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We already went over whether you should draft Crawford or his hispanic, first-name counterpart (Gonzalez in case you didn't catch on), which means we still need to choose between Braun and Holliday. Today, that's our task.
Each player is assigned a grade for each of the five standard offensive categories plus a few extra I felt were important to factor. Grades are based on my expectations for the season and take into account both the player's expected performance relative to the entire player pool and relative to the position he plays at. Grades were averaged using the standard 4.0 GPA scale to provide a cumulative "Professor's Grade."
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The Case for Braun
Braun only won 2-of-8 categories head-to-head against Holliday, but that was still two more than the Cardinals' slugger. Outside of the drop in power production (just 25 HR last year), Braun has been the model of consistency. He regularly hits north of .300 with just one .285 blip on the radar a few years back, and he's become a 100-plus run and RBI machine who throws in around 15 steals.
I expect Braun to be right around 30 homers this season, probably finishing plus/minus one or two. It's unlikely he can get to the 35-homer range again with his FB% trending downward each season, but 28-32 homers is still very good. Braun gives you above-average production straight across the board and is one of just a few five-category fantasy performers, and one who provides a degree of stability that only a few others in the game can match.
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Even though Holliday didn't win a single category, he finished just 0.08 grade points behind Braun. Holliday is three years older (just turned 31 a few weeks ago), but he hasn't hit below .300 since his .290 rookie campaign in 2004, and he's almost a lock for 100 RBI. Batting between Albert Pujols and Colby Rasmus (a very underrated five-hole hitter) is about as cushy a cleanup spot as you'll find around the league, and Braun's consistently still falls a tad short of Holliday's. Holliday is about as safe as they come.
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You can't go wrong with either one, but it's also hard to make a case for Holliday when he couldn't do better than tie Braun in any of our eight categories. Still, given how quickly outfield depth falls off after these first four—and Hamilton—I wouldn't have any issues selecting Holliday with my second or third round pick.


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The purpose of these lessons is to help students have a better understanding of another culture other than their own. This will help them to see that there were other people living in this region before us. Students will have to use their own individual creativeness to do most of these activities. Not only will they be doing individual work, but they will also have to work with other peers to get their activities done. This will promote working together.
Connection To The National Geography Standards:
No.1 Knows and understands how to use maps, globes,
and other graphical tools to acquire, process, and report information.
This will help students learn how to read maps.
No. 6 Knows and understands that culture and experience influence people's perception of places and experience. This will help students understand why people in other regions do different things.
No. 9 Knows and understands the characteristics, distribution, and migration of the human populations. This will help students understand the pushing and forcing the Plains Indians on reservations.
No. 17 Knows and understands how to apply geography to the past. This will help students understand that we wanted the Plains Indian's land.
Applicable Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills:
*The students uses geographic tools to collect,
analyze and interpret data.
The student is expected to:
*Apply geographic tools including grid systems, legends, symbols, scales, compass roses, to construct and interpret maps.
*Translate geographic data into a variety of formats such as raw data to graph maps.
*The student understands the concept of regions.
The student is expected to:
*Describe a variety of regions in Texas and the Western Hemisphere, such as political, population, and economic regions that result from patterns of human activity.
*Describe a variety of regions in Texas and the Western Hemisphere, such as, landform, climate, and vegetation regions that result from physical characteristics.
*Compare the regions of Texas with the regions of the United States and other parts of the world.
1. To work in-groups to get assignments completed.
2. To complete activities individually.
3. To use creativeness for assignments.
4. To find information on the Internet and complete a worksheet for a web site.
Overview Of Presentation:
This project is over the Plains Indians. I became interested in this when I did a hyperstudio stack in my TECH 210 class. I learned a lot about the Plains Indians and thought it would be interesting for my students to become more aware of the pervious world, and how it once was. I want my students to come away with wanting to know more, but even if they do not want to do outside investigating they will walk away from my classroom knowing more about themselves and their region.
Day 1:
Sponge Activity: Have students name all the Plains Indian tribes
that they know of. Then when they are finished I would write all of the
tribes on the board so that they can see which ones they got correct.
Opening: Let the students know that we will be talking about the Plains Indians for the next two weeks. I will tell them that I will be reading a poem to them and that we will discuss it together as a class. Then they will break up into small groups of about 3-4 per group and they will do the "Before We Begin" worksheet. Then we will come back together as a class and combine all of the information on one big chart.
Guided Practice: I will read the poem "Procession" by Martin Lu Robbins. After the poem is read we will talk about what it means and review some of the words that they may not understand. Once this is finished I will read the poem again.
Independent Practice: I will divide the class into small group of about 3-4 students per group, and they will work on the "Before We Begin" worksheet. Once each group has completed their worksheet we will come together as a class and combine each groups information onto one giant chart that will remain up in front during the next two weeks. We will update the chart as the unit progresses.
Day 2:
Sponge Activity: Have students draw a picture of all the different
types of chores they do.
Opening: I will tell that them we will be watching a hyperstudio that I did. Once we have completed this they will individually do the "Venn Diagram: Jobs" worksheet.
Guided Practice: I will use a computer, screen, and LCD panel to show them the different types of jobs that each member of the Plains Indian family did.
Independent Practice: Each student will complete the "Venn Diagram: Job" worksheet and turn it into me.
Day 3:
Sponge Activity: Have students draw an imaginary animal.
Opening: Tell the students that I am going to read them a book and discuss its content., Then each student will write his of her own legend.
Guided Practice: I will read them Folk Tales of the Native Americans by Dee Brown. We will discuss the importance of legends of the Plains Indians.
Independent Practice: Students will write their own legend using the outline worksheet that will be provided.
Day 4:
Sponge Activity: Have them draw a picture of their house.
Opening: Let them know that we will be talking about the Plains Indians housing.
Guided Practice: We will have a discussion about where they live and what type of house they live in.
Independent Practice: They will make their own individual tipis (see "Make a Table-Top Tipi" worksheet) on instructions.
Day 5:
Sponge Activity: Have students make a buffalo out of brown cotton
Opening: Let students know we will be talking about the importance of the buffalo to the Plains Indians, and I will be reading them a book. Lastly, they will complete a worksheet.
Guided Practice: I will read allowed Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker. Then we will discuss how vital the buffalo was to the Plains Indians.
Individual Practice: Students will individually complete "How the Buffalo was Used" worksheet and turn it in to me.
Day 6:
Sponge Activity: Have students draw a map of the school.
