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How to Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills ?
By Rafis Abazov
Updated January 14, 2022 Updated January 14, 2022
How to Improve Your Problem Solving Skills?
The greatness of Apple's Steve Jobs – in the words of his colleagues – lay in the fact that he was the greatest problem solver of his time. Therefore, it is no surprise that many companies today are hunting for problem solvers. After discussing with my students several approaches to learning problem-solving skills, I decided to choose one of the most widely used and effective five-step formulas from project management, which is called IDEAL: Identify, Define, Examine, Act and Look.
How can you make the most of your time at university and improve your problem-solving skills?
1. IDENTIFY the problem
In a nutshell, my definition of problem-solving skills is very simple: it is the ability to identify the nature of a problem, deconstruct it (break it down) and develop an effective set of actions to address the challenges related to it.
Indeed, in some challenging situations many students are overwhelmed with emotions and see just big obstacles, barriers or trouble. However, great problem solvers try usually to identify the very roots of the problematic situation – the nature of a particular problem which can be clearly distinguished, addressed and ultimately solved. It is not enough to say that the situation is bad or out of control, as this is very abstract and unhelpful. It is more important to clarify where those problems and challenges come from. Albert Einstein once said: "The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skill."
In my experience, the very first step in developing the valuable skills of problem solving is to learn how to look at every situation as an identifiable problem. For example, recently my students in the MDP/Global Classroom program at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU) were preparing their applications for a semester abroad program to study sustainable urban development. A host university – Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) – asked them to identify a problem in their home city and prepare a research proposal on sustainable urban development in order to find a solution for the problem. Of course, at the first brainstorming session the students were only talking about what's not good and what doesn't work. But that was too general for a problem-solving proposal. My suggestion was to try to identify the nature of the problem by summarizing a specific situation systematically and in one paragraph.
2. DEFINE the main elements of the problem
The next step in problem solving – and in learning problem-solving skills – is an ability to break down the problem into small pieces, or smaller and more manageable parts by defining the main elements of the problem.
It is an essential step and a skill to develop both psychologically and managerially. Instead of facing a giant, scary, impossible-to-climb monster-mountain, you have to learn how to define smaller roads among the hills and rocks. When you break down a big problem into smaller elements, then you are no longer facing an impossible task, and can go about making several very concrete steps to achieve the goal and solve your problem.
For example, my students in the MDP program at Al-Farabi KazNU met experts and policy practitioners and identified several problems. However, those problems were so complex and so big that they scared the students, who were not sure they could come up with a solution within one semester. We had to conduct several additional rounds of exercises to define the main elements of each problem and prepare a table where a large problem was broken down into several elements.
3. EXAMINE possible solutions
Finding possible solutions is a very tricky step in the problem-solving process, as on the surface it looks like most of the work is already done and the ultimate goal is close. In reality, students should not just look for simplistic ways to address the elements of the problem. They should find the most effective ways and turn them into an opportunity to make a strong success story. Steve Jobs often liked to suggest that when his team was confronted with a problem they had to search for "an elegant, really beautiful solution that works."
Here students also have to remember that there are risks and factors that are not easy to foresee (but possible to try to predict). In order to become more effective, students need to master creative approaches to searching for solutions, with the aid of techniques such as a problem-solving tree. For every branch (a problem element), students have to develop several leaves (possible solutions). An important part of this step of the problem-solving process is to create logical links between different potential solutions, thus reinforcing solutions and creating synergies.
4. ACT on resolving the problem
Developing a step-by-step execution plan and acting effectively and decisively is the final touch in the problem-solving process. This is also an important skill as it doesn't matter how effectively students identify the problem, define its elements and examine possible solutions; everything still boils down to the ability to perform concrete steps to execute the action plan. Within this problem-solving formula students should also master skills such as monitoring and evaluating the entire action implementation process and – if it is a group undertaking – learn how to delegate certain parts of the work to each other or to external stakeholders.
5. LOOK for lessons to learn
At the moment when the problem is solved, I suggest that students sit down with all their problem-solving trees and action plans, either alone or together if it is a group project. This is the moment to look back and see if there is a need to tune up the work that has been completed. Especially valuable is taking the time to evaluate the entire process and formulating the lessons to be learned so the next problem-solving project will be more effective and produce even more elegant solutions.
This article was originally published in June 2016 . It was last updated in January 2022
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Rafis Abazov
Dr Rafis Abazov is a visiting professor at Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he also manages a joint program with Earth Institute of Columbia University (New York, USA). He has written 10 books, including The Culture and Customs of the Central Asian Republics (2007) and has regularly contributed op-eds to The New York Times. Mr Abazov enjoys collecting rare books on British exploration of Central Asia and reading travelogues on Central Asia and the Middle East by Eugene Schuyler, Vladimir Bartold and Lord George Curzon. He has also authored photo exhibitions about his trips to Central Asian republics, Turkey and Afghanistan.
Contact info: Office 1400 Rectorat, 71 Al Farabi Ave., Al Farabi KazNU, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
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As part of its proactive approach, Orlando Lakes & Wetlands takes every opportunity to install aquatic plants within its lakes and waterways to improve aesthetic appeal (aquascaping) and in order to utilize the biological processes of the plants to help improve and regulate waterways. The process of using plants to remediate environmental substrates is called phytoremediation.
The word comes from the Greek « phyto » = plant, and Latin « remedium » = restoring balance, or remediating. Phytoremediation is the de-pollution of contaminated soils, water or air with plants able to contain, degrade or eliminate metals, pesticides, solvents, explosives, crude oil and its derivatives, and various other contaminants, from the mediums that contain them. It is clean, efficient, inexpensive and non-environmentally disruptive, as opposed to processes that require excavation of soil.
Phytoextraction - uptake and concentration of substances from the environment into the plant biomass.
Phytostabilization - reducing the mobility of substances in the environment, for example by limiting the leaching of substances from the soil.
Phytotransformation - chemical modification of environmental substances as a direct result of plant metabolism, often resulting in their inactivation, degradation (phytodegradation) or immobilization (phytostabilization).
Phytostimulation - enhancement of soil microbial activity for the degradation of contaminants, typically by organisms that associate with roots. This process is also known as rhizosphere degradation.
Phytovolatilization - removal of substances from soil or water with release into the air, sometimes as a result of phytotransformation to more volatile and / or less polluting substances.
Rhizofiltration - filtering water through a mass of roots to remove toxic substances or excess nutrients. The pollutants remain absorbed in or adsorbed by the roots.
The cost of phytoremediation is generally lower in the long run than traditional processes.
The plants provide animal habitat.
The plants beautify the waterway.
The plants increase gas exchange between the waterway and atmosphere and subsequently increase dissolved oxygen levels.
The plants can be easily monitored and maintained.
The plants may help reduce the amount of chemicals necessary to keep waterways beautiful.
Some of the plant species that Orlando Lakes & Wetlands recommends for Aquascaping/Phytoremediation (pictures and write ups courtesy of the Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida, IFAS) are featured below.
The native pickerelweed is a very common emersed plant. It is a prolific grower and can cover large areas.
Pickerelweed typically grows to about two to three feet tall. Its leaves are large, up to five inches wide, and are usually twice as long. Leaf shapes are variable, but are usually lance-shaped. The easiest way to recognize pickerelweed is by its spike of violet-blue flowers. Sometimes the flowers are white.
Duck potato is an emersed plant. It's large leaves and conspicuous flowers make it easy to find in the wild. It grows commonly in swamps, ditches, lakes, and stream margins.
