Tiger and the Panther, which impressed senior Nazis but were of only limited use. They were never available in the numbers the army needed and were nowhere near as mobile, as you say.
@TheThirdMan Thanks! Yes, in part my understanding is that the German training was a large part of their success including figuring out just how to use their equipment to maximum effect. I'm used to it more from air power but the idea is the same. Interesting story of how Charles Lindberg showed the P38 pilots how to get more out of their equipment. Wasn't the Panther IV considerably more mobile than the Elefant? ...and just a tad more reliable? :-) Cheers!
@DavidtheNorseman Search for “Jagdpanther Tactics”. Admittedly, much of it is specific to the Jagdpanther but he does mention the Jagdpanther IV in the same context.
@DavidtheNorseman There is a video on how tank destroyers were used. I think it’s on Military History Visualized. Basically, tank destroyers were protected by other tanks and artillery and were not normally allowed to advance. I expect there was infantry protection too because, as you say, you can’t have one without the other in a major action anymore. The Germermans had quite strict rules about their use. They certainly weren’t given a wide ranging remit for just blundering around, knocking off Soviet tanks. To be honest, I don’t think too many people understand this. Not saying you don’t but if you can find that video, I think you’d find it interesting.
@TheThirdMan True, but even in the role of a tank destroyer it would need significant infantry support to protect it from enemy infantry, IMHO. It simply isn't fast enough to strike quickly then get out quickly. So in a defensive role where it waited then took out a bunch of enemy tanks it would still need infantry protection, I think. Beautiful looking machine and a fearsome cannon but as the presenter said, even the crews were begging for some time to figure out how to maximize use.
When germans had hybrid tanks with eco drive in ww2 😂😂😂😂
This kind of hybrid, like modern self charging hybrid is stupid from environmental point of view. Your still burning petrol but your doing it far less efficiently.
@MonsieurCorbusier I too am joking comrade.
@Mike K Heh, not point in arguing with you then
Sucklord 2448 no...its not
Most of what I took from this is that Porche shouldn't design tanks.
Excuse me, gentlemen, may I interest you in a petrol electric drive?
@ChickyChickyParmParm are you on drugs???
Or SUVs - stick with sports cars!
@DaGleese Austrian homeboys. Might've been from the same town.
@ricardo soto Porsche did design cars, such as most German light transports (namely, the Kübelwagen and Schwimmwagen) and the consumer Volkswagen.
Thank you very much for the very detailed and extended tank chat!
Saw this tank a few times over the years when it was at the APG Ordnance Museum. It was kept outside, so when I saw it as a kid it was a rusty, faded mess. Nevertheless, it was awesome and was one of my favorites. I took my own kids there years later just before they closed the museum and the old girl was back, newly restored, just the way she looks now. It is nice to see her out of storage and getting the attention she deserves.
This was amazingly detailed! Thank you so much for this Tank Chats series!
One of the best tank chats yet, great information and delivery, keep up the good work!
The Ferdinand/Elefant had a kill ratio of about 13.5 to 1. I believe this is the highest of any afv in the war.
yeah but at 90 tanks that's only 1,215 tanks (which is nothing compared to the amount the allies made)if every Ferdinand got 13.5 kills, and in reality most of those 90 didn't contribute either to tank kills or losses as they broke down before reaching the action.
Me encanta vuestro canal y trabajo. Gracias por compartir…
I love this videos! So glad the Tank Museum does these
Awesome! I would love to see some 30+ min videos going further in depth with some of yalls collection. This one was the best to date
This is my favorite tank channel. The presentations here are so much more educational than the sensationalism offered on History Channel documentaries.
My Grandfather was driver of the recovery vehicle pulling the last Ferdinand out of italy. Actulay, i found a picture of him in a book about the unit 653. Tank You for this Video!
If you have a chance to go to the Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds it is worth it. They have the very rare Pz IV hydro.
The "Mile of Tanks" at APG was moved in 2011. Nothing much there any longer.
VK 3601P is one of my favorite tanks in War Thunder. It was really hard to get it back then.
I was able to see this Ferdinand while it was at Aberdeen, it is very impressive in person.
A German infantryman (Gunter Koschorrek) describes these vehicles in action at the Nikopol bridgehead in his book Blood Red Snow. They were destroying T-34 tanks at extreme ranges.
My understanding was that a large part of the Elefant/Ferdinand's reputation of being let down by the lack of an MG was due to the units it was issued to: one was a former StuG unit and tended to keep the vehicles back, waiting in ambush, or at least not at the leading edge of the assault. the second was a former Panzerjeager unit...they literally went from 37mm AT guns strapped to the backs of trucks to these. As one might expect, this unit drove around like they were invincible, and paid for it.
The Tank Chats presentations are interesting and informative. Thanks for posting !!
I really hope that the Elefant is kept here instead of rotting outside in the US again
This vehicle, along with just about all in the US, will be stored inside from now on. They are at the Ft. Benning (soon to get a new "woke" name) Armor school.
He says it's on loan, not donated. Sure enough, it was returned to the US in 2019. Given that the US army restored it, I don't think there's any interest in letting it rot.
I got to see and crawl on this very tank in 2010 while it was parked along the railroad tracks with a long line of other tanks at Ft Lee, VA. My (then) wife was not thrilled that I spent an hour there taking so many pictures during our honeymoon. (She had gone to either basic training or AIT there so it was her idea to visit. I just happened to benefit more from that leg of the trip.)
Yet another very interesting tank chat! However, I have a question concerning the crew. Since the Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung 653 was formed out of the 197th Sturmgeschütz battalion, were the crews of the Ferdinand considered as tank crews (pink piping) or artillery crews (red piping)?
So awesome! Thanks! I was hoping someone would photograph the inside of it at some point!
Just checked and this is the vehicle that was on display here in the US at Aberdeen Maryland. Good to see it isn’t rusting outside anymore. I saw it quite a few times in the 80’s.
I've always wondered what happened to that single Tiger (P) command tank that was sent to the Eastern Front.
So back in the 1940s hybrids were very heavy, unreliable and had a horrible mileage? :-)
@N T *gallons per mile
All About smiles per gallon
Also the elephant couldn’t go up a hill without exploding its gearbox
Still better than a prius ☺
Yes but also alot more fun :D
As an ex Tanker myself, (M60) it seems like an almost perfect Tankers Nightmare. Cramped, over complex, not able to defend itself against earth pigs. (Oops) but the thing that really got me was those torsion bars, did anyone at Porche give a moments thought to field maintenance, or the fact this thing was supposed to be out in the dirt, probably getting shot at!. Thanks so much for the Series Dave; they are Magnificent machines. Fortunately I crewed my beast in the 80s and never fired a shot in anger.
I thought there was only one surviving elephant...Then looking at the drive sprocket ring...I realize this is the one that belonged to Aberdeen Proving Ground but like the Sturmtiger there, which is now on loan to the Germans and displayed at the Deutches Panzermuseum in Munster, this was shipped to Britain to be displayed.