Opening: I will let the students know that we will be doing activities on how the Plains Indians used maps.
Guided Practice: I would draw a couple of example maps on the board that could have been used by the Plains Indians. We will discuss each map.
Individual Practice: I would draw a picture of a map on the board and then ask the students to write their own ideas about what the map is showing.
Day 7:
Sponge Activity: Have student write their names out and them
with each corresponding letter write an adverb that describes them.
Opening: Let the students know that we will be discussing how and why the Plains Indians got their name. They will each complete a worksheet.
Guided Practice: Discuss what they wrote about their names, and ask the how they got their names and what it means.
Individual Practice: They will each complete "It's All In A Name" worksheet and turn it into to me.
Day 8:
Sponge Activity: Have students write in Spanish the number 1-10.
Opening: Let students know that we will be doing activities about the symbols used by the Plains Indians for communication.
Guided Practice: Discuss what pictographs are and what they mean. I would draw several pictographs on the board and explain what each one means.
Individual Practice: Have each student design their own pictographs and explain in a paragraph the story that is express with the pictures.
Day 9: (Internet Day)
Sponge Activity: Have students draw a picture of an Indian chief.
Opening: Tell students that we will be going to the computer lab and working in groups to complete a project.
Guided Practice: Go to the computer lab and give instruction on using the computers and getting information.
Individual Practice: Have students work in pairs or in-groups of three. Have them choose a Plains Indians tribe to find our more information about. Using the "Report On" worksheet have students complete some simple research to introduce them to their tribe. Lastly, have class come together in classroom, and have each group present their tribe to the class.
Day 10:
Finish Presentations if they haven't already
*Have students do "Word Match" worksheet and turn it into me.
*Go back to the giant chart that we did the first day we started this unit and see what new information we can add to it. Have the chart remain in the front of the class the remaining of the year.
*Worksheets that correspond with
each lesson.
*Computers, LCD panel, and screen.
*Pencils, crayons, markers, map pencils, ruler, & compass.
*Flour tortilla, bamboo skewers, toothpicks, food coloring in water, & paintbrushes.
There are many lessons that can be extended form
these lessons.
*Math-Make up word problems using Indians.
*English-read different books to them and have them read the books individually (see list of books in Bibliography section).
Internet Questions:
1. The Plains Indians lived in the area of our country known as
the ________(Great Plains)_________.
2. What was the most important natural resource of the Plains Indians? (the buffalo)
3. What are the 3 basic needs of the Plains Indians? (food, clothing, & shelter)
4. What does migration mean? (the constant movement of a people)
5. What did the Plains Indians live in? (teppees)
6. What is another name for the skin of a buffalo? (hide)
7. True or False. The Plains Indians only killed what they needed in order to survive? (True)
8. Who were the indians who received many visions? (medicine men)
9. Who was one of the most famous Indian Chiefs of the Plains Indians? (Sitting Bull)
All worksheets referenced can be found in this
booklet:A Thematic Unit About: Plains Indians by Mari
Lu Robbins, Evan-moor Corp, 1996.
Folk Tales of the Native Americans by Dee Brown, Henry Holt and Company, 1993.
The Indian Heritage of American by M., Jr., Alfred A. Knopf, 1968.
The Native Americans: an Illustrated History by David Hurt Thomas, Turner Publishing, 1993.
Through Indian Eyes by Beverly Slapin and Doris Seale, New Society Publishers, 1992.
Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker, Puffin Books, 1985.
Internet Sites:
Plains Indian Culture, http://www.germantown.k12.il.us/html/plains.html
visited on 3/25/99
Plains Indians Before 1700, http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/luxton/sect_1/ld.htm visited on 4/2/99
The National Park Service-Plains Indians, http://www.nps.gov/fola/indians.htm visited on 4/8/99
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KNX brings 'On Your Corner' to Anaheim Resort Area on April 20
KNX/1070 AM brings "On Your Corner" to Anaheim on April 20 with day-long programming from the Anabella Hotel on Katella Avenue across from Disney's California Adventure.
News anchors Dick Helton and Vicky Moore start the day at 5 a.m. in the main lobby of the hotel, 1030 W. Katella Ave. Parking is free at the two parking entrances. Civic and business leaders will discuss Anaheim's sports and tourism industries, and share stories about the city's colorful past.
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A business mixer open to the public will begin at 5 p.m., and will be followed by a hotel happy hour, according to KNX.
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We asked for feedback on the new Tom Leykis Internet talk show, and among the respondents was Leykis himself. He forwarded the numbers from Google Analytics, which reported, "Over 80,000 visits to blowmeuptom.com (the first) week from 100 different countries." Leykis added, "This doesn't even count listenership from TuneIn, Winamp, Windows Media Player, iTunes, and other media players. The server issues were the first two hours on Monday only. The system is now practically bulletproof.
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Leykis is on 3-6 p.m. weekdays, with an extra hour for "Leykis 101" on Thursdays. Listening is free as a stream. A premium subscription membership offers archived shows, special audio content and other extras. More information: www.premiumtom.com.
Listeners offered this feedback:
Patrick Huber, Anaheim: "Having the Professor back is as exciting as having Pujols on the Angels! Reception was a little spotty Monday, much less so on Tuesday and great since. I've been listening on the computer and my iPhone. I even bought one of Tom's small business ads. It's been a thrill to hear Tom the Master take my mediocre copy and make it 1000% better!"
Roger Gorski, Newport Beach: "Who uses their computer to hear what is supposed to be heard on a common radio? Does anyone use television to listen to music, well maybe MTV or VH1, but there is also something visual to look at. I'll listen to Leykis when he gets a REAL radio gig again, but until then, FORGET ABOUT IT!"
Dennis Heroy, Fullerton, called Leykis a "fresh dose of 'radio' and said he listens to Leykis in the car. Here is what he does: "I have a wireless transmitter (plug into the cigarette lighter) that I use for my iPod that plays on an unused FM station. I just plug in my iPhone and use the TuneIn radio app and BOOM Leykis on my car stereo. I'm sure all the 'Haters' will start calling in again, but like they said about Howard Stern, 'If they hate him why do they listen to him? Answer: to see what he will say next."
Contemporary Christian KFSH/95.9's Fishfest is June 23 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine. The line-up includes (main stage) TobyMac, Sanctus Real and Phil Wickham. The side stage will feature Five Iron Frenzy, Trip Lee, Moriah Peters. The full rundown was to be released on the morning show April 13. Tickets go on sale April 21. More information: www.thefishla.com
Readers may recognize the name Bob Crane as the star of TV's "Hogan Heroes." Or some may ask who is that? Crane is worthy of your attention because from 1956-65 he was the king of morning radio on (yes) KNX/1070 AM.