Duck potato gets its name from its potato-like, underground corms that sometimes form. Duck potato has large, firm, lance-shaped leaves, which are typically four inches wide and up to two feet long. The leaf bases taper to the stem. The leaves grow as a fan-like rosette from underground rhizomes. Duck potato flowers are typical sagittaria flowers: showy and white, with three petals. Flowers are extended on thick stalks that are often a foot or more above the leaves.
Fire flag is a large emersed plant that grows from a thick rhizome. It grows in ponds, swamps, marshes, and along stream banks. It is not widely distributed.
Large simple leaves on long stalks are among fire flag's most notable features. The leaves are broadly lance-shaped, with broadly rounded bases. They can be up to eight inches wide and more than 2 1/2 feet long. Several leaves growing together are sheathed at the base. Fire flag flowers are paired; that is, two flowering bracts emerge on top of a tall flower stalk. Multiple small purple flowers hang from the bracts. The flowers have three petals.
Canna is an emersed plant. It is a showy native which typically grows to four feet tall. It grows in small stands at the edges of marshes, ponds and lakes. It has been hybridized and may also be found in household gardens. There are two species of Canna in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). Golden canna occurs in AL, FL, GA, LA, MI, SC, and TX (Kartesz, 1999).
Golden canna flowers are showy yellow. (Hybrid canna has flowers tinged with orange and red.) The three-inch-long flowers grow in clusters at the tops of long stalks. Golden canna leaves attach in a spiral along the stem. The leaf shape is oblong to elliptic, with tapering bases and pointed tips. Leaves may be six inches wide and two feet long. The fruit is a large three-part capsule that is rough to the touch.
This cord grass might be encountered as very large clumps growing in extensive areas of fresh and saltwater marshes or even in pastures. Its long erect light-green leaves are almost completely rolled and tapered to sharp points making it look somewhat rush-like.
Blue flag is an emersed plant. These elegant natives are medium size plants, growing to four feet tall. They grow from stout underground rhizomes, and occur in a variety of wetlands. There are seven Iris species that occur in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). Blue flag is prevalent throughout the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada (Kartesz, 1999).
Blue flag's large flowers make it almost unmistakable. They are pale blue to purple flowers and are the only large irises growing wild in Florida. Their leaves are narrow and swordlike, and up to 2 1/2 feet long. The leaves are pointed and flattened. They arise fan-like from a single base.
There are several native aquatic bulrushes in Florida, often found growing in large colonies in water. Bulrush seeds are eaten by many kinds of birds. Bulrushes are often seen as tall, leafless stems growing in profusion, however there are several small and leafy bulrushes in Florida. Bulrushes are eaten by ducks and other wildlife.
Bulrushes are bulrush sedges. stems sharply- to softly-triangular; leaves in some species reduced to sheaths, in other species there are many obvious leaf blades; inflorescences always on stem tips, compound, much branched, tight cluster or spreading open; bracts sometimes leaf-like or sometimes resembling stems.
This is another large native clumping wetland grass, and is believed to be one of the dominant grassland plants of the southeast U.S. before human settlement. It has an atypical inflorescence that makes it easier to identify than most grassses, and which shows it to be closely related to corn. Eastern gama grass is sold in nurseries for home use.
Eastern gama grass is a very large grass. stems clump-forming, to 6 ft. tall; leaf blades large, flat, smooth, to 2 1/2 ft. long, to 1 in. wide; sheaths smooth; inflorescences usually 2-3, narrow cylindrical, on stem tips, 4-11 in. long; spikelets single, embedded on opposite sides at each joint of axis.
This is one of the largest Eleocharis species and may first be noticed as a patch of dark green stems growing in the water on the edge of a canal, having conspicuous light brown cylindrical spikes at the tips. This Eleocharis is one of 30 species that exist in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). Jointed spikerush occurs in AL, FL, TX; and in PR and the Virgin Islands (Kartesz, 1999).
Jointed spikerush is a rush. Stems erect, firm, round, 16-48 in. tall, to 1/2 in. across; conspicuous cross hatching (light green lines) at stem walls, closer nearer the top; leaf blades none, just sheaths; sheath thin, soft, red; inflorescence a single spikelet, about as wide as stem, at stem tip, cylindrical, long, to 2 in. long, scale tops very rounded; flowers many, whitish; nutlets rounded, surrounded by barbed bristles.
One of the most common species of Juncus, the native soft rush may be found as a single clump, as a colony of clumps or as a colony of single stems several feet tall, in water or on "dry" ground. It may be found in fresh- or saltwater wet areas. Soft rush provides food and nesting to birds and other wildlife. Twenty-one species of Juncus occurs in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). Soft rush is located throughout the majority of the US, parts of Canada, and PR (Kartesz, 1999).
Soft rush is a true rush. Its pale-green stems are erect and two to five feet tall. Stems are cylindrical and filled with pithy pith. Soft rush has no leaves. Leafy reddish sheaths wrap the stems at the bottom of the plant. The inflorescence of soft rush appears to be coming out of the side of the stem. The inflorescence is open and branched. Each branch has 30-100 small flowers, each greenish-brown flower on its own stalk. Above the inflorescence is a "continuation" of the pointed stem, this being a stiff, rolled and pointed bract, usually brown or grayish when mature.
Spatterdock is a large plant whose leaves are often floating, however submersed and emersed leaves are common. Spatterdock occurs in ponds, lakes and sluggish streams.
Spatterdock has large heart-shaped leaves, usually with wavy margins. Spatterdock floating leaves are attached to long, stout stems which arise from large, spongy rhizomes. Spatterdock submersed leaves are very thin, attached at the bottom rhizomes. Spatterdock flowers are yellow and "half-opened" at or above the water surface. Flowers are attached to thick round stems that are often six feet long.
For many years southeastern (U.S.) flora have treated the genus Nuphar as a single species, Nuphar lutea, which was further divided into many subspecies. Recent studies, based on comparisons of morphological features and interpretations of molecular analysis, do not support the single species concept.
In fact, results indicate the name Nuphar lutea should not be used for any North American Nuphar members. The genus Nuphar is now represented by eight distinct species in North America. A key to this new classification is provided in Chapter 12, Nymphaeacea by Wiersema and Hellquist, Vol 3, Flora of North America, 1997; and Volume 1, Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America, by G. Crow and B. Hellquist, 2000.
Spatterdock may be confused with water lily, Nymphaea species. Compare the leaf shapes and flowers.
Swamp lily is an emersed plant that grows in wetlands and along streams. It is a fragrant native. There are three species of Crinum in Florida (Wunderlin, 1998). Swamp lily is found in the southeastern U.S. (Kartesz, 1999).
The swamp lily is a perennial herb with an onionlike bulb. The leaves are erect to spreading. Leaves are straplike, to three feet long. The leaves are to three inches wide. Swamp lily flowers arise from the bulb on a long flower stalk that is separate from the leaves. The flowers have six petals and are white or white and pink.
Water lilies have floating leaves. There are about 40 species of water lily in the world, plus numerous hybrids and varieties. Some water lily species prefer southerly warmth and are found in temperate and semi-tropical zones, some prefer the cold and are found only in northern Canada and Alaska.
This species, fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata), occurs from Puerto Rico to Alaska and from California to Quebec (Kartesz 1999). Its many subspecies and varieties may be found floating in ponds, lakes and sluggish streams just about everywhere in North America.
Water lily leaves are nearly circular in shape. They are notched to the center. Its leaf lobes are pointed. The leaves arise on stalks from long rhizomes in the mud. Fragrant water lily flowers are showy white and aromatic. Flowers of unusual color and shape are characteristic of hybrid water lilies.