When I started doing research on the Battle of Kursk I only read about Ferdinands. When I saw pics of it, it became one of my favorites.
the ferdinand had excellent opticics and firepower, really was a true tank destroyer from extreme range. downfall was the weight which according to accounts ive read, after a great performance from the ferds, they were scuttled as they couldnt mechanically make a fast retreat because of conditions and the retreating nature of the operating theatre of the time they were introduced.
Very interesting as always. It would be good to see the interior of this tank restored.
That moment when you tell your freinds that you have a porsche and you roll up in this
A hybrid electric Porsche no less!
Keniso S. Well, it's wartime. Countries all over the world stopped car production in favor of war industry. Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler all made tanks for the U.S. during World War Two. It's not that they didn't know what they were doing. It's that they wanted to help win the war. Besides, at that point, the Porsche car company didn't even really exist. Sure, he created the original Volkswagen Beetle, but the Porsche we know didn't exist until the 50s.
This thing would be a thousand times more impressive than an overpriced sports car
Porsche built tractors in the 1960's
Bold of u to assume you’ll make it to ur friends house
I remember seeing this very tank when I was just a kid and we were stationed at Aberdeen Proving Grounds in the late 70s. That was long before they did this mild restoration and it was just sitting outside with the numerous other vehicles at the museum.
That particular tank behind you was indeed restored post war, there is a hole by the track which killed the tank
I really-really like this whole series. Thank you very much!
Nice long chat, love to hear about the history of these tanks\gun platforms
Why did they make it so much more complicated than it needed to be it’s actually funny
man we can be glad this day that porsche really wanted electric drive, can you imagine if these things where more reliable and did not need work done to them and they could stay at the front lines continuously operating, things could have turned out very differently then...
I visited Aberdeen museum a few times in early 2000s but their elefant wasn't on display I think it was getting work done on it, I'd love to see it when it comes back to the states
loving your chats on the german tanks..i deffo want to come down and go see them for real next year :)
I want to see this tank run someday. I wonder if there's any of those repair kits out there.
This Elefant’s cosmetic resto is featured in History Channel doc. I still have the Tamiya model from the 80’s that is based on this very tank. Always thought it so unique & cool looking
Nice detail to mention that the Tiger I turret actual came from the Porche design. Next it could had been fun to mention that the turret designed for the Tiger I chassis actual was used on the Panter tank. Just a funny detail.
Seeing the inside of the tank made me heart sink
Yeah, as I understand, this was left outside in a forest so the corrosion damage on the inside is pretty horrible :( ...
Great video as usual...always one of my favourites the ferdinand!
More German heavies and TD stories please!
But the "Ferdinand" self propelled gun was really something. We really feared that beast. Because in terms of the power of that artillery piece it far outmatched us, we just could not reach them. Kalinenok Marat Alexandrovich
I love these tank chats... excellent.
Brilliant presentation. This is a man who knows his panzers.
Pretty good use of unused hulls. Objectively speaking it is a pretty good vehicle. Assault gun/tank destroyer role was fulfilled. A++ in that department. Problem was the German logistics and supply that were overstreched as always. Happens when you fight on 3-4 fronts. As for reliabilty issues...why do people act like tanks did not require daily if not hourly maintainance regardless of the nation? German reliability became a meme more than a statistic. War machines go through enormous amount of strain. Even jets and tanks of today have very short run time before next check up and repair. Even more so because of the high-end electronics and other systems that are very fragile.
The Germans didnt made enough spare parts to the tanks.. the factorys where pushed to make panzers so no really roam for the parts
this tank couldnt drive up a hill to get too a firing position lol
"HANZ ZE ENGINE HAS BURST INTO FLAMES AGAIN!"
Could still knock out enemy tanks very successfully.
Great chat , glad had the chance to see Elefant before it went back to the States .Shame Bovington couldn't keep it.
I guess one good thing from all these crazy variants is people who make models and put them together will have large collection of German vehicles lol
This is super informative. I am loving these videos, you got a new subscriber!
The Elefant is the "super unit" from the Defensive Doctrine of the Germans in Company of Heroes. It's one of the slowest units and takes a good five minutes to get it to the front line, but when I go into Rapid Firing mode it can snipe enemy tanks in one shot. I prefer my Jagdpanzer IV though :)
Thank you for the videos, I would love to visit this museum in my lifetime.
Company of heroes is such a great game, though I love the King Tiger the most, and videos like these make the experience of playing while knowing your history all the more rewarding.
When I saw this in ‘94 it was painted white and like most of the collection rusting badly. Good to see it’s been looked after better since then.
And then they looked at all the problems in the design, and said to themselves "what if we make all these problems way worse?" And then they made the Jagdtiger.
I really like the Ferdinand/Elephant in a way. The same way I like the Grant/Lee because they are just interesting expedients. Only thing I can say in the Elephant's defense is once they'd built the 90 hulls it only made sense to put them to some use.
I do wonder if they'd gone lighter on the armor and even just put the 88L56 on it would they have been more reliable? Or was the whole drive system just so bad that they'd have had the same problems?
And they did well overall. Took a heavy toll of Soviet armour in the defensive fighting of late 1943 and through 1944. Many were still left by the end of 1944. It had a long and successful combat life.
Odd Story: We have a closeout/bargain outlet store here in the US called Ollies, it normally gets in shipments of liquidated or damaged goods that people are willing to get at reduced prices such as a shipment of DVD/blu-rays with damaged cases but perfectly good discs or foods that companies stop carrying but are still in date.
One day i decide to stop in just to see whats new and in the toy section i find a bunch of model prepainted, preassembled model tanks in crystal display cases. All of them are for whatever reason are 1/72 scale Elefants, specifically Elefant 102 which was captured in Italy in '44 by the americans. Bought the little guy for $10.
In the series War Factories it is said the Germans could have had 1800 panzer 4's but switched production for only 90 elefants instead
In the 1990s I saw this exact vehicle at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. I have a picture beside it... hard to believe it has been refurbished and is across the pond now!
This guy is truly amazing in his knowledge
Having seen the TV episode that covered the (for lack of a better term) rehabilitation, at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, of the vehicle featured in this video from a "toasty" static display to one that looked, externally at least like it did in it's prime, I have long wondered what happened to it after the Ordinance Museum was moved to Ft. Lee, Virginia. I was sorely disappointed, upon moving to Aberdeen, Maryland to discover that the museum was being moved (much of it had already been relocated by the time I arrived in town in late July 2012). That the vehicle is no longer displayed outdoors is a major plus for it's survival. I would love to see the interior of the old girl refurbished at some point and the vehicle itself made drivable again though I realize that the cost would huge and most likely prohibitive. Excellent video as usual!
A classic porsche with mid-engine, offroad capacity like canyenne, and some scratches on the driverside windshield, i wonder how long it will stay at a local dealer
As expected, Posche was making the "luxury" version of the Tiger.
In Blood Red Snow it is said that the German infantrymen where amazed with how effective the vehicle was! It was stated that the Soviets were operating in the open thinking they were safely out of range but Mr. Ferdinand had something to say about that.