LARadio.com historian Don Barrett wrote, "KNX was like a late-night TV variety show, only on radio. He was brash, irreverent, quick-witted and the master of the innocent insult. His morning competition was KMPC's Dick Whittinghill, with whom he developed a feud that raged for nine years." Crane's guests included Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope.
Why tell you this? Because thanks to the efforts of Michael Ambrosini on the Facebook page Columbia Square Alumni, a campaign is under way to get Crane inducted as an honoree into the National Radio Hall of Fame. "Rick Dees is in there, along with a lot of people you've never heard of. Why not our own local boy," he posted.
Crane was beaten to death in a Scottsdale, Ariz., apartment June 29, 1978. But his radio work lives on and is worth your time to sample it at www.vote4bobcrane.org. Click on BLOG to hear selected shows. If you agree Crane deserves the honor, write Bruce DuMont, CEO, Museum of Broadcast Communications, 360 N. State St., Chicago, IL 60654-5411.
Let us know what you think, too, after hearing a few Crane shows.
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Nostalgia buffs should catch Vince Daniels' "Many Moods" show from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, on KCAA/1050 AM or, better yet, the live audio and video stream at www.VinceDaniels.com.
In honor of his 52nd birthday, he said, he is devoting the entire show to UHF station KBSC/52 when it was owned by Kaiser Broadcasting and played dozens of early TV programs – everything from "Speed Racer" and "Felix The Cat" to "The Roller Derby Game of the Week" with Dick Lane and "Headshop," a weeknight show hosted by Elliot Mintz. Daniels guest will be Dick Block of Kaiser Broadcasting, who created the line-up. Grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy.
With all the interest in Titanic this month, Corey Deitz at radio.about.com tells the true story of the "wireless radio operators who struggled to signal for help." Here's the link: http://radio.about.com/od/britishradiohistory/a/The-Titanic-Disaster-and-its-Wireless-Radio-Operators.htm?nl=1
Caroline Charland talks about "So you got a bunny for Easter, now what do you do?" on Marie Hulett's "Pet Place Radio Show" at 9 a.m. Sunday (April 15) on KMZT/1260 AM. Pet Place will be at Pet Expo April 20-22 at the Orange County Fairgrounds. More info: www.kmozart.com, www.petplace.org, and www.facebook.com/PetPlaceRadio.
Sports talk fans, have you heard the new McDonnell/Douglas show on the Internet? It's on 3-5 p.m. weekdays and Joe McDonnell said the first night "went well. There was a crowd of about 50 or so. We had THE Larry King and THE Jerry West as our first guests! All in all, I thought it was a great start." McDonnell and Doug Krikorian did the opener from
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Chef Jamie Gwen's Food & Wine Show, 8 –10 a.m. Sunday (April 15) on KFWB/980 AM, will feature pastry chef
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More information: www.chefjamie.com.
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Pat Matthews plays Beatles music recorded away from Abbey Road at 10 a.m. Sunday (April 15) at www.beatlesarama.com.
Bob Goodman's "Whole 'Nuther Thing" airs at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 21 a salute to Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green on KSBR/88.5 FM. More info: www.ksbr.org. Previous shows are available for download at bobksbr.podomatic.com.
KSPA/1510 AM's "Jazz At The Spa" spotlights Paul Anka at 4 p.m. Sunday (April 15). "Forgotten Hollywood" with Manny Pacheco profiles Elvis Presley's film roles at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 21. More information: www.thesparadio.com and www.forgottenhollywood.com.
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For the run of his exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Ali Kazma has transformed the museum's Black Box theater into a shrine to repetitive-stress injury.
The Turkish artist's bizarrely mesmerizing video installation -- which plays in a continuous loop on seven screens -- features footage of a notary public rubber-stamping stacks of documents at a pace so superhuman it will make your carpal tunnel ache.
Called "O.K.," Kazma's multi-channel work documents a simple if wrist-numbingly repetitive action: the stamping of corporate documents with a government seal. According to the artist, Turkish law requires that all of a company's official filings and accounting paperwork be stamped by hand with an inked rubber stamp, authenticating that they have been received by the proper authorities.
That's every single printed page, front and back. It's hard to believe, in the 21st century, that there isn't a machine that can do this, or that such a requirement still exists. But the process is still done manually.
Kazma invited an Istanbul notary who is particularly good at it -- boy, is he good at it -- to demonstrate his craft. The man's hands and fingers fly in a blur of furious action as he flips through reams of paper, stamping all the way.
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The length of games has been an issue for gamers for many years now, with people coming down on both sides of it.
Today's blog is a bit of a mish-mash. I don't have one specific topic I want to blog long about, but I have a few short ones.
How important is our identity online? Is it just another aspect of our "real life" identity, and equally important?
Some of you may remember that I'm actually a transplanted American. I'm originally from Iowa but I now live up here in rainy Vancouver.
Gee, it's Friday, so the irritating Michael Pachter must have opened his mouth.
Playing games like Uncharted and Tomb Raider (or imagining playing, as I haven't played any of the latter), I often wonder as I'm jumping from ledge to ledge, trying to keep from that fatal plunge to my death 200 feet below: why is this here?
We all know why web sites and other fora have swear filters for their users. It's because it's a site for all ages, and we don't want little kids to be out there cursing like drunken sailors (sorry, Saint) because of something they picked up on our web site.
I've become very sporadic on my blogging here. I still enjoy it, but I seem stuck in a rut.Part of it is lack of time, or access to a computer for the period of time it takes to write a post, when I've actually thought of a topic. When I do decide that it's time I do one, I sometimes sit here staring at the screen, wondering what the hell I'm going to write about.When I first landed here on Game Informer, in May 2010 (has it really been less than a year?), I was looking for a place to put my video game thoughts, because readers of my regular blog didn't really care about video games. I wanted to talk about them, but why bother if nobody cares? So I was looking for an outlet. When I stumbled upon this site, and saw the user blog function here, I was in heaven.Saint inspired me with his daily blogs, all quality of one sort of another. I figured I could do the same thing.And I did for a while.Now I haven't been. And I have a bit of a new problem that's come along with the lack of regular blogging.When I do blog, is it going to be good? Thought-provoking? Will people read it and say "we've waited a week, or two weeks, for *that*?A cherished friend of mine wrote about this philosophy on her blog, and it's a post that I encourage everybody to read, especially bloggers. It's kind of long, but it's worth it.