Cynthia Salcedo and her boyfriend came to the United States in 2008 from the Dominican Republic. They married, and Cynthia gave birth to their daughter, Chelsea. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, Cynthia's husband was deported back to the Dominican Republic, leaving Cynthia living alone and unable to keep up with her rent and bills.
Cynthia and her daughter moved in with her father, living in an unfinished basement. Cynthia was trying to better her life by finding employment, but her daughter Chelsea had severe gastro-intestinal issues. This forced Cynthia to miss work, especially when Chelsea landed in the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) for a month. Cynthia attempted to go back to college but could not find childcare that was able to give her daughter the level of care needed.
Cynthia became very depressed and suffered great anxiety during this time. She knew she had to get herself and her daughter out of this situation. Determined to go back to school, she enrolled at Northampton Community College (NCC) in 2014. She also enrolled in the KEYS program at the college. KEYS (Keystone Education Yields Success) is designed to assist students who receive TANF and SNAP support in their pursuit of post-secondary education. It was there that she learned about the Ferry Street Apartments, an intensive transitional housing and educational/vocational program that helps homeless families achieve their educational goals, become more self-sufficient, and improve their situation though case management, financial assistance, and other services.


"We had four major hurricanes hit Florida in 2004—Francis, Charley, Ivan, and Jean—and then two more majors in 2005," Ritchie explained. "The homeowners' insurance market was extremely difficult, and, those events created more disruption in the market."
An insurance industry veteran, Ritchie decided the timing was perfect to strike out on his own. "Our ability to respond to market needs makes us successful," he said. "It's the old adage that in any business, you find out what they want, you go out and get it, and then you give it to them. It's that simple."
Today, American Integrity insures 104,000 homes in the state and seeks to double that by expanding into underserved markets. "While our products are offered through independent insurance agents, we are the underwriter. We are the risk taker," Ritchie said. "We believe in rational growth," he added.
"Few people get excited about homeowners insurance. Ours is largely an obligatory purchase. If you have a mortgage, you must have homeowner's insurance. Having said that," he added, "most people do want to protect their homes. The insurance industry doesn't get the most appreciation or respect, so we've got to focus on the service element."
Financially stable, with strong claims-paying ability and a ready catastrophe-response team, Ritchie is building American Integrity on solid values and "a covenant of trust."
The name American Integrity Insurance was chosen because, in Ritchie's view, the business was founded "during a time when the industry was overwhelmed with integrity issues. I wanted to create a name that was lofty yet achievable, one that would be a benchmark for all of us. 'Integrity' immediately came to my mind," he told The Suit. "I believe that in any industry, you can rise above the muck and provide a different angle."
Ritchie likens entrepreneurship to looking through a camera lens with solution-oriented optimism rather than doomsday pessimism. "You can look at certain scenarios and interpret them in entirely different ways," he explained. "In any economy, the goods and services must be produced, distributed, sold, and serviced.
"If you look back at the Great Depression, there were more millionaires formed in that decade than in the history of this country. In these sort of economies, there are going to be winners and losers, and I believe that we are on the edge of spawning even more entrepreneurs over the next decade," he added.


Malayalam heroine Priya Prakash latest film Oru Aadhar Love is being dubbed and going to release in Telugu by the producers Gururaj and Vinod Reddy. The movie is going to release on 14th February. On the occasion of the movie release, The producers spoke to media.
What is the main reason to select this film?
With the movie interest only we have bought this film and dubbed in Telugu in a huge competition. We are very confident about the movie success with was shot with all newcomers. Priya Prakash had huge craze in Telugu.
Are you confident about the film?
When the director called to watch the film after the completion of the first copy, We were feared. But after watching the film we got huge confidence. That's why we have promoted the film on a high scale.
Is this film to youth only?
Not only youth, Everyone can watch the film. 60 year age group people can also enjoy watching the film. Everyone gave their best in the film.
You were emotional in this pre-release event?
I like Allu Arjun and his presence in my movie event made be emotional on the pre-release event. I should thank him once more. Bunnys presence helped us for the movie promotions.
How is your pre-release business?
It is very well.10 to 15 members came forward from one area. Some recommendations had come to buy the film. No tension about the film business.


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Van Morrison Set to Release 'The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition)' on March 22
Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, in association with Exile Productions, Ltd., will release Van Morrison – The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition) on Friday, March 22, 2019.
The latest volume in Legacy's monumental Van Morrison catalog reissue project, The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition) is a three disc collection chronicling the sessions, collaborations and live performances surrounding Van's mid-career masterpiece, originally released in March 1997.
Van Morrison – The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition) will be available in 3CD plus digital formats in addition to a 1LP 12″ vinyl edition of the (long out-of-print) original album (minus the bonus tracks).
The Deluxe Edition's first disc, "The Original Album Plus…" features the ten classic recordings that form the core of The Healing Game in addition to five bonus tracks, previously issued on singles or compilations, assembled together here for the first time: "Look What the Good People Done," "At the End of the Day," "The Healing Game," "Full Force Gale '96" and "St. Dominic's Preview."
"Disc 2 – Sessions & Collaborations" includes formative early versions of "The Healing Game" and "Fire in the Belly" and a variety of previously unreleased recordings including a jazz version of "The Healing Game," the full length version of "Sometimes We Cry," a cover of "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" and several previously unissued collaborations with rock & roll guitar hero Carl Perkins ("Boppin' the Blues," "Matchbox," "My Angel," and "All By Myself"). Disc 2 showcases blues legend John Lee Hooker on two tracks–"Don't Look Back" and "The Healing Game"–from Hooker's 1997 album Don't Look Back. Produced by Van Morrison and released the same day (March 4, 1997) as The Healing Game, Don't Look Back took home the Best Traditional Blues Album Grammy in 1998 while the title track won Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals. Disc 2 of The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition) closes with Van collaborating with skiffle king Lonnie Donegan on a definitive interpretation of Jimmie Rodgers' "Mule Skinner Blues."
"Disc 3 – Live at Montreux 17 July 1997" finds Van at the peak of his on-stage powers soulfully roaring through an extraordinary live set featuring songs from The Healing Game alongside hits and personal favorites from his catalog; covers of Ray Charles ("Fool For You"), Anthony Newley ("Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me") and Sly Stone ("Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin))" and more. A much-sought-after concert performance, Van Morrison's Live at Montreux recording is officially available for the first time–with pristine state-of-the-art audio–on The Healing Game (Deluxe Edition).
The Healing Game marked a liminal turning point for Van Morrison as he entered his fourth decade as a professional musician. Following a period of crafting romantic ballads that found mainstream success—including "Someone Like You," "Have I Told You Lately" and "Days Like This" (featured in the film As Good As It Gets)—Van felt compelled to revisit the jazz and rhythm and blues-inspired music that infused his earliest works with Them and as a solo artist in the late 1960s.
For this fresh phase in his career, Van assembled a new band featuring such heavy hitters as saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis (formerly of James Brown's band), British jazz/blues legend Georgie Fame and bassist Alec Dankworth (who at the time had completed several years in Dave Brubeck's touring band). With these sidemen, Morrison dove back into jazz with the bebop-inspired How Long Has This Been Going On? (1995), recorded at London jazz club Ronnie Scott's, and Tell Me Something: The Songs of Mose Allison (1996), a tribute to the influential American jazz-blues pianist. Following these jazz-related releases, Morrison and his band recorded a visionary new album of 10 originals. The album reinforced Morrison's reputation as an artist ready, willing and eager to pursue his muses to new and unexpected places.