During the Battle of Kursk many tank crews reported that their tanks' engines were overheating and finally they lit up and the crews abandoned them before seeing any fight.
The He 177 of tanks.

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President Obama's first 100 days in office has been anything but uneventful. At the Correspondents' dinner on May 9th, our President shared a different side as he made fun of everyone from Rush Limbaugh to Hillary Clinton to the Prez himself. It's refreshing to see our President ease the tension of today's headlines by having a little fun and inspiring hope through laughter. MC Barack is definitely, as he states, in the hizzy.
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Eynulla Fatullayev (Template:Lang-az) (born 25 September 1976, Baku) is an Azerbaijani journalist and editor-in-chief of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and Azeri-language daily Gündəlik Azərbaycan newspapers. He has been persecuted and imprisoned in Azerbaijan for his criticism of government's policies and for his alleged publications that said the Khojaly massacre was committed by Azerbaijanis against other Azerbaijanis and not by Armenians. Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Azerbaijani authorities for increasing violations of press freedom which highlights the poor record of human rights in Azerbaijan.
Editor of Realny Azerbaijan and Gündəlik Azərbaycan
Eynulla Fatullayev was notable for his publications in the newspapers in which he is editor-in-chief. His publications were often critical of the Azerbaijani government and its policies. He criticises the government for violating press freedom and its violation of human rights in Azerbaijan. He has also been criticised for his article about the 2003 Azerbaijani elections which were accused of being fraudulent.
Fatullayev has a history of threats ranging from threats to become persecuted, death threats, being beaten and even having family members kidnapped in Azerbaijan. On July 26, 2004, he was severely beaten with blows to the head on a street in Baku for his articles critical of the government. Eynulla Fatullayev was also called to face a fine of 25,000 Euros and to be jailed for "insulting the name and dignity" of a deputy in the ruling party, Siyavush Novruzov.
In early August 2006, Minister Usubov filed three criminal defamation suits against Eynulla Fatullayev in response to articles titled “The revenge of the antibiotic,” “The failure of the antibiotic,” and “The antibiotic and journalists,” published in July and August, which alleged ties between the Interior Ministry official Ramil Usubov and Haji Mammadov, a former Interior Ministry official who was on trial for murder and kidnapping. On September 26, 2006, Judge Malakhat Abdulmanafova of the Yasamal District Court in Baku convicted Fatullayev of criminal libel and insult and sentenced him to a conditional two-year prison term, ordered him to publish a retraction, and pay a fine of US$11,300 in moral damages to Usubov. Fatullayev suspects this was in retaliation to his critical publications against the Interior Ministry.
On October 1, 2006, Eynulla Fatullayev was forced to suspend publication of both papers after his father was kidnapped. The kidnappers threatened to kill Fatullayev, as well as his father, if Fatullayev continued to publish the papers. The kidnapping had been preceded by numerous phone threats against Fatullayev and his family. Fatullayev told Human Rights Watch:
Starting on September 27, I personally, my family, and the paper’s commercial director got frequent phone calls warning us to stop writing critical articles against the Interior Minister Ramil Usubov, or they were going to kill me like Elmar Husseinov [investigative journalist, murdered on March 2, 2005]... They called my mother and threatened to murder the entire family if I did not stop writing.... On September 31, several unidentified, armed people kidnapped my father, blindfolded him, and took him to some kind of a country house. I received a phone call demanding that I stop publication of my newspapers or I would loose (sic) my father... The next morning I announced the closure of the papers. Only then my father was released.
The "Khojaly Massacre" allegations
On March 6, 2007, Nizami Bahmanov, head of Azerbaijani community of Karabakh, complained that Eynulla Fatullayev had, in an interview published on a website, given "false information" that the Khojaly massacre had been committed by the Azerbaijani army and not by Armenians. Fatullayev said he did not hold an interview with the website and called it propaganda against him. On March 1, 2007, 70-80 people had held a protest outside the editorial office of Fatullayev and raised posters that accused him of being a Dashnak (Armenian) agent and calling for Fatullayev's deprivation of citizenship. After the reading the resolution, the participants threw eggs at the editorial office which broke two windows. The police suppressed the protest. On May 31, 2007, the Azerbaijani Union of War Veterans expressed its disapproval against Fatullayev's article about the Khojaly massacre.
Fatullayev was charged with slandering the army and eventually jailed for eight and a half years. Amnesty International described the case as "trumped up charges after being critical of the government".
- "Nagorno-Karabakh Veterans Oppose Eynulla Fatullayev’s Edition". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927001029/http://news.trendaz.com/cgi-bin/readnews2.pl?newsId=934623&lang=EN. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- "Reporters Without Borders condemns Human lack of governmental care for Human Rights in Azerbaijan". Archived from the original on 2004-10-12. http://web.archive.org/web/20041012025649/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11501. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- "Committee to Protect Journalists letter to Ilham Aliyev, president of Azerbaijan.". http://www.cpj.org/protests/06ltrs/europe/azer02oct06pl.html. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- "Human Right Watch letter/Fatullayev father kidnapped". Archived from the original on 2013-01-13. https://archive.is/raCjx. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- "Fatullayev accuses Azerbaijanis of committing Khojaly massacre.". http://www.today.az/news/society/37452.html. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- "Protest against Eynulla Fatullayev in Azerbaijan.". http://www.today.az/news/politics/37194.html. Retrieved 2007-03-24.
- Nick Meo and Robert Mendick, "Tony Blair told by Azerbaijan victims: 'Give your £90,000 speaker's fee to charity'", Daily Telegraph, 13 Dec 2009.

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'Bachelorette' Star Colton Underwood Weighs in on Who Should Be Next 'Bachelor'
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Colton Underwood thinks Becca Kufrin's 'Bachelorette' runner-up has what it takes to slip into "The Bachelor" tux next -- but he also thinks he ain't that special.
We got the ex-NFL stud, and famed virgin, Tuesday in Venice and he said Blake has a really good shot, especially after the emotional breakup scene ... which he considers authentic, raw emotion.
Not sure if Colton's vote of confidence carries much weight though, because he says all the other fan faves from this season -- and even an Arie-like old-timer -- are right there in the mix too. Fact is, Colton's playing coy for his top pick -- even when it comes to himself.
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Samsara IV is a mixed-media installation that combines of electronic media and string art.
The white letter-ring in the middle consists of the words Samsara and Karma. Four color strings on the back wall become a spatial 3-D frame that embraces the ring in the middle. Meanwhile, the projection on the wall is a video feedback loop that causes an effect in the layers and also functions as a live camera. When audiences walk into the room, the camera will capture their movements so that their motion will be projected onto back wall and become a part of the work.
Samsara means reincarnation, and Karma decides which our realm of rebirth. This is a Buddhist philosophy so the color I used in this installation is borrowed from prayer flags which represent the religion. The circle symbolizes the progress of Samsara in terms of birth-death-rebirth. I use the layers on the back wall to mimic the previous life, present life and afterlife. It looks like a parallel universe; the layers are unreal, however, the movement happens in the real space and real time.