Gamebeast had a great post this week about multiplayer gaming possibly making us more narcissistic. But I sometimes have to wonder.
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Our Mission:
To provide a home-like environment where people at the end of life may live fully, receiving compassionate and competent care from professional, volunteer and family caregivers.
Our Care:
Residents and their families receive individualized care that addresses their physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological and social needs. Hospice caregivers help control pain and symptoms so residents can live each day more comfortably and with dignity.
Our Vision:
To be a community leader and resource for end of life care issues.
Honoring Veterans
Veterans represent one-third of all residents served at Omega House. We are honored to serve these residents and have established a special fund to assist in providing care to any veteran in need of local hospice care.
Current News
Econo Cares
December 01, 2016
Omega House has recently signed up for the "Econo Cares" program through Econo Foods in Houghton. The "Econo Cares' program is an easy way for you to contribute to Omega House by saving your Econo Food receipts. We ask that you bring or mail your receipts to Omega House at your convenience. The Omega House will earn 1% cash of total in receipts two times per year. If you have any questions please call Mike at the Omega House at (906) 482-4438.
Calumet High School Students Build Omega House Storage Shed
November 30, 2016
Mark Bonenfant with his students in front
of the new Omega House storage shed
When Mike Lutz, Executive Director, of Omega House in Houghton told Mark Bonenfant that Omega House needed more storage space, Mark, who teaches Industrial Education at Calumet High School, rallied his students to the call. Saying, "What a great way for our students to learn skills and contribute to the community at the same time." Mark and his 15 students began to design and build a shed. Mark then called on 41 Lumber in Laurium to be involved and 41 Lumber donated all of the lumber and supplies.
A big thank you also goes out to Steve Terrian, owner, of Superior Service in Atlantic Mine for transporting the shed to its site at the Omega House. Asked about their contribution, Chuck Junot at 41 Lumber said, very simply, "Because it's a good thing to do. Many of us have a history with Omega House, and it is our way to say 'thank you'."
Portage Health Auxiliary Awards Donation to Omega House
May 2, 2016
Michael Lutz, Omega House executive director,
receiving a check
from Barb Worrall, president of the
Portage Health Auxiliary
Portage Health Auxiliary has given a donation to Omega House to purchase seven Evacusleds. On March 22, Barb Worrall, president of the Portage Health Auxiliary presented a check for $6,772 to Michael Lutz, Executive Director of Omega House.
"Evacusleds" are devices with tiny wheels that fit under bed mattresses. In an emergency that would require evacuating a bed-ridden patient, an evacusled is a device that allows one person to move a patient by transforming the bed into a sled. The "sled" is then pulled across the floor to safety in short order, saving critical time and energy. Evacusleds mount onto the bed and do not affect the patient's comfort.
On receiving this generous donation, Mike Lutz said, "The safety of our residents is at the top of our priorities. Evacusleds will allow us to reassure residents and family members that their loved ones are receiving the safest and most compassionate care at all times. The Portage Health Auxiliary has always been a great supporter of Omega House and this gift allows us to provide the quality of life each one of our residents deserves."
Omega House Welcomes Michael Lutz, Executive Director
January 21, 2016
Michael Lutz, new executive director of
Omega House, together with
Deb Young, Omega House president
January 2016 brought a new era to Omega House, as we welcome Mike Lutz as our first executive director. Since 2005, our volunteer board of directors has been a "working board," actively involved with the operations of the house. Last summer, Ray Weglarz informed the board he was planning to retire as director of community and donor relations. The executive committee and full board evaluated options on how to best replace Ray's position and meet the immediate needs and long term vision of the House to serve our community. (See Strategic Vision 2020 document on our web page).
Deb Young, president of the Omega House board, said "The board decided it was time for an executive director. After a long search process, Mike was hired. He will oversee all aspects of house operations, as well as donor and community relations. Mike will work closely with our house manager, Mary Kay Grabig, who oversees resident care, admissions, our volunteer program, supervising and hiring staff and bookkeeping."
Mike is a homegrown Copper Country resident. He grew up in the Calumet area and graduated from Calumet High School and Michigan Tech. Mike has spent nearly 30 years working in health care, where he worked for Mercy Ambulance, Apria and most recently for the Baraga County Memorial Hospital as director of revenue cycle. He draws on his strength in customer service and finance. He has been an active member of the community, lives in Houghton with his wife, Sue and dog Sonny. Golf and snowmobiling are at the top of his outside interests.
Ray will continue to volunteer his time and will rejoin the board of directors. He said, "Working with our donors and community to further the mission of Omega House has been a wonderful experience during the past 5 years. I am blessed to be part of this organization and to have worked closely with so many giving people who are generous with their time, talents and resources. Our staff and volunteers are inspirational. The compassion they display for our residents and their family members is humbling." As a former hospice nurse and founding board member Ray will continue to speak in our community about the importance of caring for our elders and advocating for hospice care.
Please join with us in welcoming our new executive director, Mike Lutz. We look forward to our future and realizing our expanded vision: "To be a community leader and resource for end of life care."
$5,000 Gift from Keweenaw Community Foundation for Advance Care Planning
January 21, 2016
KCF executive director Jim Vivian presents
Omega House executive director Mike Lutz
with a $5000 grant for advance
care planning.
We are pleased to continue our partnership with the Keweenaw Community Foundation (KCF) to promote Advance Care Planning (ACP) in our community. In 2015 the KCF provided a $10,000 grant that allowed Omega House to print and distribute free ACP resource materials to members of the community and health care providers. This year we have received a $5,000 grant from KCF to continue to promote ACP in our area at no charge to individuals, families or health care providers.
Advance Care Planning is a "process" which includes discussing personal choices for health care and end-of-life care, designating a "health care advocate" who you trust to honor your choices and documenting and communicating those choices in writing to your health care providers and family members. It is important to remember that your health care advocate only speaks for you if you are not able to communicate yourself. Omega House has trained ACP facilitators who are available to assist you and your loved ones through the ACP process that allows you to discuss, document, and share personal choices for health and end-of-life care.