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Set to a soundtrack by Hollow Knight's Christopher Larkin, TOHU launches later this month as 2021's first do-not-miss title
LONDON (January 14, 2021) - Publisher The Irregular Corporation (Murder By Numbers) and developer Fireart Games today announced that enchanting adventure game TOHU launches later this month on January 28 for Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Google Stadia. From today, TOHU is available to pre-order on Nintendo Switch in Europe, and on Xbox One in both North America and Europe. It will also be available to pre-order on Nintendo Switch in North America from tomorrow (January 15), and all pre-orders include a 10% discount.
Today's news is accompanied by an adorable animated trailer that showcases one of the game's most mysterious aspects, a little girl who has the ability to shapeshift into a giant mechanical alter-ego: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTKObFSaOd8
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The adventure begins when The Girl's peaceful world of the fish planets is disturbed by a strange, shadowy creature. With chaos its only intention, The Stranger destroys the sacred engine that is the key to this world – and now all life on the fish planets is under threat. On your unforgettable journey to save the world you'll come across eccentric characters such as Juncle, your forgetful friend and former caregiver, and The Broker, a highbrow trader who lives in a bathtub.
Set to a soundtrack by Christopher Larkin (Hollow Knight), TOHU combines visual storytelling with a lush, engaging musical composition. In TOHU, the player can swap between The Girl and Cubus at any time to harness their unique abilities, but keep your wits about you: mystery lurks around every corner and you'll need to plan, strategize and find creative solutions to intriguing puzzles to proceed.
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Ireland's Junk Store is Really a Treasure
By Carleton Varney- Special to the Palm Beach Daily News
For the next couple of weeks, I'm in Ireland, where the summer days here have been delicious and dry. Even with the lack of rain, the fields — or at least some of them — remain green. The fields always remind me of a patchwork quilt, with hedgerows dividing the patches.
I've found as I tour around County Offaly and County Cavan in the lake country that antique shops have become fewer over the years. But they aren't extinct, even if the younger crowd with cash to spend these days seems less interested in recreating the formal decor that emphasized finger bowls, silver candelabras and canopied beds.
But young professionals who grew up in formal-style homes — or who have fond memories of grandmother's elegant style — can surprise you: They are likely to want a touch of what was then. So I advise you not to melt down your old silver candelabrum, because perhaps one day a grandson will want to place it in the middle of a country-style dinner table.
And that's the trick, at least for me — to find a way to use these more formal items in rooms with a relaxed, easy-to-care-for look. I love to see a shimmering crystal chandelier, for instance, unexpectedly paired with a country pine dresser or a sewing table.
In the small County Cavan town of Virginia — yes, my friends, there is a Virginia in Ireland — I came across an antique shop called, believe it or not, Junk. The name made me smile, and so did shop owner Maggie Matthews, who has put her finger on that charming eclectic look of pairing country charm with formal elegance. This look, a step up from what we know in America as shabby chic, is the preferred decorating style in many of Great Britain's great houses, which are today owned and enjoyed by the younger country set.
Indeed, on my visit to Junk, a crystal chandelier hung in the front window near an old pine chest and a pair of Victorian chairs stripped down to the natural wood and whitewashed. Their seats were covered in a terrific blue-on-blue check.
In the same way, I believe it's perfectly fine to hang a stately Venetian mirror above a pine console. Or perhaps that mirror could find a home in a dining room furnished with an oval pine table. Maybe it was unheard of yesterday, but today, as Matthews' antique shop attests, it is not only acceptable but striking.
I also was struck by Junk's selection of big china serving platters. Think of those blue-and-white oval platters once used to serve a side of lamb on Sunday but without much of a practical function in these days of more casual meals at home. Such platters have been repurposed as wall decor, and they look great when lots of them are grouped together, even if they're a tad chipped around the edges.
In entry halls in Ireland, blue-and-white pieces often look particularly handsome when hung on rich golden-mustard-colored walls. Those of you who have visited Ireland and stayed at the Dunraven Arms in the village of Adare will know exactly the color I'm thinking about.
Ireland is a lovely place to visit in September and October. Perhaps when you visit Virginia, you'll stop at Matthews' shop and observe how one person's junk is, truly, another's treasure.
Ann Moynagh: September 10, 2018
Had the pleasure of visiting this unique shop in Virginia while in County Cavan. Junk has great pieces and style. Maggie has a great eye!!


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Featured: Google TV 2.0 Arrives - What's Missing?
Google unveiled the final version of Google TV 2.0 today, and it looks pretty sweet. It's definitely a lot cleaner and more intuitive than before, so it looks like they've learned some lessons there. I think Google TV 2.0 devices will start becoming more popular than last time, especially if this time they are priced right, which means $100 or $150 at most. But there are a few things that are still missing.
Google TV still doesn't have a lot of content, although they've started getting a few more partnerships, like the one with HBO. We might see more of them coming in the form of apps soon. Also, Google is still trying to buy Hulu, which by itself would turn Google TV into a killer product. The networks which own Hulu, are still not sure whether they should sell it or not, and they've even ended the bidding that went for it earlier. But Google is going to offer them probably twice as much money, and who knows what kind of other deals. If Google bought Hulu, it would make Google TV an international hit as well, if they bring Hulu to the international market.
Google has a huge opportunity here to act before Apple (they did since last year actually), and try to transform Android into a competitive platform against PS3, Xbox and Wii. If they can sell set-top boxes for $150 with the quad-core Tegra 3 in them, which has almost console-like quality graphics, a lot of people would use Google TV as a console, too. Google TV 2.0 already has gamepad support, but they need to actually push for this themselves, and promote it to people. They need to make it a killer feature of Google TV devices.
It's too bad Google had to go with Intel Atom first, because now those console-like games that are built with native code on Android, won't be easily port it to current Google TV devices, and we'll have to wait until there are some ARM-based ones available.
Google needs to stop thinking about using keyboards to control the TV. I mean what are they even thinking? Why did they ever thought that would be a good idea? It should be common sense that it wouldn't be. They could use 3 other much better and modern ways to interact with the TV.
Yes, they do have a remote app, but they are still thinking about this the wrong way. Why would you use a virtual replica of a remote, when it's worse than a physical remote in reality, because you have to look at it and at the screen at the same time, to see what you are doing. This is why they need to let you see the whole Google TV interface inside an app on your phone or tablet. Then you just tap the app/channel you want on your phone, and you're set. Much faster interaction than with a keyboard or virtual remote app. Using a virtual remote now feels like the pre-iPhone days when you were moving around the phone's interface with directional buttons.
Google has had voice technology for years, but they haven't done that much with it. Apple is most likely going to use Siri in their new upcoming TV. Why can't Google let you interact with your TV through voice, too? It can't be hard to implement, and I think it would be really useful, too.
We've all seen Minority report, and we know that is the future. Microsoft has already started working hard on this with Kinect. I know Google hired the tech lead from Kinect, so when are we going to see that type of interaction in Google TV? It better be soon. If nothing else, it would still be useful for playing simple games like Angry Birds or Fruit Ninja on your TV.
As I said, I think the new Google TV 2.0 will do much better than the first one, which shouldn't be too hard, but it would've still done much better if they had what I proposed above. It would be really sad and frustrating if Apple does some of these before Google and takes the lead on that market because of it, when Google actually had a huge 1.5 year head start, and they already had all the technologies to make it happen. They just ... didn't.