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BYK is a division of the ALTANA Group that is globally successful in the additives & instruments industry. The company offers a wide range of products such as surface additives, rheology additives, defoamers and air release additives, processing additives, viscosity reducers, wax additive, and wetting & dispersing additives for coating & printing inks, plastics, adhesives & sealants, cleaners, floor coating, lubricants, construction chemistry, oil & gas, and foundry industry. The company provides its products under two segments, namely, additives for industrial applications and instruments. It offers conductive filler dispersants for thermal interface material under the additives for industrial applications segment. It operates in Asia, Europe, and Americas. The company has eight subsidiaries and 18 production facilities worldwide.
In October 2022, BYK launched BYK-MAX CT 4275, is a specially developed additives that can be used in a wide variety of polyamides and thermoplastic. BYK-MAX CT 4275 is used to enhance the performance of thermal interface materials by improving the dispersion and incorporation of the additive into the thermoplastic matrix, resulting in improved thermal conductivity and mechanical properties.
Shin-Etsu Co. Ltd is a leading manufacturer of silicone-based thermal interface materials (TIMs) that fill the gaps between heat generating components and heat sinks, providing an optimal heat dissipation solution tailored to the required usage and performance from a wide range of product lineups. The company has developed silicone thermal interface materials for applications in electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles. The company provides its product in four segments including infrastructure materials, electronics materials, functional materials, and processing & specialized services. The company offers conductive filler dispersants for thermal interface materials market under electronics materials segment. It operates in Europe, Americas, Asia, and Middle East & Africa. The company has 60 manufacturing facilities present in 34 countries.
In April 2022, Shin-Etsu Co. Ltd. developed thermal interface silicone rubber sheet series (TC-BGI Series) for use in components of electric vehicles as the technology for high voltage devices advances. It is a hard, thermal-interface silicone rubber sheet that combines good levels of voltage resistance and heat dissipation.
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Only time will tell…”China’s restrictions on iron ore miner Vale’s Chinamax ore carriers are ‘technical,’ the company’s head of iron ore, Jose Carlos Martins, said on Monday,” reports Reuters.
“Martins added that he expected the giant carriers to gain access to Chinese ports with time.”
In metal price news for steel…
Chinese steel prices were flat for the day. The price of iron ore 58% fines from India was range bound. Chinese HRC stayed flat. For the fifth consecutive day, the price of Chinese coking coal held flat.
The steel billet cash price remained essentially flat on the LME at $355.00 per metric ton. For the fifth day in a row, the steel billet 3-month price remained essentially flat on the LME at $360.00 per metric ton.
The US HRC futures contract 3-month price showed little movement last Friday, hovering around $631.00 per short ton. The spot price of the US HRC futures contract held steady around $655.00 per short ton.


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WASHINGTON — In a sharp rebuke towards his flagging candidacy, only 9% of Democratic voters believe Joe Biden could defeat John Cena and The Undertaker in a triple threat match, according to the most recent Quinnipiac poll.
“Our polling shows that Biden has dipped 16 percentage points since January in a prospective match-up with Cena and ‘Taker,” said Ravi Shah, senior analyst for the Quinnipiac University Poll. “While the same data bears out 42% of primary voters are ‘highly confident’ that Elizabeth Warren could open up a can of whoop ass on their candy asses.”
Quinnipiac’s data has shown gains for other candidates, with more than half of Democrats aged 18-49 pretty sure Amy Klobuchar could probably slam somebody’s head off of a turnbuckle really hard. However, many supporters on the ground say they don’t trust poll numbers.
“I know he just had a heart attack, but I honestly believe Bernie Sanders is the only candidate who can pin Cena for the three-count,” said Michael Van Horn, a student at Georgetown University. “I mean, frankly, he ought to be the defending champion at this point, but they booked that shit finish at Battleground 2016 where the DNC invaded and cost Bernie the match.”
The controversial finish Van Horn mentioned is the now infamous creative decision to insert Hillary Clinton into the main event picture, an incident that has come to be known as “The DC Screwjob.”
Meanwhile, Biden’s campaign has dismissed the recent polling numbers as merely an empty distraction.
“The energetic crowds that Joe can draw for your average Monday Night RAW demonstrate these statistics are nothing to be concerned about,” said Jane Richards, deputy campaign chair for Biden. “And yes, we saw the ratings on the Darby Allin/Mayor Pete match on TNT, but we’re not concerned with what they’re doing in the minor leagues over there.”
At press time, Vince McMahon announced that the winner of the upcoming Democratic Battle Royal will become the number one contender to face current United States champion and WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump.
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The US Court of Appeals ruled Jan 29 that a California law banning gay conversion therapy for minors can remain in place, the San Jose Mercury reports.
After it was passed in 2012, conversion therapists challenged the law, saying it restricted their free speech. In August, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said that the ban was acceptable regulation of a dangerous medical practice; now, the full court has confirmed the ruling.
“These practices have no scientific basis and can cause serious, lasting harms that devastate families and destroy young lives,” says Shannon Minter, an attorney who defended the law in court.
Three of 27 judges on the court said that the law should be given further review. The only recourse for proponents of gay conversion therapy in California now that the ban has been upheld would be to appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court.


A Resident Evil Animated Series Is on its way, will release on Netflix In 2021. The project is being described as Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness and it’ll be produced by Capcom’s Hirouki Kobayashi. If you don’t know, Hirouki, well he is the man behind all Resident Evil Games. Other than this, he was also the producer for Resident Evil: Damnation, Resident Evil: Vendetta, and Resident Evil: Degeneration. Further, TMS Entertainment will take the publishing role for Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness.
About Resident Evil: Infintie Darkness
The series will focus on Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. It’ll feature horror-action meta. “By adding suspense into dynamic action scenes, this series will reveal a Resident Evil world unlike anything seen before,”. This is all we know about the game.
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(CBS) -- Stocks closed sharply higher Friday, capping off a solid week of gains, as investors digested strength in retail and technology.
The S&P 500 gained 8, the NASDAQ added 31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 91 points, settling to 17,824.
"I think the market definitely has baked in a December Fed rate hike, and the strange thing is the market seems eager for the rise in rates to happen," says Matt Shapiro, president of MWS Capital. "It's kind of counter intuitive. You would think once the Fed raises rates that's going to increase consumer borrowing costs and take the long end of the curve up, but it seems the market is shrugging it off."
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Thanks for stopping by, this page is a little bit about me and why I write this blog.
When I was at school I didn’t even know ‘communications’ existed as a job type, let alone that I would one day end up with a role in this industry and be writing a blog about it.
But I always knew I wanted to work with words. Getting lost in crafting a story is one of the most rewarding things of all. That moment when you crack a phrase or a paragraph that you’ve been struggling to articulate and it just seems to flow on the page exactly as you’d hoped in your mind.