"We are delighted in receiving this funding from the Keweenaw Community foundation for our Advance Care Planning initiative," said new Omega House Executive Director, Mike Lutz. "Our strategic vision is to be a community leader in advance care planning. We believe advance care planning is a cornerstone for providing quality person-centered health care." Through this partnership, the "Five Wishes" ACP forms have been made available to the community at the KCF and Omega House offices. Five Wishes is an easy to use, readily accessible, and legally-binding ACP form that takes into account the individual's personal, emotional, and spiritual needs as well as his or her medical wishes—putting them firmly in control of their care.
The five thousand dollar grant came from KCF's Herman Gundlach Fund, named after the late Herman "Winks" Gundlach. Winks championed the cause of end-of-life dignity and autonomy—with hospice and palliative care as well as the "Living Will", or Advanced Care Directive. Jim Vivian, Executive Director of KCF, said, "Improving the quality of life in our area also means improving the quality of end-of-life, and we could not be prouder of this initiative."
For more information on advance care planning, or if you would like to schedule a 5 Wishes discussion, please call Carol Pfefferkorn or Kathy Abbott, Omega House ACP facilitators at
, or Mike Lutz at
Goodbye and Hello – House Manager Changes
March 31, 2015
New House Manager of Omega House,
Mary Kay Grabig.
In December we said goodbye to Mary Herlevich who retired from her position as House Manager. We are grateful for her leadership. Throughout our first nine years, Mary oversaw the operations of the House, and guided our aides and volunteers in the care of over 360 residents. We will also miss her sense of humor and the laughter she brought to the House. Thank you Mary for your loyal service.
Our new House Manager is Mary Kay Grabig, who joined us from the Torch Lake Federal Credit Union where she served as CEO and was employed the past twenty five years. Mary Kay shares, "My mother Marilyn Hon was one of the early residents of Omega House. I know from first-hand experience how important it is to provide support for our residents and their families. I am committed to helping continue the Omega House tradition of providing competent and compassionate care." Mary Kay lives in Laurium with her husband Dan and daughter Gwendolyn. She has 2 sons, Darren ( Joni) and Jeff and a step-son Josh (Emma) who is serving in the Air Force overseas. Welcome Mary Kay!
Superior Health Foundation Awards Major Grant to Omega House
March 26, 2015
Representatives from UP non-profits
receiving grants at the SHF inaugural awards at NMU.
The Superior Health Foundation (SHF) recently awarded Omega House a grant for $25,956. Guy St. Germain, Omega House board member and Raymond Weglarz, Development Director, attended the SHF inaugural awards event in Marquette to accept the award. Representatives from 25 UP non-profit organizations were on hand to receive awards at the celebration at which SHF awarded more than $321,000 non-profit organizations committed to improving health care and access to care and services to those in need across the UP.
Ray said. "We are thrilled to receive this award which will directly help our residents who are not able to pay for the full cost of their care. We are most grateful to Jim Lajoie, SHF Executive Director and their entire board for this generous gift, it is the largest grant we have every received. We remain committed to providing care to anyone in need, regardless of their financial circumstances and this award will help us to do that."
The SHF is a "conversion foundation," created after the sale of MGH to LifePoint. SHF has a UP wide mission and vision - "To assist with unmet healthcare needs, with health education, and with programs and research on preventing illness and promoting health." For more information about the SHF and their granting programs visit superiorhealthfoundation.org, or contact Jim LaJoie at 906-225-6914.
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We are always grateful for donations from the wish list. A few of the items currently needed include:
•Microwave oven
•Ear or forehead thermometers (in need of 7)
•Oral thermometers
•New carpets in dining room and entrance way (Please inquire within for size)
To view the entire wish list, please visit the
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Hmmm....an interesting comment.
In my experience (and they way I've been taught) is that uke's role is to continuously be trying to regain balance in a fashion that's controlled or set by shite. The idea being that each part of a technique could be the "final" movement, unless uke moves into the natural place for them to regain their balance. This "natural" place is a result of what shite has just done. When uke attempts to regain their balance by moving there then you do the next part...and so on...until it gets to the point where there is a pin or a throw which is the finish of this combined set of movements that make up the technique.
Along the same lines when people say there is no attack in Aikido I would have to disagree because by giving an opening, punching someone in the head or even calling them names are all actions meant to elicit a reaction...which goes back into the controlling of the next movement and so on and so on until they are aiki-ily transformed into a small puddle on the floor.
As for training...learning the feeling of off-balance and how to recover from it as uke is what helps you learn to control that feeling in your uke when you are shite.
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I have a 99 wrangler sport tj 4.0 automatic and it has 80,000 miles.all stock...pic is on profile!! I know the jeep holds it's value like no other but i was wondering if they are known for having problems later on down the road? Just wondering what everyone thought about 99 sport tj!!
If properly maintained your sport is likely less than half of it's way through life.
That assumes that the PO took care of it and you will take care of it.
Take care of it and it will take care of you! The 4.0 I6 engine is well known for having a VERY long life...some even pushing the 300k mark
^^ yup i saw a 2000 on CL with 330, 000 on it and runnign strong, jsut take good care of it!
Haha. I was looking at one. Some kid in Newport Beach was selling a '98 with 375000 miles on it. He said the compression was perfect and the car ran like a rock.
He was asking $7500 for it. It was lifted with 33s. Even though I didn't buy the Jeep from him, we talked for a few weeks about this awesome vehicle that we both love.
he wound up selling it to some 65 yr. old guy in Colorado for $7k. Wowzers.
I guess to some, mileage doesn't matter.
It's all about how the previous owner treated it and maintained it. A vehicle with 50k miles on it could be in MUCH worse shape than one with 300k on it. I never put low miles as a priority when im looking for a vehicle, instead i check out service records, inspect the whole vehicle, ect...
I can never understand why people will pay out the ass for a vehicle with low miles but they dont even bother to check if its been abused. I bought my jeep with 150k on it and it runs beautifully, ive never had a single issue with it. Before i bought it i checked out the service records, inspected everything on it and brought it to a mechanic to make sure i wasnt missing anything. The jeep had a brand new engine installed in it and i made sure to ask why and went to see the mechanic who installed it. Turns out it was accidently over-revved they threw a rod. The rest of the jeep was in excellent shape, it had obviously been taken care of and garaged.
I got my 99 at a great price, with a brand new engine and clutch installed. I got it for well below what 99's usually go for mostly because people looked at the odometer and automatically said no. But little did they know that it was in better shape then most 99's with half those miles on them, AND it had a brand new engine and clutch in it.
Obviously you have to check more things out like the tranny, rust, engine, ect when you look at a higher mileage vehicle, but if it was taken care of properly it can be in just as good or better shape as one with half the miles on it.