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Münster, 15 June 2015 – Armacell is now the first manufacturer of flexible technical insulation materials to present environmental product declarations which are based on an independent life cycle assessment (LCA). Environmental product declarations (EPDs) are becoming more and more important in the construction industry: they provide a transparent, independent and reproducible analysis of the environmental impacts of construction products and give detailed information with sound data and figures. As a 'sustainability passport' EPDs form the basis for designing green buildings in accordance with certification schemes such as LEED, BREEAM or DGNB.
Construction is one of the most raw-material- and energy-intensive industries. The building sector is the single largest consumer of raw materials worldwide and the great¬est producer of greenhouse gas emissions. Some 30 % of all raw materials are used to build and maintain buildings. 30 to 40 % of greenhouse gases result from the construction, use or disposal of buildings. In the industrial nations a huge amount of energy is used in transport and industry, but the building sector accounts for the majority – around 40 % of European energy consumption! To meet the growing demand for energy and protect the climate, energy efficiency in the building sector must continue to be improved. The key to energy efficiency is insulation. Optimal technical insulation is the simplest, fastest and most cost effective measure for increasing energy efficiency.
Insulation materials are among the few industrially made products which save more energy over the product life cycle than is needed in their manufacturing. So they are per se 'ecologically valuable'. Comparing the primary energy input identified in the Armacell LCA with the energy saving achieved shows that using Armaflex insulation materials saves 140 times more energy than is needed for their manufacturing, transport and disposal. The energy input needed to manufacture Armaflex has paid off after just 50 days. The environmental product declarations certified by the Institut für Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU) not only make statements on the primary energy requirement, they also contain information about the extent to which the products contribute to the greenhouse effect, acidification, over-fertilization, depletion of the ozone layer and smog.
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A Texas outfit, the 36th Infantry Division landed in southern France and fought a confused battle with the Germans during Operation Anvil.
Operation Anvil, the invasion of southern France, was originally planned for June 1944, the same time as the Normandy invasion. Anvil was designed to tie up German troops, which might otherwise be sent to Normandy. Eventually, Allied commanders realized that landing craft shortages made simultaneous invasions impossible.
American political and military leaders still supported a second invasion, seeing it as a way to protect the right flank of the advance from Normandy from possible attack by German forces in Italy. The two Allied spearheads would eventually link up to form an unbroken Allied front across France. The southern invasion would capture major French ports, particularly Marseilles, to help land supplies. From an important political perspective, the southern invasion would allow Charles DeGaulle's Free French troops to play a greater role in liberating their homeland.
The British, however, particularly Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opposed Anvil—whose code name had been formally changed to Operation Dragoon. Churchill favored an attack through the Balkans or expanded support for the war in Italy, and he was politically motivated. The Italian campaign had an overall British commander and any attack into the Balkans would have a British commander. An American general would command in southern France until the force linked up with the main force from Normandy under General Dwight D. Eisenhower, also an American.
Few British soldiers would participate in the Anvil/Dragoon landings. American units would provide the main invasion force, with French units brought in as soon as possible. The American Seventh Army, under the command of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, would conduct the landings with the three divisions of Lt. Gen. Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.'s, VI Corps hitting the beaches. Maj. Gen. John E. O'Daniel commanded the Regular Army 3rd Division; Maj. Gen. William W. Eagles commanded the 45th Division, with origins in the Oklahoma National Guard; and Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist had been brought in from the 70th Division to replace Fred Walker as commander of the 36th Division.
The VI Corps did not control the other units in the invasion. Airborne assault troops, including a British parachute brigade and light artillery battalion, would be commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert T. Frederick, whose old 1st Special Service Force, a combined Canadian-American unit, was now under the command of Colonel Edwin A. Walker. Two French commando units would also take part in the landing. Additional assistance would come from the French Forces of the Interior (FFI), better known as the Maquis. The Maquis had 75,000 men and women in the field, but only about one-third were armed.
The main body of French troops was to come in after the first wave. General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny would temporarily serve as commander of the first French corps brought into southern France. Operations would be upgraded to army level under General Patch. De Lattre was waiving rank so French units could get into the action. When the second French corps arrived, De Lattre would command the First French Army. It would remain under Patch until Lt. Gen. Jacob Devers took command of the 6th Army Group.
German Army Group G, under General Johannes Blaskowitz, occupied defensive positions in the south of France under the overall direction of OB West, the high command for operations in France. The German First Army in southwest France had withdrawn most of its men to the Seine River in early August, and the LXIV Corps was the only remaining element. The 19th Army had seven divisions in the area, but only one reserve division near the invasion beaches. In the days before the invasion, the 11th Panzer Division was spotted on its way to southern France. The Germans had about 30,000 men in the assault area, 200,000 within a few days march, and perhaps another 50,000 also available. The Germans expected an Allied landing roughly when and where it came.
According to the official U.S. Army history, "The choice of assault sites along the Mediterranean coast of France was in large measure dictated by the ANVIL operational concept—to land in southern France, seize and develop a major port, and exploit northward up the Rhone valley." Three major mountain masses, with natural corridors to the north, rise close to the coast. A direct assault against the cities of Marseilles and Toulon would require the invasion force to traverse poor-quality, heavily defended beaches. The beaches west of Marseille were first rate, but the landing forces were likely to encounter areas the Germans could easily flood.
The best area for an amphibious assault was the coastline between Toulon and Cannes. Toulon was the first major Allied target, but several smaller ports, including the famous St. Tropez, made this area even more attractive. The invasion area was eventually narrowed to the 50 miles between Cape Negre on the west and Theoule-sur-Mer to the east. The three U.S. infantry divisions would assault the inner 30 or so miles of this area, with commandos on both flanks.
The 1st Special Service Force would begin the attack about midnight on August 15, landing on two islands on the left flank of the beach. These islands were expected to hold extensive German artillery positions. Soon after, French commando units would attack both beach flanks. About the same time, the paratroopers were scheduled to drop in the Le Muy area, about 10 miles inland, clear it for glider landings, and block German counterattacks.
The main landings were to begin at the relatively late hour of 8 am in the Cape Cavalaire-Antheor Cove beaches. Daylight was required for accurate bombardment, which the landing forces needed to get sufficient troops and supplies ashore and capture nearby hills.
Two regiments of the 3rd Division would land on the left, capture St. Tropez, and head toward Toulon. Two assault regiments of the 45th would land in the center of the Allied front, take the nearby hills, and capture Ste. Maxime.
The 36th would play a basically defensive role on the right. The division was to advance to the nearby hills, make contact with the paratroopers, and seize the small port of St. Raphael. Only one regiment was scheduled land at H-hour about four miles east of St. Raphael. One battalion would land at Antheor Cove, three miles away. The second regiment would land at the same beach, with the third landing at 2 pm between the mouth of the Argens River and St. Raphael. The invasion planners expected that the third regiment would be supported by elements of the 45th Division. If necessary, however, the third regiment could land at the main landing beaches to the east.
Every previous landing on the continent had been met by heavy German resistance. In Normandy, the defenders contested the landings on the beaches, and at Salerno on the Italian mainland they had launched savage counterattacks. There was every reason to expect heavy resistance at the Riviera.
The French resistance, the FFI, actually struck the first blow of Anvil/Dragoon. After August 1, incidents of sabotage in southern France made it difficult for Army Group G to maintain communications. The Germans were forced to use combat troops to keep supply routes open to the Riviera since rail and phone lines were regularly cut. Army Group G had a great deal of trouble communicating with OB West near Paris and with its units on the Atlantic coast. The mountains made it difficult to communicate by radio. The FFI had become so aggressive that the Germans could only move large, well-protected convoys along the highways and railroads in southern France. By August, General Blaskowitz considered the FFI as being an effective army in his rear.