My great love has been words for as long as I can remember. Ever since Miss Rittman taught me joined-up writing at primary school, perhaps even before that. Journalism seemed the perfect career path, and a spell of work experience at the age of 14 with the local newspaper confirmed this for me. Several years later I found myself with a full-time job as a reporter.
Local reporting led to a role in a press office in 2006, then later to a widened role as a communications officer working on external and internal communications.
I now focus on internal communications and employee engagement – using words to change behaviour. But now, working with words is just part of what I do – and I couldn’t imagine it any other way. I love how the industry I work in continues to evolve and grow, giving me the opportunity to continually learn and grow too. Where I’ve worked has also contributed to the way I work; along the way I’ve spent four years in Australia for example, adding another perspective.
This blog is an opportunity for me to explore all of the new skills required as a comms professional today and the challenges we face in making a difference.
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Bryan Johnson is a prominent figure in the world of technology and entrepreneurship. His journey to success has been filled with determination, innovation, and a unique approach to business. This comprehensive analysis will delve into the various aspects of Johnson’s life and career, uncovering the key factors that have contributed to his remarkable achievements. From his early years to his groundbreaking ventures, it will explore the blueprint that has propelled Bryan Johnson to the heights of success.
The Early Years of Bryan Johnson
Born and raised in a small town, Johnson’s humble beginnings laid the foundation for his future endeavors. Growing up, he displayed a remarkable curiosity and passion for learning, which soon became the driving force behind his achievements. Johnson’s formative experiences during his childhood played a crucial role in shaping his outlook on life and business.
The Formative Experiences that Shaped Johnson’s Outlook
Johnson’s upbringing instilled in him a strong work ethic and a belief in the power of education. He was exposed to various challenges and setbacks during his early years, but rather than letting them deter him, Johnson used these experiences as opportunities for growth. This resilience and determination became defining characteristics of his entrepreneurial journey, setting him apart from his peers.
One particular experience that left a lasting impact on Johnson was when he witnessed the closure of the local factory that had been the heart of his town’s economy. The sight of hardworking individuals losing their livelihoods fueled his determination to create opportunities for himself and others. This event served as a constant reminder of the importance of adaptability and innovation in an ever-changing world.
Another influential experience was Johnson’s involvement in a community service project during his teenage years. He volunteered at a local shelter for the homeless, where he witnessed firsthand the struggles and hardships faced by those less fortunate. This experience instilled in him a deep sense of empathy and a desire to positively impact society through his entrepreneurial pursuits.
Johnson’s First Steps into Entrepreneurship
Johnson embarked on his first entrepreneurial venture at a young age with a thirst for knowledge and a desire to make a difference. He recognized the potential for innovation and disruption in the business world, and he set out to create his path. This initial step into entrepreneurship catalyzed Johnson’s future successes, providing him with valuable lessons and insights along the way.
One of Johnson’s earliest ventures was a small lawn mowing business that he started in his neighborhood. Armed with a lawnmower borrowed from his neighbor, he diligently went door to door, offering his services to the community. Through this experience, Johnson learned the importance of customer satisfaction and the value of hard work. He quickly gained a reputation for his attention to detail and reliability, which laid the groundwork for his future entrepreneurial endeavors.
As Johnson continued to explore the world of business, he became fascinated with technology and its potential to transform industries. He immersed himself in books, online courses, and networking events, constantly seeking knowledge and inspiration. This insatiable thirst for learning propelled him forward, enabling him to stay ahead of the curve in an increasingly competitive landscape.
Now that we have explored the early years of Bryan Johnson and the experiences that shaped his outlook let us delve into his groundbreaking success with Braintree.
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Braintree, a leading online payment platform, became a game-changer in the world of e-commerce. Under Johnson’s leadership, the company experienced tremendous growth and success. To understand the reasons behind Braintree’s meteoric rise, it is crucial to examine the vision behind the company and the strategic decisions that were made.
The Vision Behind Braintree
Johnson envisioned a payment platform that would revolutionize how businesses conducted online transactions. He recognized the need for simplicity, security, and seamless integration, and he set out to create a solution that surpassed all expectations. This visionary approach propelled Braintree to the forefront of the industry, garnering the attention of major players such as PayPal.
To achieve this vision, Johnson assembled a team of talented individuals who shared his passion for innovation. Together, they worked tirelessly to develop cutting-edge technologies and implement groundbreaking features that would set Braintree apart from its competitors. Their unwavering commitment to excellence and their relentless pursuit of perfection laid the foundation for Braintree’s success.
Key Strategies and Decisions
One key strategy Johnson implemented was a relentless focus on customer experience. Braintree prioritized user-friendly interfaces and streamlined processes, making it a preferred choice among merchants and consumers alike. By understanding the pain points of both businesses and customers, Johnson was able to create a payment platform that addressed their needs and exceeded their expectations.
Additionally, Johnson recognized the power of strategic partnerships in driving growth and expanding market reach. He forged alliances with key players in the industry, leveraging their expertise and resources to propel Braintree to new heights. These partnerships not only increased Braintree’s visibility but also opened up new opportunities for collaboration and innovation.
Furthermore, Johnson’s strategic acquisitions played a significant role in Braintree’s success. By acquiring companies that complemented Braintree’s existing offerings, Johnson was able to strengthen the platform’s capabilities and provide a more comprehensive suite of services to its customers. These acquisitions not only diversified Braintree’s revenue streams but also solidified its position as a leader in the online payment space.
Braintree’s Key Strategies and Decisions
|1. Customer-centric approach
|Enhanced user experience and increased customer loyalty
|2. Strategic partnerships
|Expanded market reach and facilitated growth
|Strengthened product offerings and diversified revenue streams
Now that we have uncovered the secrets of Bryan Johnson’s success with Braintree let us turn our attention to his next venture: Kernel. Kernel, Johnson’s latest endeavor, is an ambitious project that aims to unlock the full potential of the human brain. By merging cutting-edge neuroscience with advanced technology, Kernel seeks to enhance human cognition and revolutionize the way we understand and interact with our minds.
Driven by his insatiable curiosity and his desire to push the boundaries of what is possible, Johnson assembled a team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and visionaries who share his passion for exploring the mysteries of the brain. Together, they are working tirelessly to develop innovative solutions that have the potential to transform the lives of millions.
Kernel’s approach is rooted in a deep understanding of the brain’s complexity and its untapped potential. By leveraging breakthroughs in neuroimaging, machine learning, and data analysis, Johnson and his team are uncovering new insights into the inner workings of the brain and developing technologies that can augment its capabilities.
One of the key areas of focus for Kernel is the development of non-invasive brain interfaces that can seamlessly integrate with the human brain. These interfaces have the potential to revolutionize fields such as healthcare, education, and entertainment, enabling us to unlock new levels of creativity, enhance our learning abilities, and even treat neurological disorders.
Furthermore, Kernel is committed to ethical and responsible innovation. Johnson and his team understand the importance of addressing the ethical implications of their work and ensuring that the benefits of their technologies are accessible to all. They are actively engaging with experts, policymakers, and the public to foster a dialogue and shape the future of brain-computer interfaces in a way that is inclusive and beneficial for society as a whole.
