MikeFujApr 17, 2007

3 mile

MikeFujApr 13, 2007

How was track I worked out for 2 hours yesterday

MikeFujMar 25, 2007

See you tomarrow

MikeFujMar 25, 2007

Ben were did I go LAst Friday

Dr. MacabreMar 23, 2007

Thanks for the comment on my avatar. It comes from the movie Ghost Rider. I just had to do it!

MikeFujMar 14, 2007

i fell bad for that wall i ran into yup ben that wall is felling perty bad for that wall what is the capital of Cztch Repblic the ancer is prag

MikeFujMar 14, 2007

hay ben I live I live

MikeFujMar 14, 2007

BEn whats up dawg dude BT3 due tomarow perrty big deal don't you think but dude you know what i am done thts a good thing for me i am going to get you more nitendo info so watch out for it man and this is important don't forget to play the simz boy and dude you know what i am doing well in the class and that house made me that is important don't you think and you and tyler beter be hear this week end dude ya well i got to go see you at track pratice tomarow that was a cool talk don't you think ya ya ya ya ya that was dude well see you in florida on tuseday and what is the capital of the cztch Repubec, the anser is butapest yup this is going to be a long talk what is the capital of japan, kyoto what is the bigest city tokyo look at the two words they all have the same leters in them is that not well see at the dock at japan on friday what do you do on this web site any way yup that is all i have to say see you at school P.S Don't H8 Apreshe8