The commander of Task Force Butler, an ad hoc pursuit force General Truscott had created, wrote, "The German dread of the Maquis came to the surface continuously during our race into the interior. Really, some of our adventurous young officers became quite persuasive salesmen. Many and many a garrison was taken after a few shots—an American advanced under a white flag and a parley. If the German commander could be convinced that he and his force would become American prisoners, and not be turned over to the French, surrender usually was accomplished. By the time of the invasion in southern France, the Germans only had effective control over the Rhone Valley, the Carcassone Gap, and strips along the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Extensive strategic Allied bombing contributed to the German confusion by destroying most bridges over the major rivers. Tactical bombing and shelling, however, did not heavily damage German defenses in the landing area.
Airborne landings in the early morning hours began the actual invasion, as had been done in Normandy. Aided by cooperating French resistance forces and commandos landed by sea, the paratroopers succeeded in cutting off most of the invasion beaches from reinforcements.
Task Force Butler's commander later wrote, "The airborne operation was highly effective and so disrupted communications in paralyzing the [German] 62nd Corps headquarters (the enemy was forced to destroy his radio the first day) that [the German] Corps lost track of what was happening on the beaches." Indications are, however, that German commanders were not fooled by deception measures, including dummy "paratroopers" similar to those used in Normandy. The attack on the beaches themselves opened with a naval artillery barrage. Two of the three assault divisions, the 3rd and 45th, experienced little significant resistance to their landings. By the time August 15, 1944, was over, the 3rd Division had entered St. Tropez, but found it already had been liberated by the FFI and paratroopers dropped in the area by mistake. By the end of the day, elements of the 3rd had linked with elements of the 45th Division which did not get as far inland. However, it did not require the services of its third regiment, the 179th Infantry, being kept in reserve. A platoon of the 45th Reconnaissance Troop met up with airborne units south of Le Muy.
The 36th Division did not have as easy a time. Four initial color-coded beaches had been selected near the French city of St. Raphael—from east to west, Red, Green, Yellow, and Blue. Yellow Beach would have been an excellent landing site but the troops would have had to go into an estuary and contend with heavy German fire from behind as well as in front. Regimental records for the 141st Infantry report, "The area around the bay was so heavily fortified and its waters so extensively mined that no attempt was to be made to assault the beach." This beach would be flanked and attacked from the rear. When it was taken, engineers would prepare the beach for landing supplies.
The 1st Battalion of the 141st met some resistance but managed to quickly seize high ground overlooking the beach and capture 1,200 German prisoners. The battalion won a Presidential Unit Citation for these actions. The other two battalions in the 141st landed on Green Beach just after 8 am, against light resistance. "The beach line was a sight to behold. The Navy had done a superb job. The only remaining signs of the barb [sic] wire entanglements was a picket here and there," reported the 2nd Battalion of the 141st. These battalions quickly took the high ground near this beach.
The 143rd Regiment started to land on Green beach at 9:45, followed soon after by division commander Dahlquist and his staff. They planned to watch the 142nd landing on Red Beach several miles to the west and assist if needed. The 2nd Battalion headed directly toward St. Raphael, but encountered stubborn resistance from several German strongpoints. By 2 pm, its lead elements still had not reached St. Raphael.
The Red Beach landing was to take place several hours after that on Green Beach to give the 143rd time to head west and take the heights dominating Red Beach. The division was eventually supposed to occupy a line on the right flank of the Corps, with a 12 to 15 mile depth inland. Red Beach, however, was the most heavily fortified of the assault beaches. It was later discovered that most of the defenses of Green Beach had been removed to strengthen those of neighboring Red Beach. Heavy bombardment and the use of drone boats filled with explosives failed to sufficiently clear obstacles from the beach. At one point, one of the radio-controlled drone boats, loaded with explosives, reversed course and headed straight at the invasion assembly—to the distress of everyone watching. Fortunately, it turned again and ran aground on an inlet near Red Beach without exploding.
The 142nd was finally scheduled to land on Red Beach at 2 pm Colonel George E. Lynch, the regimental commander, radioed his leading battalion to ask about the delay and learned of the poor performance of the drone boats.
At 3:15, the commander of the naval assault on Red Beach, Rear Adm. Spencer Lewis, ordered the landing craft to head to Green Beach. General Dahlquist ordered the 142nd to land on Green Beach. St. Raphael and Red Beach were captured from the rear within two days.
Lieutenant General Truscott was watching the planned Red Beach landing. He thought the bombardment was going well and was shocked to see the landing flotilla first stop and then head back out to sea. His boss, Seventh Army commander Patch, and overall Navy commander Vice Adm. H.K. Hewitt, shared Truscott's feelings. Truscott later wrote, "Then, while we watched, helplessly, to our profound astonishment the whole flotilla turned about and headed out to sea again. Hewitt, Patch and I were furious." Truscott, in fact, threatened to relieve Dahlquist or court- martial Colonel George Lynch, the commander of the 142nd Infantry, if either of them had ordered the diversion. in his 1954 memoirs, Truscott wrote that the diversion and the apparent delay in capturing Red Beach and St. Raphael set back the schedule for the whole operation.
Was Avoiding Red Beach the Right Decision?
By the end of the second day, as the poetic clerk of the 142nd phrased it, "The beachhead was now secure and our forces were rapidly fanning out beyond. The invasion success was won with lightning suddenness and meager casualties." The controversial diversion had worked and left all regiments of the 36th Division in excellent shape for the work that followed. With the amphibious aspect of the operation completed, the 36th Division was positioned for more conventional land operations. The "blue line" of the initial bridgehead was reached, and Truscott issued new attack orders before dark on August 16.
The two primary French Riviera ports, Marseilles (the largest in France) and Toulon, were taken by French divisions serving with the Seventh Army on August 28, far sooner than expected. The port facilities were repaired and put into service as major supply avenues for the entire Allied effort. On August 17, Army Group G was ordered to pull back to the tough Vosges Mountains. The Allies knew about these orders almost immediately.
The rest of August and a good portion of September consisted of a giant race, sometimes hindered by the need to overcome supply problems. "Our vehicles are too few in number for what we have to haul," one American company reported. The desperate race was an attempt to stop the withdrawing German forces from reaching stronger positions in the mountains along the German and Swiss borders.
Apparently the shortage of vehicles among American formations was overcome before August 22, when Task Force Butler and elements of the 141st Infantry arrived at Montelimar.
The Germans were withdrawing their troops in southern France back to the Vosges Mountains. Intelligence reports indicated that they were not going to move troops from Italy to southern France but would continue to mount a strong defense north of Rome. Lt. Gen. Patch, commander of the 7th Army, planned accordingly. With no concern about his flanks, Patch could use virtually all of his forces in as rapid an advance as possible up the Rhone River Valley. Patch wanted to get ahead of the Germans, block their path, and force them to attack at places the Americans chose. One such place was just north of the city of Montelimar, 120 miles from the invasion beaches, 80 miles inland from the coast.
The Rhone River Valley and its two major highways run virtually north to south. It was the quickest, most logical route for a retreating German force, especially one protected by the powerful 11th Panzer Division, which was heading to the area. The valley has one particularly significant characteristic. It varies in width. Usually a broad plain, with space for maneuver along its two main highways, the terrain frequently narrows. These bottlenecks are obvious points for defending the valley or stopping a retreating army. Montelimar itself originated as such a defensive position, a Roman fortress at a particularly narrow spot with rugged hills and cliffs near both banks of the river. The area came to be called the Montelimar Gate.