As Kernel continues to push the boundaries of what is possible, it is clear that Johnson’s visionary leadership and his relentless pursuit of innovation are once again driving the success of this groundbreaking venture. With each discovery and breakthrough, Kernel is bringing us one step closer to unlocking the full potential of the human brain and reshaping the future of humanity.
The Creation and Impact of Kernel
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Driven by a desire to explore the frontiers of neuroscience and enhance human intelligence, Johnson founded Kernel. This transformative company focuses on developing brain-computer interfaces and advancing our understanding of the human brain.
Johnson’s Motivation for Starting Kernel
Johnson’s fascination with the human brain and its untapped potential inspired him to create Kernel. He recognized the vast possibilities that lay within our neurobiology and saw an opportunity to revolutionize the way we interact with technology. His unwavering belief in the power of innovation and his commitment to pushing boundaries have been fundamental in establishing Kernel as a leading player in the field.
The Science and Technology Behind Kernel
Kernel’s revolutionary advancements in neuroscience and brain-computer interfaces are a testament to Johnson’s commitment to cutting-edge technology. The company’s groundbreaking research and development efforts have paved the way for future innovations, offering unprecedented insights into the human brain and its capabilities.
Having explored the creation and impact of Kernel, let us now delve into the unique approach that Bryan Johnson brings to the world of business and innovation.
Johnson’s Unique Approach to Business and Innovation
Johnson’s success can be attributed to his unconventional approach to business, which sets him apart from traditional entrepreneurs. By infusing philosophy and a willingness to embrace risk and failure into his strategy, he has forged a path that is as bold as it is successful.
The Role of Philosophy in Johnson’s Business Strategy
Johnson’s deep-rooted philosophical beliefs have played a significant role in shaping his business strategy. By intertwining purpose and meaning with his entrepreneurial pursuits, he has been able to create companies that are aligned with his core values. This approach has driven his success and garnered admiration and respect from those within the industry.
Johnson’s Views on Risk and Failure
Unlike many business leaders who shy away from risk, Bryan Johnson embraces it wholeheartedly. He firmly believes that innovation is born out of taking calculated risks and that failure is an inevitable stepping stone on the path to success. This fearlessness in the face of uncertainty has allowed him to make bold decisions and push boundaries, ultimately propelling him to new heights in the world of business. As we near the end of our analysis, let us take a glimpse into the future according to Bryan Johnson.
The Future According to Bryan Johnson
Being a visionary, Johnson has made bold predictions of technology and its impact on society. His insights provide us with a glimpse into the exciting possibilities that lie ahead.
Johnson’s Predictions for Technology and Society
Johnson envisions a future where technology seamlessly integrates into every aspect of our lives. He believes that advancements in artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and neuroscience will revolutionize industries, transform societies, and enhance human capabilities in ways we cannot yet fathom.
How Johnson Plans to Shape the Future
Johnson is not content with passively observing these changes. He is actively working towards shaping the future through his various ventures and philanthropic efforts. By investing in emerging technologies and supporting innovative solutions, he aims to contribute to a world that is both technologically advanced and socially responsible.
Bryan Johnson’s blueprint for success combines vision, innovation, and a unique approach to business. From his early years to his groundbreaking ventures, Johnson has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo. His impact on the world of technology and entrepreneurship is undeniable, and his insights into the future offer us a glimpse into the exciting possibilities that lie ahead. As we conclude our comprehensive analysis, it is clear that understanding Bryan Johnson’s blueprint for success is not just about unraveling the story of one man but also about unraveling the potential within ourselves. Do you want to transform your body and mind? Take a close look at your health by testing your biomarkers.
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Event reveals Latin American lineup
BARCELONA — Chile contributes half of the Latin American films chosen for this year’s Films in Progress showcase at the Toulouse Rencontres Cinemas d’Amerique Latine.
Trio of pics, all seeking completion finance at the event’s 13th edition, confirms Chile’s status as home to one of the fastest-growing film industries in Latin America.
Two Chilean pics are from first-timers: “Ilusiones Opticas,” from Cristian Jimenez, is a criss-crossed chronicle of the lives of three confused men; Matias Pinochet’s “Irrespirable” begins with a couple deciding to inject some fresh life into their relationship by moving to Mexico.
The third, “Tony Manero,” the second film from Pablo Larrain, was a standout at the Berlinale’s Latin American Works in Progress showcase.
Promising to be a thought provoking reflection on cultural identity, pic turns on an over-the-hill imitator of Tavolta’s character in “Saturday Night Fever” who falls in with anti-Pinochet activists in 1979’s Santiago de Chile, but shares none of their political ideals.
Another standout at Berlin, Argentine pic “Lovely Loneliness,” a first feature from Victoria Galardi and Martin Carranza, toplines rising star Ines Efron, who appeared in Lucia Puenzo’s “XXY.”
In “Loneliness,” Efron appears in kooky comedy vein, as a girl who swears to stay single for three years after her boyfriend dumps her.
The lineup is rounded out by Brazilian helmer Mauricio Farias’ “Veronica,” about a 40-year-old teacher living in a poverty stricken part of Rio, and “Juntos,” from Mexico’s Nicolas Pereda, who comes to Toulouse with the cache of having won top prize last year at Mexico’s Morelia fest for “Donde estan sus historias?”
A twice-yearly showcase launched in 2001, Films in Progress 13 runs April 3-4 in Toulouse. Films in Progress 14 takes place Sept. 23-24 at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
John Hopewell contributed to this report.


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VGM Fusion has put up several screenshots and reviews/previews of Asheron's Call 2 Fallen Kings Beta. Definitely well worth the read if you are as excited as me about this next generation MMORPG!
"Name the most successful MMORPG’s off the top of your head. EverQuest, Dark Age of Camelot, Anarchy Online, Ultima Online and Asheron’s Call are some that spring to my mind. Microsoft and Turbine are looking to wipe away that list, and are doing everything they can to make sure Asheron’s Call 2 gets hammered into our collective conscious, and gets put into a league of its own. Judging by the beta which we’ve been playing for a few days, they certainly have a chance to make everyone forget about its competition.
Scheduled for release later this year, Asheron’s Call 2 will push MMORPG’s to new graphical heights -- one look at the system requirements will tell you that. The changes don’t end with the graphics either; in an effort to draw in the casual fan base, the gameplay has been tweaked considerably from the first installment, and depending on what side of the fence you’re on, that can be a good thing or a bad thing. But Turbine has gone on record saying they plan to make an RPG which will appeal to all, and hopefully have something for even the hardcore RPG’ers, (those of us who fall into that category will certainly appreciate that).
Gameplay boasts aside, the beta does prove beyond a shadow of a doubt which MMORPG will be the graphical Titan of the genre. The visuals are so stunning, that you will find yourself staring into the sky, or at the ground in pure amazement quite often during your game time. To say the game is a feast for the eyes is a monumental understatement. From the individually drawn blades of grass, to hyper-realistic water and shore effects, all the way up to the beautifully animated sky, the game manages to bring a sense of realism never seen before.
