Prior to the victory at Vimy Ridge
The battle marked the first major victory for the Allied nations facing the German and Central Forces. Prior to the victory at Vimy Ridge, those same Allied forces had been met with one staggering defeat after another. The First World War was the first post Napoleonic-era war and Europe and the rest of the world would never be same. In the end, the war was to cause the disintegration of four empires that had changed the world. The Austro-Hungarian, German, Russian and Ottoman Empires were lost. Half a dozen new states were created in Europe, and Poland and Lithuania were recreated. Most importantly, the First World War was a transitional war. Whereas wars were once fought exclusively for territory and resources, the First World War was fought about ideas and the imposition of those ideas, some of which were less than savory, to be sure.
After an enormous lunch (Blue Moon burger with sweet potato fries), self declared to cousin that she would skip dinner. But cousin pooh-poohed that notion, and at 7 PM self and cousin and Enrique and a friend were at the Reston Mall, walking around and looking for a restaurant, and the one they found happened to have, like, the longest wine list self had ever seen and cousin had a glass of BV cabernet sauvignon with a meal of linguini with italian sausage, and self had a glass of Penfold Australian shiraz which was very very good. And now self’s stomach is full to bursting. And she’d better lose this weight pronto before she gets back to VCCA, for it’s her turn to “present” on Tuesday, and it would not help self’s nerves at all to know that her tummy rolls were visible.
There’s also an invasive version, which is still in the experimental stages. This uses electrocorticography instead - electrical activity from the premotor and motor cortices is recorded by a microelectrode array implanted into the surface of the brain.