Task Force Butler had been created as a rapid-movement force to try to block the German retreat. In order to leave him with an exploitation force if French armor was taken from his command, about a week before the Anvil/Dragoon invasion VI Corps commander Truscott had planned to put together a provisional Armored Group from elements of the corps. Placed under the command of Brig. Gen. Frederick B. Butler, the deputy commander of VI Corps, the force consisted of a motorized infantry battalion, 30 medium tanks, 12 tank destroyers, 12 self-propelled artillery pieces, and a light cavalry squadron with armored cars, light tanks, and trucks. While Task Force Butler has been described as balanced and mobile, it was not particularly strong, with a complement equal to somewhere between one and two regiments.
By August 19, Butler's force (to which had been added a battalion of the 143rd infantry) was already speeding northwest, preparing to swing around in front of the Germans. The force reached Sisteron, about halfway to Montelimar, by noon. About this time, Patch told Truscott to have a division ready to advance northward, in the general direction of Grenoble. Truscott ordered Dahlquist to have the 36th Division ready to move early the next day. Truscott expected that at least one regiment of the 36th would reach Sisteron by the end of that day. Butler was told to await Dahlquist, but also to continue patrols westward to seize the high ground north of Montelimar.
Butler never got this message. The mountains, which had interfered with Army Group G and 19th Army radio transmissions, affected American communications as well. The only instructions Butler received on the night of the 19th stated that the mission of the task force was unchanged—reconnaissance northward. Shortly before midnight, Butler reported that he intended to continue in the morning. He also reported a shortage of fuel and asked for further instructions, particularly whether he should head north to Grenoble or west to Montelimar. Butler was uneasy remaining stationary at Sisteron, within enemy territory. The FFI had reported a strong German force at Grenoble, and one within 30 miles of Task Force Butler. Butler was oriented toward a northward advance, but sent his operations officer by liaison plane to corps headquarters for more specific orders.
On the evening of the 20th, Brig. Gen. Robert I. Stack, assistant division commander of the 36th, arrived with part of the division headquarters and the remaining two battalions of the 143rd Infantry. The operations officer had returned with the news that further orders would be coming that night. Stack reported that the 36th Division was headed north, with the 142nd now 35 miles away. The 141st would follow the next morning. Stack warned Butler, however, that the division was still being hindered by shortages of fuel and trucks, and he did not know when it would arrive. The 143rd was to head for Grenoble the next morning. Stack thought this was the most logical move for Butler.
Radioing Dahlquist that evening, Stack relayed instructions for Butler to stay in the area of Sisternon until most of the 36th had arrived. Several hours later, after speaking with Truscott, Dahlquist told Butler to stay in the area and cancelled the move to Grenoble. Finally, at about 8 pm on August 20, Truscott ordered Butler to move as rapidly as possible to Montelimar at dawn the next morning, seize the town, and block the German route of withdrawal. The 36th Division would follow as quickly as possible.
A slight change in the written orders, received by Butler early the next morning, told him to seize the high ground north of Montelimar but not the city before dark the next day. Two battalions of corps artillery were being sent, but only one infantry regiment with supporting artillery and other units, the 141st, was specifically ordered to immediately join Butler. The rest of the division would not be ordered to the Montelimar area until 24 hours later. Dahlquist would take command as soon as he arrived on the scene.
Butler's force, which had been spread out and oriented north to Grenoble, was regrouped on the morning of the 21st. Some of his force had to be left to secure his rear until the 36th Division elements could arrive. By the end of the day, however, the bulk of Butler's force was within 13 miles of the Rhone River at the town of Crest.
Crest was the northeast corner of what came to be known as the Montelimar Battle Square. Boundaries for this area were the Drome River on the north, the Rhone River on the west, the Roubien River on the south, and the implied line north south from Crest to the Roubien on the east. The area alternates from flat farmland to rugged, hilly country. Route N-7 runs through Montelimar, two miles from the Rhone, and then continues up the valley. A secondary road, D-6, passes through Montelimar, then cuts into mountainous country before rejoining N-7 about 15 miles north of the city. Railroad tracks run on both sides of the Rhone, with another road paralleling N-7 to the west of the Rhone.
Butler's men reached Marsanne, in the center of the "square" and blocking D-6, late on the 21st. The advance party, under Lt. Col. Joseph G. Felber, recognized that Hill 300, next to N-7, with a clear view of the other Rhone arteries, was the key terrain feature. Unable to occupy the whole ridge, Felber set up outposts, roadblocks, and other positions. Germans were already passing through on the road. A light armor and infantry roadblock was chased back into the hills by a German attack at dusk. The Americans also destroyed the N-7 bridge over the Drome in the northwest section of the disputed area with no resistance from the Germans.
Just before midnight on August 21, Butler radioed Truscott to report the task force's arrival at the objective area. Butler said that his forces were thinly spread out but, with more artillery and a regiment from the 36th Division, Butler thought he not only could hold out but could successfully attack Montelimar the next afternoon. By the next morning, Butler's force had received neither reinforcements nor supplies.
The Germans struck first the next day. Units attacked north from Montelimar, taking Sauzet and forcing an American outpost back into the hills. This was just a feint, however. Larger German forces attacked from south of the Roubion River, advancing on Puy St. Martin and Marsanne behind Butler's defenses. Puy was occupied that afternoon, cutting Butler's supply line back to Crest and Sisteron. Fortunately, Butler's unit left to guard his rear at the town of Gap had been relieved by the 36th and arrived in time to successfully counterattack into Puy.
Truscott finally ordered Dahlquist to start moving toward Montelimar at 11 pm on August 21. That evening at 9 pm, the 141st was in Digne, 80 direct miles southwest (more by road) from Montelimar. Most of the division was still swinging north toward Grenoble in accordance with its latest orders. Division orders instructed the 141st to move toward Aspres-sur-Beach, on the route to both Grenoble and Montelimar, and still less than halfway toward Montelimar. The 141st itself had just completed, not long before midnight on August 19th, a sharp action in capturing the town of Callian, only 16 miles from the beach.
The next morning, Truscott flew to the area around Montelimar to find out what was causing the delay in movement. He remembered flying to the 36th command post just before noon on August 22. A staff officer of the 141st, present when General Truscott arrived, later recalled that the VI Corps commander's plane landed on the highway between Aspres and Sisternon, where the 141st was moving, mostly by foot, toward the division Headquarters at Aspres.
Apparently Sladen had not thought to awaken Dahlquist. When Sladen got up the next morning, Dahlquist was gone. Sladen then went to Gap and Grenoble with Stack, the assistant division commander. He appears not to have mentioned the orders to Stack. There is no mention that Truscott had asked to have his orders confirmed by Dahlquist.
The 19th Regiment was to replace the 143rd at Grenoble, with the 45th Division eventually assuming responsibility for that area. Truscott also sent a convoy of fuel trucks to the 36th, enabling the rest of the 141st to join Butler. Telephone conversations with Dahlquist—on a line finally opened—stressed the basic orders, though making a few changes in details. The confusion with the 36th finally seems to have been straightened out on August 23, when the division began to shift westward to block the Rhone Valley.
The bulk of the 11th Panzer Division had actually gotten south of Montelimar. The division's reconnaissance battalion had fought with Butler on the 22nd, while most of its elements were blocking roads leading to the Rhone from the east and the landing beaches. The division was then ordered to move northward, take the high ground around Montelimar, and secure Highway N-7 running northward. The 198th Infantry Division was also ordered to the area. Fortunately for Butler, Dahlquist, and Truscott, the Germans had the same supply problems as the Allies. The first elements did not reach the Montelimar area until August 23, with the rest not expected until the next day, but the Germans still intended to seize the initiative.