This realism does come at a price though. If you plan to enjoy the game as we have, you’ll definitely have to start saving now – not for the game itself, but for the hardware upgrades you’re sure to need. A 1.2 GHz Athlon Thunderbird, with 512 Megs of Ram, and a GeForce 4Ti 4200, are barely enough to punch this game into visual glory. Those of you who NEED and crave those spectacular graphics will need to start looking at a 2 GHz processor, a GIG of Ram, and the ATi Radeon 9700 (which isn’t supported as of now). For those of you not in the ubber-system category, you can rest easy knowing that even on its lowest settings, the game still trounces anything you’ve seen before.
All of this information is really filler for what VGM Fusion has in store for you happy go lucky fans. We’ve been given access to the Beta, and we intent to blow the roof off it. For the next 10 Days, come to VGM Fusion to see daily journals of Quass, and Zing79’s experiences in the game. You’ll be able to live the game through all the screen shots, notes, stories, and events the two of us come across. And to prepare you for this event, take a look at the screen shots from the very beginning of the game.
Buckle up people, we’re about to take you on a tour of Asheron’s Call 2"
Check out their previews here!

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By Natalie Boomer
Washington County’s very own Wayne Sowers has just competed in the Weight Lifting World Championships in Las Vagas, Nevada.
This five-day event went on from November 12th through the 17th.
Sowers won three medals from the NABDL, National Association of Benchers and Deadlifters. He received a third-place medal in the bench press, a fourth place in the push-pull, and a fifth in the deadlift.


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Thelemic Black Metal band Mehenet played their most recent show July 23rd at Sisters in Christ in New Orleans. All the band members are initiates of OTO of Minerval and higher degrees.
Here’s video footage of their June 18 set at Siberia on St. Claude Avenue in New Orleans:
The group are hard at work on recording their debut long player.
Here’s our first posting on the group giving some of its history: http://zeroequalstwo.net/mehenet-black-metal-project-from-new-orleans-featuring-oto-initiates/


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Explore the ancient Mayan Ruins of Tulum, Muyil and Coba. Discover history in your own eyed. The Mayan culture comes to life before your eyes.
We offer access to some the Yucatan's greatest expressios. advantage of our discounted room and activity rates and enjoy the savings when you travel with a group of friends or family members.

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January 27, 2017 7:00 pm
HRC - 1640 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
Join Reel Affirmations for a screening of Daddy’s Boy, by award -winning Director and Reel Affirmations Alumni Daniel Armando. Enjoy the story of four young men, each somewhere near the crossroads where boyhood and adulthood meet, find their lives intertwined in the strange world of low-budget porn and male burlesque photo shoots in New York City. Stay after the screening for a Q&A, and a catered cocktail reception with the director and his production team & cast, hosted by Rayceen Pendarvis of The Ask Rayceen Show. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.


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Is smoking bad for your eyesight?Medically reviewed by Wut Win, Dispensing Optician at Feel Good Contacts.
- Can smoking lead to blindness?
- How does smoking affect your eyes?
- What happens if cigarette smoke goes in your eyes?
- Does smoking affect contact lenses?
- Does your eyesight get better when you stop smoking?
Yes, smoking is bad for your eyesight and has been linked to many serious health issues. While you inhale smoke into your lungs, the toxins contained in cigarettes can spread throughout your entire body and can affect your eyes.
Can smoking lead to blindness?
Smoking is known to cause serious illnesses such as lung cancer and heart disease. What many don't realise, however, is that smoking has also been linked to vision loss. Long-term effects of smoking show strong relations to eye diseases, and if not treated, you could lose your sight completely.
To prevent vision loss, we recommend quitting smoking and leading a healthier lifestyle. This will highly reduce the risk of threatening eye conditions, and more importantly, help prevent sight loss.
How does smoking affect your eyes?
The effects of smoking can lead to several different ocular problems. Including the following:
- Cataracts - this is when the eye's naturally clear lens becomes cloudy. This can strongly impair your vision and disrupt your day-to-day routine. Those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day are twice as likely to develop cataracts. Heavy metals found in tobacco smoke is thought to accelerate a cataract
- Age - related macular degeneration - after the age of 50, you are more likely to experience deterioration in your sight. In particular, those who smoke are three times more likely to develop Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). This is a common condition that wears out the macula (the middle part of your vision), causing blurriness, distortions and even blind spots in your central vision While smoking does not directly cause AMD, many studies have found smokers have a higher chance of developing AMD than people who have never smoked. At the same time, non-smokers who live with smokers are twice as likely to develop AMD
- Dry eye is another effect caused through smoking. Tobacco smoke has over 7,000 chemicals, many of which affect eye health. Exposure to smoke on any level can irritate your eyes, while cigarette fumes can contribute to dry eye syndrome and reduce the amount of oxygen that reaches your eyes. The fumes also breakdown the lipid layer of the tear film, interfering with the production of your tears and causing dry eye symptoms, such as redness, sore eyes, irritation and swelling. With hydrating drops, such as comfi Soothe Drops and Hycosan Original Eye Drops, dry eyes can be soothed easily
- Diabetic retinopathy is a common complication of diabetes that affects the eye. Blood vessels at the back of the eye become furred up a bit like a kettle does, which results in them becoming both leaky, and the lack of oxygen delivery to nearby tissues stimulates new blood vessel growth. Although this might sound like a good idea, these new blood vessels grow in a haphazard way, and being fragile, if they break and bleed, the eye fills with blood and causes vision loss.
- Smoking whilst pregnancy increases the risk of your child developing crossed eyes (strabismus) and an underdeveloped optic nerve. Underdeveloped optic nerves are one of the leading causes of blindness in young children. People who smoke while pregnant also increase their chances of having a premature birth. This can cause a wealth of issues for the mother and the baby. Retinopathy of prematurity is one of these and is an eye disease which can potentially cause blindness
- Glaucoma causes the breakdown of the optic nerve and can lead to vision loss. Unfortunately, diabetes is also linked to glaucoma, and if you are both diabetic and smoke, you increase the chances of being unable to see
- Graves-disease is linked to the number of cigarettes smoked a day. It occurs when the thyroid gland produces an excess thyroid hormone, causing problems to the eyes and many other parts of the body. The results can be a protrusion of the eye, double vision and occasionally permanent visual impairment
- Abnormal eye movements - smoking is associated with nystagmus or abnormal eye movements. This is thought to be a result of the nicotine which disturbs the balance centre in the brain
What happens if cigarette smoke goes in your eyes?
Apart from being irritable in the short-term, toxic damage to the eye is rare.
Does smoking affect contact lenses?
Cigarette smoke in the eye can also contaminate your contact lens, causing it to dry out and become uncomfortable. The chemicals in the smoke can't be washed away with natural tears on their own.
Furthermore, tar and nicotine deposits on your fingers can contaminate your contact lenses when you put them in and take them out. You should always wash your hands thoroughly before handling your lenses.