Well after that long tangent i guess my point it take care of your jeep and it'll take care of you!
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Seed dispersal by ants, or myrmecochory, works very much like dispersal by fruit-eating birds and mammals: ant-dispersed seeds typically have a fatty attachment, called an elaiosome, that looks tasty to ants. Ants collect elaiosome-bearing seeds, bring them back to their nest, pry off the tasty bit, and then discard the rest of the seed. This leaves the seed safely underground in an ant-midden, ready to germinate -- a great way to dodge seed-eating critters and avoid competition from its parent plant and siblings [$-a].
Lots of wildflowers [$-a] have ant-dispersed seeds, including bloodroot, touch-me-not, and good old trillium. It's an extremely popular dispersal mechanism, having evolved independently multiple times on every continent except Antarctica. Really, me not knowing about myrmecochory is kind of like not knowing about fruit!
Ant dispersal is also associated with increased species diversity. In the new article, Lengyel et al. use a classic analysis method called sister group comparison to test the hypothesis that ant-dispersed plant groups contain more species than the most closely-related plant group. And they do, by a long way: on average, myrmecochorous groups contain twice as many species as their non-myrmecochorous sister groups. Why is this? As the authors conclude, it's probably a side consequence of ant dispersal -- ants don't move seeds very far from where they collect them.
Recent evidence from genetic studies shows that limited seed dispersal in myrmecochory can lead to strong genetic structure within populations even at spatial scales as small as a few meters. The failure of myrmecochores to maintain gene flow across barriers may lead to reproductive isolation of sub-populations, which may facilitate speciation. [In-text references omitted.]So myrmecochorous plants, like Appalachian salamanders [$-a] and tropical white-eyes [$-a], make lots of new species not because their unique characteristics give them some adaptive advantage (although, to be sure, there are advantages to ant dispersal), but because ants do a lousy job moving seeds between populations, leaving them free to follow their own evolutionary trajectories.
Lengyel et al. argue that myrmecochory is a key innovation, a trait that helps a group of organisms spread and diversify in the process evolutionary biologists call adaptive radiation. Based on their results, I have to agree -- ant dispersal is strongly associated with evolutionary diversification. But the speciation that myrmecochory promotes is an accident, a side effect. We often think of key innovations promoting speciation by adaptive means, by allowing one group of species to outcompete others. Clearly, however, a key innovation can also be a trait that makes the accident of speciation a little more likely.
Beattie, A.J., & Culver, D.C. (1981). The guild of myrmecochores in the herbaceous flora of West Virginia forests. Ecology, 62, 107-15 DOI: http://www.jstor.org/pss/1936674
Giladi, I. (2006). Choosing benefits or partners: a review of the evidence for the evolution of myrmecochory. Oikos, 112 (3), 481-92 DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2006.14258.x
Kozak, K., Weisrock, D., & Larson, A. (2006). Rapid lineage accumulation in a non-adaptive radiation: phylogenetic analysis of diversification rates in eastern North American woodland salamanders (Plethodontidae: Plethodon). Proc. R. Soc. B, 273 (1586), 539-46 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3326
Lengyel, S., Gove, A., Latimer, A., Majer, J., & Dunn, R. (2009). Ants sow the seeds of global diversification in flowering plants. PLoS ONE, 4 (5) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005480
Moyle, R., Filardi, C., Smith, C., & Diamond, J. (2009). Explosive Pleistocene diversification and hemispheric expansion of a "great speciator." Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 106 (6), 1863-8 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809861105


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comcast Corp. is in the final stages of a deal to bring Harry Potter's magic to life in Hollywood.
The owner of Universal Studios will announce before year's end that it will build a version of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at its Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. That's according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
The first Harry Potter attraction opened in Orlando, Fla., in June 2010. Since then, attendance at Universal Orlando has jumped by 40 percent to 50 percent, Comcast executive vice president Steve Burke said in September. He said the attraction caused "a gigantic sea change in the profitability."
A Universal spokeswoman declined to comment Thursday. The development was earlier reported by The Wall Street Journal.
Comcast, the cable TV giant that bought a majority stake in NBCUniversal in January in a $13.5 billion deal, also bought out its 50 percent partner in the Universal Orlando theme park, The Blackstone Group, for $1.03 billion in June.
Burke told analysts in September that the theme parks business was the "last thing on our list" when acquiring NBCUniversal, but the company is now "delighted" to own more of it.
In the nine months through September, its theme-park revenue rose 33 percent from a year ago to $1.49 billion, while operating cash flow jumped 61 percent to $644 million.
That makes it the company's second-most profitable division behind pay TV channels, accounting for just under a quarter of the operating cash flow overall.


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Welcome Catholic Moms! › Forums › General Topics › Need some advice, pls! › Reply To: Need some advice, pls!
Hi Tina!
I have posted on this topic in the past here – same problem with my convert-Baptist uncle (previously Anglican protestant) and his wife and children. Ugh. It's not pretty. And they are soooooo nasty about RCC.
I've tried ignoring them, but get very riled up by their comments. Have tried refuting but they tend to tune out or change the subject if I can actually refute some of the quotes they hurl at me – just a huge exercise in aggravation really. We now live across the country from them, but my uncle is coming to visit us when in town for a Baptist conference in early November. AAAUUUUGGGHHH. But I find that he's (a) better when not on their home turf but guests in our house and (b) when his wife isn't around.
I really benefited from reading Rome Sweet Home by Scott and Kimberley Hahn. Want to send my dear uncle a copy of it but haven't worked up the nerve!! Also Karl Keating's book – title is something like The Attack on the Church of Rome by "Bible" Christians. Very thorough and goes through everything about our faith – and refutes much that Baptists are taught about us.
There's a famous quote by an American priest – baby brain at the moment and I can't remember his name – sigh – something like people hate what they mistakenly believe to be true about the Roman Catholic Church.
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Congrats! I also just cut up my Merrick bank card. Def helped me rebuild but now I'm onto much better cards and limits!
Closed mine 2 weeks ago after only having it for 7 months. They didn't give me a CLI at 6 months and my scores are up about 100 points since I opened the account. Good riddance!
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Selena Gomez Gets Sassy For The February Issue Of Nylon
Selena Gomez celebrated the release of her Nylon magazine cover at the Soho House in West Hollywood Tuesday night after a long day in the recording studio.
The star, who is currently recording her fourth album, told Extra's Terri Seymour at the event that she's looking forward to doing more movies and is eager for her fans to hear her new music.