MikeFujMar 13, 2007

there you go ben i need to go theres your info on ww1

MikeFujMar 13, 2007

World War I, also known as WWI (abbreviation), the First World War, the Great War, and "The War to End All Wars," was a global military conflict that took place mostly in Europe between 1914 and 1918. It left millions dead and shaped the modern world. The Allied Powers, led by France, Russia, the British Empire, and later, Italy and the United States, defeated the Central Powers, led by Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire. Much of the fighting in World War I took place along the Western Front, within a system of opposing manned trenches and fortifications (separated by an unoccupied space between the trenches called "no man's land") running from the North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the Eastern Front, the vast eastern plains and limited rail network prevented a trench warfare stalemate from developing, although the scale of the conflict was just as large. Hostilities also occurred on and under the sea and — for the first time — from the air. More than nine million soldiers died on the various battlefields, and millions of civilians perished. The war caused the disintegration of four empires: the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, and Russian. Germany lost its overseas empire, and new states such as Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Yugoslavia were created, and in the cases of Lithuania and Poland, recreated. World War I created a decisive break with the old world order that had emerged after the Napoleonic Wars, which was modified by the mid-19th century’s nationalistic revolutions. The outcomes of World War I would be important factors in the development of World War II 21 years later. Contents [hide] 1 Causes 1.1 Arms races 1.2 Plans, distrust and mobilization 1.3 Militarism and autocracy 1.4 Economic imperialism 1.5 Trade barriers 1.6 Ethnic and political rivalries, both old and new 1.7 Contemporary justifications, politico-moral 2 July crisis and declarations of war 3 Opening hostilities 3.1 Confusion among the Central Powers 3.2 African campaigns 3.3 Serbian campaign 3.4 German forces in Belgium and France 3.5 Asia and the Pacific 4 Early stages 4.1 Trench warfare begins 5 Naval War 6 Southern theatres 6.1 Ottoman Empire 6.2 Italian participation 6.3 War in the Balkans 7 Eastern Front 7.1 Initial actions 7.2 Russian Revolution 8 1917–18 8.1 Entry of the United States 8.2 German Spring Offensive of 1918 8.3 Allied victory: summer and autumn 1918 9 End of war 10 Prisoners of war 11 War crimes 11.1 Armenian Genocide 11.2 Rape of Belgium 12 Economics and manpower issues 13 Technology 14 Opposition to the war 15 Aftermath 15.1 Peace Treaties 15.2 New national identities 15.3 Social trauma 16 Other names 17 Footnotes 18 Basic bibliography 19 Movies, novels, poetry, etc. 19.1 Poetry and songs 19.2 Books and novels 19.3 Films, plays, television series and mini-series 20 See also 20.1 Media 21 External links Causes Main article: Causes of World War I On 28 June 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student, shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie Chotek, in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, which had been annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908. Princip was a member of Young Bosnia, a group whose aims included the unification of the South Slavs and independence from Austria-Hungary (see also: the Black Hand). The assassination in Sarajevo set into motion a series of fast-moving events that escalated into a full-scale war. Austria-Hungary demanded certain actions by Serbia to punish those responsible for the assasination. When Austria-Hungary deemed that Serbia had failed to fully comply, Austria-Hungary declared war, which, due to the complex interlocking nature of international alliances at that time, caused many major European powers to be at war with each other within a matter of weeks. However, the deeper real causes of the conflict were multiple and complex. Arms races The naval race that developed between Britain and Germany was intensified by Britain's 1906 launch of HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary warship that rendered all previous battleships obsolete. (Britain maintained a large lead over Germany in all categories of warship.) Paul Kennedy has pointed out that both nations believed in Alfred Thayer Mahan's thesis that command of the sea was vital to a great nation. David Stevenson described the armaments race as "a self-reinforcing cycle of heightened military preparedness", while David Herrman viewed the shipbuilding rivalry as part of a general movement towards war. However, Niall Ferguson argues that Britain’s ability to maintain an overall advantage signifies that change within this realm was insignificant and therefore not a factor in the movement towards war. The naval strength of the powers in 1914 Country Personnel Large Naval Vessels Tonnage Russia 55,000 4 348,000 France 67,000 10 731,000 Britain 209,000 29 2,205,000 TOTAL 331,000 43 3,264,000 Germany 79,000 17 1,019,000 Austria-Hungary 16,000 3 249,000 TOTAL 95,000 20 1,268,000 Source: Ferguson 1999 p 85 Plans, distrust and mobilization Closely related is the thesis adopted by many political scientists that the war plans of Germany, France and Russia automatically escalated the conflict. Fritz Fischer and his followers have emphasised the inherently aggressive nature of the Schlieffen Plan, which outlined German strategy if at war with both France and Russia. Conflict on two fronts meant Germany had to eliminate one opponent quickly before taking on the other, relying on a strict timetable. It called for a strong right flank attack, to seize Belgium and cripple the French army by pre-empting its mobilization. After the attack, the German army would then rush to the eastern front by railroad and quickly destroy the more slowly mobilizing military of Russia. In a greater context, France's own Plan XVII called for an offensive thrust into Germany’s industrial Ruhr Valley which would cripple Germany’s ability to wage war. Russia’s revised Plan XIX implied a mobilization of its armies against both Austria-Hungary and Germany. All three created an atmosphere where generals and planning staffs were anxious to seize the initiative and achieve decisive victories. Elaborate mobilization plans with precise timetables were prepared. Once the mobilization orders were issued, both generals and statesmen alike understood that there was little or no possibility of turning back or a key advantage would be sacrificed. Furthermore, the problem of communications in 1914 should not be underestimated; all nations still used telegraphy and ambassadors as the main form of communication, which resulted in delays of hours or even days. Militarism and autocracy President Woodrow Wilson of the United States and other observers blamed the war on militarism.