The  St Louis Cardinals are the surprise team in the National League. Go to www.cardinals.mlb.com to read more. I predicted Ankiel would have a big year but who would have known about Ludwick and Lohse. Albert Pujols has been healthy and Carpenter and Wainwright will be back soon. Look out.

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The Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers in the war, the secret Ottoman-German Alliance having been signed in August 1914. It threatened Russia’s Caucasian territories and Britain’s communications with India via the Suez Canal. The British and French opened overseas fronts with the Gallipoli (1915) and Mesopotamian campaigns. In Gallipoli, the Turks successfully repelled the British, French and Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs). In Mesopotamia, by contrast, after the disastrous Siege of Kut (1915–16), British Imperial forces reorganised and captured Baghdad in March 1917. Further to the west, in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign, initial British setbacks were overcome when Jerusalem was captured in December 1917. The Egyptian Expeditionary Force, under Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, broke the Ottoman forces at the Battle of Megiddo in September 1918.

Russian armies generally had the best of it in the Caucasus. Vice-Generalissimo Enver Pasha, supreme commander of the Turkish armed forces, was ambitious and dreamed of conquering central Asia. He was, however, a poor commander. He launched an offensive against the Russians in the Caucasus in December 1914 with 100,000 troops; insisting on a frontal attack against mountainous Russian positions in winter, he lost 86% of his force at the Battle of Sarikamis.

The Russian commander from 1915 to 1916, General Yudenich, drove the Turks out of most of the southern Caucasus with a string of victories. In 1917, Russian Grand Duke Nicholas assumed command of the Caucasus front. Nicholas planned a railway from Russian Georgia to the conquered territories, so that fresh supplies could be brought up for a new offensive in 1917. However, in March 1917, (February in the pre-revolutionary Russian calendar), the Czar was overthrown in the February Revolution and the Russian Caucasus Army began to fall apart. In this situation, the army corps of Armenian volunteer units realigned themselves under the command of General Tovmas Nazarbekian, with Dro as a civilian commissioner of the Administration for Western Armenia. The front line had three main divisions: Movses Silikyan, Andranik, and Mikhail Areshian. Another regular unit was under Colonel Korganian. There were Armenian partisan guerrilla detachments (more than 40,000) accompanying these main units.

The Arab Revolt was a major cause of the Ottoman Empire’s defeat. The revolts started with the Battle of Mecca by Sherif Hussain of Mecca with the help of Britain in June 1916, and ended with the Ottoman surrender of Damascus. Fakhri Pasha the Ottoman commander of Medina showed stubborn resistance for over two and half years during the Siege of Medina.

Along the border of Italian Libya and British Egypt, the Senussi tribe, incited and armed by the Turks, waged a small-scale guerrilla war against Allied troops. According to Martin Gilbert’s The First World War, the British were forced to dispatch 12,000 troops to deal with the Senussi. Their rebellion was finally crushed in mid-1916.

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Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood has entered rehab for a drinking problem, his spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

“Following Ronnie’s continued battle with alcohol he has entered a period of rehab,” said the 61-year-old’s spokeswoman in London. “His close family and friends say he is seeking help and look forward to his recovery.” You can read more at www.news.aol.com or www.rollingstones.com to get music info.

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Jimmie Johnson lost a late lead and came in second place at Chicagoland Speedway. Go to www.lowesracing.com to read more.

A late caution with two laps remaining in Saturday night’s Sprint Cup event erased the lead that Jimmie Johnson held at Chicagoland Speedway, setting up a green-white-checkered finish with Johnson and Kyle Busch battling for the victory.

Johnson was able maintain the lead briefly on the restart, but Busch quickly battled back, making an outside pass on the Lowe’s Impala SS. He grabbed the lead in turns 3 and 4 and held on for the win.

Busch led Johnson to the line by .159 seconds, collecting his seventh victory of the season.

Johnson started the race fifth after the field was set by owner points because qualifying was rained out on Thursday.

He fought a tight race car early, but crew chief Chad Knaus and the Team Lowe’s Racing crew made several changes on pit road to get the machine dialed in.

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Francis Slay is the Mayor of St Louis. Go to www.stlouis.missouri.org to read more.

On April 19, 2005, Francis G. Slay was sworn in for a second term as the 45th Mayor of the City of St. Louis.

Running on a campaign that St. Louis can be a great city by embracing a “can do” attitude, the City of St. Louis has enjoyed a renaissance since Slay took office. The City has enjoyed a building boom, issuing a record number of permits by the mayor’s third year in office. Under Slay’s leadership, the City reduced crime, took on absentee landlords, and improved the efficiency and effectiveness of City government.

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