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June 5, 1944: Liberation of Rome
In the afternoon of the same day, Wednesday, June 7th, the Pope received, in a memorable and moving general audience in the Sala Clementina, some seven hundred grimy Allied soldiers, most of them fresh from battle and all of them in the highest spirits. There were British, French, Americans, Poles, Indians, and men from all the Dominions. The contrast between these varieties of battle-dress and the plumed Swiss Guard in their sixteenth-century uniforms who marshalled them made the deepest impression : here were the centuries meeting, as well as the nations of the free world, at an historic moment in history. The Pope said in English from the throne : "We bless all you here in person, and We send Our blessing to your loved ones at home. We pray that God in His love and mercy may be with you always. Goodbye. Bless you all." Then he administered the Apostolic Benediction as the soldiers knelt, and came down from the throne, passing among the men as he made his way to leave. Hundreds of soldiers pressed round the common father, trying to kiss his hand or his cassock, and altogether too enthusiastic for the Swiss Guard ; but the Pope himself was entirely unperturbed, smiling, and speaking all the time to those nearest to him. Every soldier who attended was given a rosary which he had specially blessed, in a little envelope bearing the papal crest.
The Tablet, June 17, 1944
The Italian theatre of operations was the forgotten theatre of operations in World War II Europe. The American, British, Poles, New Zealanders, Australians, South Africans, Brazilians and other Allied troops fought a long and grinding campaign against a formidable German defense, with advances often painfully won from mountain top to mountain top, up the tough spine of the Italian boot. Typical of how events in Italy were overshadowed by events elsewhere in Europe was the liberation of Rome on June 5, 1944, a very hard won objective of the Allied 5th American Army and the 8th British Army, which was immediately overshadowed by D-Day the next day.
The above video is color footage showing the entrance of some of the American troops into Rome on June 5, 1944, and an audience they had with Pope Pius XII.
The Pope, like almost all Romans, was joyous to be free from Nazi occupation, and he made that clear when he met with General Mark Clark.
"A few days after the liberation of Rome, Lieutenant General Mark Clark, Commander of the Fifth Allied Army, paid his respects to the Pope: "I am afraid you have been disturbed by the noise of my tanks. I am sorry." Pius XII smiled and replied: "General, any time you come to liberate Rome, you can make just as much noise as you like.""
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Rome was not 'a very hard won' objective, in fact it was not an objective at all; it was an 'open city' which was taken without resistance when Mark Clark put personal vainglory before duty and disobeyed orders to engage the German 10th Army. The escape of that unit was to result in subsequent Allied casualties which could have been avoided. Alexander should have sacked him, but the US press was lauding Clark as a hero and Churchill, not always a good judge of character, held Clark in some esteem. I understand that after the war some American veterans tried to bring Clark to book, but the authorities intervened and prevented it.
Don, feel free to dismiss this as 'complete and utter rubbish' (without adducing any evidence to the contrary) but you do have a tendency to view history through the distorting lens of national prejudice.
"The American, British, Poles, New Zealanders, Australians, South Africans, Brazilians and other Allied troops fought a long and grinding campaign against a formidable German defense…"
One should also remember the 112,000 men of the French Expeditionary Corps from the Army of North Africa. They were commanded by Général Alphonse Juin (later Maréchal de France) He is credited with the plans for breaking the Gustav line and he was the victor of the battle of the Garigliano.
My great uncle, Tom (RIP) was a tank crew-member with Patton in North Africa and Sicily and fought all the way up the Italian boot ending the war in the Po Valley. He had a picture of Pope Pius XII giving his blessing. My great uncle George was a rifleman in the same division as Audie Murphy. Thay outfit had the record for 56 days in the line, I think. He contracted hepatitis in the fighting. They never talked about Clark. Their world-view was more intimate, as in the tank wherein the German shells would come in and out, and he prayed one doesn't hit the ammunition or gasoline; and from that little bit of cover from Nazi mortar and MG fire . . .
Nolan: You are correct about Rome. However, there are a hundred such digs against Clark (and every brass hat since Agamemnon).
The entire Italian campaign from D-Day at Salerno through the blood-soaked, devastating defeat at the Rapido River, at Anzio, each hill-top in the mountains on the way to Monte Cassino and at Cassino, etc. Italy was a horrific, bloody meat grinder.
Italy permanently went off the "front burner" beginning the next day, June 6, 1944.
Clark was a brave man and an inspiring combat leader. His tactical sense deserted him far too often, alas.
Actually, I think that the Germans had it right about Monty – 'overcautious, habit-ridden and systematic'. Anyone who sees war in terms of a moral crusade puts himself in the same camp as the Islamic jihadists. Public opinion, of course, needs to be reassured that right is on their side, and the British government propaganda machine played on this in the Great War, even persuading the Americans to join in a 'war for democracy'. Not that the Central Powers did themselves any favours; in 1914 German and Austrian behaviour in Belgium and Serbia respectively went far beyond the norms of civilized warfare.
The 1930s was a decade of ideology; the Left fell over itself to lick Stalin's boots and volunteered for the Spanish Civil War which they saw (wrongly) as a conflict between Fascism and Communism. The fact that both ideologies are cut from the same cloth seems to have eluded them. The Right saw Fascism as representing a return to order but in a modernistic 20th century interpretation. Liberal pacifist sentiment put its faith in collective security and the League of Nations. Faced with the threat of German expansion, the sensible course was to keep Mussolini on side, regardless of Abyssinia (then, as now, a benighted and insignificant country which the Italians might have done something with had it been given to them in the general share-out in 1919). The fact that a perception of 'international morality' was allowed to override clear strategic considerations was in retrospect a mistake. No such moral scruples prevented the West from allying with Stalin after 1941.
US hostility to Japan (Britain's erstwhile ally) had absolutely nothing to do with the nature of the Tokyo regime, and everything to do with control of the Pacific. Does anyone seriously believe Britain declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 in order to impose 'regime change' on Germany? Now that would indeed be 'complete and utter rubbish'. Why did the USA wait for Germany to declare war, more than two years into the conflict, before embarking on her 'moral crusade'? One isn't disputing that the western Allies in terms of their regimes had a moral advantage over their enemies (Germany and Japan) although some of their conduct would be difficult to justify morally.
Wars were fought for national survival or perceived national interest, which in a European context included maintaining the balance of power. The Americans came to realize this after 1945. The Cold War was a classic example of balance of power theory, despite the ideological posturing on both sides.