[2] The idea was that aristocrats and military elites had too much control over Germany, Russia and Austria, and the war was a consequence of their desire for military power and disdain for democracy. This was a theme that figured prominently in anti-German propaganda, which cast Kaiser Wilhelm II and Prussian military tradition in a negative light. Consequently, supporters of this theory called for the abdication of such rulers, the end of the aristocratic system and the end of militarism — all of which justified American entry into the war once Czarist Russia dropped out of the Allied camp. Wilson hoped the League of Nations and universal disarmament would secure a lasting peace. He also acknowledged variations of militarism that, in his opinion, existed within the British and French political systems. There was some validity to this view of the war, as the Allies consisted of Great Britain and France, both democracies, fighting the Central Powers, which included Germany, an autocracy, and the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, both of them autocratic empires which had subjugated various nationalities and peoples. Russia, one of the Allied Powers, was an empire until 1917, but it was opposing the subjugation of Slavic peoples by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Thus, this view of the war as democracy versus dictatorship had some validity, although it lost credibility as the war lengthened and grew more costly. Economic imperialism Vladimir Lenin asserted that the worldwide system of imperialism was responsible for the war. In this, he drew upon the economic theories of Karl Marx and English economist John A. Hobson, who had earlier predicted the outcome of economic imperialism, or unlimited competition for expanding markets, would lead to a global military conflict.[3] This argument proved popular in the immediate wake of the war and assisted in the rise of Marxism and Communism. Lenin argued that large banking interests in the various capitalist-imperialist powers had pulled the strings in the various governments and led them into the war.[4] Trade barriers Cordell Hull believed that trade barriers were the root cause of both World War I and World War II, and designed the Bretton Woods Agreements to reduce trade barriers, and thus eliminate what he saw as the root cause of the two world wars. Ethnic and political rivalries, both old and new A localised war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia was considered inevitable due to Austria-Hungary’s deteriorating world position and the Pan-Slavic separatist movement in the Balkans. The expansion of such ethnic sentiments coincided with the growth of Serbia, where anti-Austrian sentiment was perhaps at its most fervent; Austria-Hungary had occupied the ethnically Serb province of Bosnia-Herzegovina since 1878 and formally annexed it in 1908. The nationalistic sentiments also coincided with the decline of the Ottoman Empire, which formerly held sway over much of the region. Imperial Russia supported the Pan-Slavic movement, motivated by ethnic and religious loyalties, dissatisfaction with Austria (dating back to the Crimean War, but most recently concerning a failed Russian-Austrian treaty) and a century-old dream of a warm water port.[5] As for Germany, its location in the center of Europe led to the decision for an active defense, culminating in the Schlieffen Plan. At the same time, the transfer of the contested Alsace and Lorraine territories and defeat in the Franco-Prussian War influenced France’s policy, characterised by revanchism. The French formed an alliance with Russia, and a two-front war became a distinct possibility for Germany. See also: Powder keg of Europe Contemporary justifications, politico-moral Actors, at the time immediately before and during the war, offered various justifications for the conflict. An introduction to contemporary views may be found in Henri Bergson's The Meaning of the War, Life & Matter in Conflict (London, 1915, also available at Project Gutenberg.) July crisis and declarations of war After the assassination of June 28, Austria-Hungary waited for 3 weeks before deciding on a course of action, obtaining first a "blank cheque" from Germany that promised support for whatever it decided. The Austro-Hungarian government, once assured of support, moved to crush Serbia. On July 23 Austro-Hungary issued the July Ultimatum to Serbia, demanding among other things that Austrian agents be allowed to take part in the investigation of the assassination, and that Serbia should take responsibility for it.[6] The Serbian government accepted all the terms of the ultimatum, with the exception of those relating to the participation of the Austrian agents in the inquiry, which Serbia regarded as a violation of its sovereignty. Breaking diplomatic relations, Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28 and proceeded to bombard Belgrade with artillery on July 29. On July 30, Austria-Hungary mobilized its army when its July Ultimatum to Serbia expired. Russia then mobilized its own army, due to its standing military guarantees to Serbia. Having pledged its support to Austria-Hungary, Germany issued Russia an ultimatum on July 31, demanding a halt to mobilization within 12 hours. On August 1, with the ultimatum expired, the German ambassador to Russia formally declared war. On August 2, Germany occupied Luxembourg, as a preliminary step to the invasion of Belgium and implementation of the Schlieffen Plan (which was rapidly going awry, as the Germans had not intended to be at war with a mobilised Russia this quickly). Yet another ultimatum was delivered to Belgium on August 2, requesting free passage for the German army on the way to France. The Belgians refused. At the very last moment, the Kaiser Wilhelm II asked Moltke, the German Chief of General Staff, to cancel the invasion of France in the hope this would keep Britain out of the war. Moltke refused on the grounds that it would be impossible to change the rail schedule—“once settled, it cannot be altered”.[7] On August 3, Germany declared war on France and invaded Belgium on August 4. This act violated Belgian neutrality, the status to which Germany, France, and Britain were all committed by treaty. It was inconceivable that Great Britain would remain neutral if Germany declared war on France; German violation of Belgian neutrality provided the casus belli that the British government sought. German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg told the Reichstag that the German invasions of Belgium and Luxemburg was in violation of international law, but argued that Germany was "in a state of necessity, and necessity knows no law." Later that same day, in a conversation with the British ambassador Sir Edward Goschen, Bethmann Hollweg expressed astonishment that the British would go to war with Germany over the 1839 treaty guaranteeing the neutrality of Belgium, referring to the treaty dismissively as a "scrap of paper," a statement that outraged public opinion in Britain and the United States.[8] Britain's guarantee to Belgium prompted Britain, which had been neutral, to declare war on Germany on August 4. The British government expected a limited war, in which it would primarily use its great naval strength.[9]

MikeFujMar 13, 2007

yup

MikeFujMar 11, 2007

hay ben do we relly have to right 300 words pr drawing well see you in school

gemmcMar 10, 2007

Hi there, just popped by to say thanks for congratulating me on becoming a SA! Thank you

sunnybirdMar 10, 2007

Your quite welcome.

debitcardMar 10, 2007

Hi Ben, Thank you very much for your congrats on my SA status I really appreciate it!! Happy Simming Sean

BeOSBoxBoyMar 4, 2007

Thank you so much for the congratulations/welcome post in my guest book! it came as quite an unexpected surprise.. but woohoo! I still play original Sims as well so a big thank you for you keeping the faith!

MikeFujFeb 24, 2007

hi ben what's up dawg nice house from the bald dude see you at school dude at las vegas. good job kid by by

Simul8ingFeb 21, 2007

It's me again thanx for commenting on the Board-um-Blah story.

Simul8ingFeb 21, 2007

Thank you very much for taking the time to read and comment on my Love-Life & Woo Hoo story.

buoptipFeb 20, 2007

Thanks for your commment in my guestbook. I'm glad you like my stuff.