Does your eyesight get better when you stop smoking?
Stopping smoking can have many health benefits for those with eye diseases, such as:
- Reducing the likelihood of having surgical cataract extraction. This can take around 10-20 years for the risk factor to reduce to that of non-smokers
- Slowing down the progression of AMD
- Reducing the risk of anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (damage to the optic nerve)
- Improving the response to treatment for Grave's ophthalmopathy

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The album is almost here! Randy stops in to talk about the release of his debut album with Buzz Brainard. Hear their conversation Tuesday, July 26 at 9am ET. Can't catch this airing? Tune in on Thursday, July 28 at 11am ET to hear the broadcast again.
Randy recently sat down with Mike Ragogna of the Huffington Post to talk about his career and debut album. In the article, find out how Randy was signed, Emmylou Harris' involvement in his upcoming album, and what he considers to be one of the 'biggest compliments in the world."
Beginning today, you can pre-order Randy's upcoming self-titled album on iTunes. The album will be released at all digital retailers on July 26. Also starting today, you can stream the album in its entirety on Randy's Facebook page!
Randy is set to release his debut self-titled album to all digital retailers on July 26. Fans can pre-order Randy's album beginning tomorrow, June 28 on iTunes.
1. 1,000 Faces
2. It's Gone
3. Ain't Much Left of Lovin' You
4. Last Horse
5. Burn These Matches
6. Goodbye Rain
7. It Ain't Hit Me Yet
9. Like A Cowboy
10. Back Of My Heart
11. Assembly Line
One of the cuts we can’t stop listening to on our new free sampler, CMT Presents The Country Way Digital Vol. 2, is Randy Montana’s “1,000 Faces.” Blame it on the clever rhyme scheme, or the song’s sentimental center. We talked to the country newcomer (and Taylor Swift tour mate) about “1,000 Faces’” origins, the killer video, his songwriting dad, and his admiration for Bruce Springsteen.
Randy Montana is kicking off the New Year in a big way, landing in Southern
Living  magazine's annual 'Best of the South' issue as one of the
magazine's top five Southern artists to watch in 2011. The singer-songwriter
also has a brand new single and video, '1000 Faces,' out this week and is
releasing a special three-song EP.
It’s not difficult to see Southern rock’s intertwining with country music over the last few decades. While Charlie Daniels and Hank Williams Jr. have long had their feet planted in both genres, Travis Tritt and Montgomery Gentry—and more recently Jason Aldean and Justin Moore—have not been shy about professing the influence Southern rock has had on their music.


This past year Darrell Hazell had quite a bit of success at Kent State running the football with Dri Archer and Trayion Durham each rushing for more than 1,000 yards. The running back stable is once again fully stocked as Purdue has picked up its fourth running back in the class of 2013 with Louisville Trinity back Dalyn Dawkins.
Dawkins was hosted by Purdue this past weekend and committed just a day after Keith Byars II. He also joins Keyante Green and David Yancey in addition to returning backs Danny Anthrop, Akeem Hunt, and Brandon Cottom.
Dawkins is a three-star prospect according to ESPN and Yahoo, but a four-star according to Scout. He is the fourth recruit in the class of 2012 that is a 4-star by at least once service. Here are your highlights:
In 2012 Dawkins rushed for 1,478 yards and 25 touchdowns as Louisville Trinity not only went 14-0 and won Kentucky's largest class state champion, they were also rated No. 2 Nationally according to MaxPreps and won a mythical National Championship by some services. In 2012 Trinity was 13-1, won the 6A title again, and Dawkins had a slightly better year:
Dawkins (5-9, 180) was a dynamic player for the Class 6-A champion Shamrocks, rushing for 1479 yards and 18 touchdowns and catching 38 passes for 367 yards and five scores.
It remains to be seen if Dawkins, Green, Yancey, or Byars will see the field as true freshmen, but in Green and Dawkins you have guys that put up huge numbers for state championship teams. These guys are winners already and should bring a great attitude. If anything, coach Hazell will have options.
Welcome aboard, Dalyn!
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When it comes to emotional attachment, women take the trophy. Women are known to attach emotions to the most insignificant gesture. Therefore, warming a woman’s heart should not be a hard task. But just as a refresher, here are some sure ways of melting a woman’s heart:
Care for her family and friends
If you extend your attention and care to her inner circle, a woman will feel loved and appreciated. Always make a point of asking her how her family and friends are doing from time to time. It goes a long way.
Noticing the slightest change
It is true that men are not the keenest creatures on planet earth. But if you actually notice minor things like a change of hairstyle or a new pair of jeans and mention it to her, then definitely you touch her heart in a warm way.
Nothing melts a woman’s heart like the thought that someone is thinking about them even in their absence. Always make a point of calling her or sending her random texts just to let her know that you are thinking about her.
Thank her for the smallest things
Even if you deserve it, always thank her for the slightest things she does for you like wiping your shoes for you or ironing your handkerchief for you. Once appreciated, a woman will feel significant and loved. She is bound to always do things for you with a passion.
Always assure your woman that you got her back no matter what. And mean it. This goes a long way in building her confidence and also in trusting you. Women need to be reminded from time to time they there is someone they can count on in the darkest hour.
Smile at/with her
Even when you are in a crowd and your eyes happen to rock, just give her a warm smile. This warms a woman’s heart instantly. She feels she have a friend with whom she can communicate with even non-verbally.
If then you are looking forward to impressing or melting a woman’s heart, then this tips, among many others will come in handy for you.

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The practice of yoga for the prevention and treatment of illnesses is known as medical yoga. This involves appropriate breathing methods, mindfulness, and meditation in addition to the physical components of yoga, which are significant and helpful for building physical strength. Yoga has been demonstrated in several studies to have therapeutic effects on the body in various areas, including regulating blood sugar levels, treating musculoskeletal problems, and maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system. It has also been demonstrated to have significant psychological advantages, as yoga may aid in boosting mental vigor and good sentiments while lowering aggressive, depressive, and anxious sensations.
Yoga helps you unwind, which promotes restful sleep. According to research, regular pre-bed yoga might help you establish the correct mood and get your body ready for sleep.
E.g., Legs-Up-the-Wall Pose Sit with your left side against a wall, move gently to your right, and pull your legs up to rest on the wall, maintaining your back on the floor and your hip bones near the wall for about three minutes.


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Single lesion of neurocysticercosis (tape worm infection of brain) is a common cause of seizures. In most of these cases, only anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) are advised. Anti-helminthic treatment with albendazole is usually not recommended, as most of these lesions spontaneously resolve over time. This is in contrast to patients with multiple brain lesions in NCC, who are routinely advised to take albendazole along with AEDs.
Here, I have uploaded the MRI scans of a patient with solitary cysticercus granuloma (SCG) done six months apart, who was not treated with albendazole. She has had left-sided headache on and off as the only symptom, she never had seizures.
After seeing an increase in the size of lesion as well as increase in the severity of perilesional edema, I started the patient on albendazole and steroids. I would repeat the MRI after 2-3 months.