John Nolan wrote, "Not that the Central Powers did themselves any favours; in 1914 German and Austrian behaviour in Belgium and Serbia respectively went far beyond the norms of civilized warfare."
It began much earlier and ran much deeper than that. Denmark had lost two provinces, France had lost two provinces, and the fall of Paris to the Prussians in 1870 had been seen almost everywhere as the fall of the capital of civilization, the equivalent of the sack of Rome by the Goths. The Saverne incident had shocked the conscience of Europe and, year after year, young men in the lost provinces crossed the frontier to perform their military service in France, knowing they would be forbidden to return to home and family. Unless Germany could be contained, no one could feel secure.
The Italian campaign is indeed the mostly forgotten European theater of war. The battles at Anzio and at Monte Cassino were meatgrinders in every sense of the word. In retrospect, the campaign did force Hitler to spend resources in manpower, armaments and fuel that he certainly would have spent elsewhere – had Italy stayed out of the war.
Anyone who thought the USSR was anything more than an ally of convenience in WWII was crazier than hell. There were such people in FDR's administrations (Hiss, to start). There are people who bring up the price the USSR paid to defeat Germany in WWII. These people usually omit the fact that Stalin was Hitler's ally from September 1939 to June 1941. Stalin was stupid enough to trust Hitler and the millions of civilian dead in the USSR and elsewhere paid the price for Stalin's stupidity. The USSR did not fight a two or three front war, either, while the US and Great Britain did.
Great Britain was the nation entitled to march into Berlin, not Stalin's troops. Great Britain stood alone against Hitler while Stalin supplied Hitler with raw materials and carved up Poland with Hitler. The Germans would have surrendered faster to the British and Americans. What a blunder that decision was.
Germany was expansionist from the time of Frederick the Great – if not sooner – to the defeat of the Nazi dictatorship. Poland, France and others – one way or another, they all were threatened or lost territory to Germany.
Some historians have argued that Britain might have concluded a peace with Germany on favourable terms in 1941, since it was clear by then that neither side could invade the other. However, Churchill knew that no agreement with Hitler was worth the paper it was written on. So the nature of the regime in Germany was important, but it is going too far to claim that Britain went to war in 1939 to effect 'regime change'.
Had the July 1944 plotters succeeded in killing Hitler and effected regime change from within, would the Allies have negotiated with an anti-Nazi German government whose key figures were military men? Highly unlikely for a number of reasons.
'The Europeans botched the peace after World War I and now looked to the Americans to come riding to the rescue yet again'. It took the Americans over a year to field just two divisions and their military contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers was more potential than actual. However, as intended, it did give Woodrow Wilson the opportunity to join with LLoyd George and Clemenceau in forging the 'botched' peace at Versailles.
It's real easy to point at Wilson, George and Clemenceau and point fingers about a "botched peace". A substantial part of France was destroyed. Clemenceau wanted Germany punished and in retrospect it's easy to see why, even though he was wrong in demanding the amount of reparations France wanted. France wanted Alsace-Lorraine back and finally got it.
Wilson was the leading voice in the West that favored the reestablishment of the Polish nation. Great Britain and France weren't so keen on the idea. Germany did not want to surrender Danzig or Greater Poland. The Allies did not fight Germany in the East and Germany had no intention of surrendering the former Polish territory it held. Poland had to kick Germany out and kick them out they did.
The German government allowed safe passage of Lenin from Switzerland to Russia and gave him money to help overthrow the czarist government in order to get Russia out of the war. Had Lenin not been allowed to return to Russia there might not have been a USSR.
The actions of the German government made things a lot worse, before during and after WWI. Contrary to Buchananist belief, the USA's involvement in WWI did not lead to the rise of Hitler. Germany screwed that up all by themselves. The NSDAP was a minor, fringe, hate group and the German people should have known better than to listen to Hitler's hateful screeds. Previous German governments took French, Polish and Austrian territory and helped Lenin.
Lenin wanted to repay the Germans by inciting a Communist revolution there after WWI. Germany had a Communist Party. Lenin wanted to steamroll through Poland. The Red Army was stopped and driven back by the Poles.
Stalin and Hitler had good excuses to hate Poland. Poland, which didn't exist for 123 years, embarrassed both Germany and the USSR.
WWII was an extension of WWI. German means for waging war were not destroyed after WWI and Germany quit in WWI. In WWII Germany was bombed, smashed and wrecked and was forced to surrender and submit to occupation.
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The most obvious "botch" of the Versailles Treaty was its failure to insist on the Rhine as the Western frontier of German. As Maréchal Ferdinand Foch pointed out, Germany had invaded French territory from the Rhineland five times in a century, 1814, 1815, 1870, 1914 and 1918. That should have been enough. In the event, he remarked, "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years," a prediction justified by the event.
The balkanisation of Central and Eastern Europe, pursuant to Woodrow Wilson's principle of the self-determination of nationalities was another blunder; a standing invitation to intervention by the Great Powers.
I would add that the way in which the Ottoman Empire was partitioned is the source of most of the troubles in the Middle East today, after half-a-century and more in which Britain, France and Germany had done everything to shore it up. It was grounded on the fallacy that Islam was a moribund superstition and that nationality would trump religion as the bond of political union.
Mr. Patterson-Seymour,
Wilson's predicament is that he could not support the establishment of Poland and then deny it to others in Europe who had to live as part of someone else's empire, be it Hungary, the Czechs, the Slovaks, the Baltic states or anyone else – and Poland was going to get back on the map if they had to fight everyone else in Europe.
The Ottoman Empire was dying. WWI just pushed along the inevitable. The Middle East conflict can be summed up in one word – Islam. Muslims don't get along with anyone – even other Muslims.
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As to that, the Regency Kingdom of Poland had already been created in 1915.
In the Balkans, the solution proposed by the Congress of Berlin, whereby various territories were placed under Austrian administration, whilst Ottoman sovereignty continued to be recognised provided a partial solution, as had a similar method in Egypt and the Sudan, with a British protectorate.
The Arab revolt against Turkish rule had been preceded by the revolt of the Young Turks against Arab influence that was carried through by the Turkish Republic. Turkish nationalism was as much a solvent of the Empire as Arab nationalism
The Regency Kingdom was nothing more than a vassal to the Czar and for the most part existed on paper. Russia did not evacuate the portions of Poland it held until after Lenin seized power. Austria withdrew after the armistice and as stated earlier, Poland kicked Germany out.
Turks, Arabs – Muslims all, hating each other and everyone else.