Fighting started again with the arrival of the lead elements of the 141st. "For us," as a regimental history of the 141st put it, "Montelimar and the week from August 24th to the 30th was one of the fullest 168 hour weeks of the war." Colonel Harmony was with the 2nd Battalion and received his regimental assignments from General Butler. The 2nd Battalion was assigned to attack Montelimar itself, with a jump-off point about 5 miles from the city.
Three German probes were fought off during the day. Fortunately for Task Force Butler (formally abolished on August 23, but still together) and the 36th, the Germans also did not have full strength in the Montelimar area. Company A of the 1st Battalion was able to seize the north slope of Hill 300, about five miles north of Montelimar, without opposition.
Butler had yet not blocked highway N-7, though on the afternoon of the 23rd Truscott ordered all Rhone valley roads blocked. Both battalions were counterattacked that evening and night, but held their positions. However, the Germans began to infiltrate around the units on the maze of area roads. The 2nd Battalion mission changed from an attack on the town to withdrawing to presumably better defensive positions north of the road east from Montelimar. Both units were alerted to expect a German attack the next morning. The rest of the 36th Division was on its way, but still not quickly. Increasingly strong German counterattacks started the next morning. One was against 2nd Battalion.
American units were holding on in the general area, aided by artillery and other supporting elements. However, they were pushed back from blocking N-7, their primary goal in the area. Dahlquist seemed more concerned with holding his position than with any active offense against the German escape route. The 142nd and 143rd, still not in the area, received confusing orders from division headquarters. Truscott spoke with Dahlquist, again reminding the division commander to block N-7. One can only imagine what Truscott would have said if he had learned that a copy of Dahlquist's operational instructions for the next day, had fallen into German hands. A liaison officer had left them in a jeep, fleeing a German roadblock. Fortunately, all of the 36th Division arrived in the battle square that night.
The complex German battle plan for August 25 called for attacks from six different directions. If all went well, they would be able to surround and virtually destroy the 36th Division and Task Force Butler. Coordination proved impossible, and the attacks had different degrees of success. One battle group from 11th Panzer, formed around a panzergrenadier battalion, attacked eastward along the Drome River from N-7, in the north of the combat area. The attack began just before noon, reaching Grane before 2 pm, about halfway to Crest at the northeast corner of the "battle square." Other German units seized the town of Allex, north of the Drome, about the same time.
Dahlquist sent what remained of Task Force Butler, a weak battalion with supporting elements, north from Puy halfway to Crest to cover his supply route. Butler sent a tank platoon toward Grane. It was not able to retake the town, but set up a blocking position just outside it. No further German attacks in this area followed. The Germans in Grane seemed content to defend their gains, while their attacks in the southern part of the box had accomplished little.
The main American offensive of that day was an attack directly at Highway N-7. The Hill 300-La Coucourde area, about five miles north of Montelimar, was left unprotected by the Germans for most of the day. However, defending a six-mile front made it impossible for Colonel Harmony to put together a 141st Regimental attacking force until late in the day. About 4 pm, units of the 2nd Battalion, 143rd Infantry, secured the northern portion of Hill 300. The 1st Battalion, 141st Infantry, moved directly at the highway. Elements of the German battle group supposed to be in the area arrived, but were fought off. By 7 pm, an American rifle company (later reinforced by a second company), four tanks, and seven tank destroyers had set up a roadblock. German traffic was again piling up south of Montelimar.
American artillery kept the Germans from assembling for a counterattack until nightfall, but Colonel Harmony was concerned about whether the road could be held. German pressure against the rest of his regiment was making it impossible to reinforce the blocking force. He was having trouble keeping it supplied. The Colonel suggested the force retire into the nearby pass at Hill 300 for the night, blowing up several bridges before leaving. They could return in the morning. Dahlquist vetoed this idea in compliance with Truscott's orders.
By this time, Maj. Gen. Wend von Wietersheim, commander of the 11th Panzer Division and acting commander of a temporary corps combining the 11th and the 198th Infantry Division, had become annoyed with the failure of his plans and of his men to keep the road open. He organized an attacking force from what he could scrape together near Montelimar and personally led a midnight attack on the roadblock. By 1 am, three of his tanks and six tank destroyers had been knocked out, with the rest of the force dispersed. Wietersheim sent some of his forces to seize the high ground over the highway to prevent an easy American attack in the morning.
When the fighting on the 25th and early on the 26th ended, neither side had done particularly well. Dahlquist had still used little of his strength, with most of the 142nd and 143rd having seen virtually no action. The Germans had opened the road, but that was all they had accomplished. Their forces were spread out, vulnerable to attack at weak points.
On August 26, Truscott ordered the 45th Division to send the 157th Regimental Combat Team and the 191st Tank Battalion north to the Montelimar "battle square" area. Part of the force arrived on the 25th, to be used as the 36th Division reserve. The rest, arriving the next day, stayed at Crest as corps reserve. The 3rd Division was also on its way to the area. No major German units arrived, though part of the LXXXV Corps was still heading toward Montelimar from the south. However, Von Wietersheim asked to be relieved of responsibility for the acting corps command so he could just handle 11th Panzer. Lt. Gen. Baptist Kneiss, commander of the LXXXV Corps, was given control of the Germans troops in the Montelimar area.
The only offensive action Dahlquist planned for the 26th was an attack by Butler through the Condilac Pass to restore the roadblock. The major portion of this attack started in the early afternoon. Butler sent two rifle companies of the 3rd Battalion, 143rd Infantry, over the northern slope of Hill 300. As they neared the highway, they were reinforced by a platoon of medium tanks and some tank destroyers moving on the road directly out of the pass. The attacking Americans ran into Germans both moving up from the south and attacking down from the north, and the best they could do was hang on to Hill 300 after again being pushed off the road. The tanks and tank destroyers withdrew. Efforts by the 143rd in the next few days were also unsuccessful.
The Presidential Unit Citation the 3rd Battalion won described the rest of their battle. "The following day, when attacked by an enemy force of battalion strength, units of the battalion fought valiantly to repel the attackers and inflict upon them an estimated 30 percent dead, while other units of the battalion courageously beat off successive enemy tank and infantry attacks from the north.
"The members of the battalion directed thousands of rounds of mortar fire into the enemy, blocking the highway with the debris of destroyed vehicles and trucks.
"On 29 August 1944, the enemy in overwhelming numbers desperately attacked the battalion and succeeded in infiltrating through and dividing it into small units. Although completely isolated from other units and faced with possible annihilation, the members of the 3rd Battalion fought furiously to hold their positions and by mid-morning had completely beaten the hostile forces, who suffered tremendous losses in personnel and equipment.
Blocking of the main Germans escape routes through the Rhone was intermittent and mainly accomplished by artillery. Although effective, the U.S. artillery was short of ammunition, and unable to do as much damage as possible on the steady stream of German targets. The 3rd Division was hampered by supply and transportation shortages in getting to the combat area. Units of the 36th Division could not move as fast as hoped in the "battle square" itself.
Dahlquist blamed much of this on the confusion of battle, including one case in which the wrong hill was taken. German attacks in the northeast corner of the square, at Crest and Puy, made the defense of these towns necessary. Supply and transportation shortages made it impossible to concentrate sufficient combat power on Hill 300 or to establish a permanent physical block across Highway N-7. Truscott saw the terrain difficulties but ordered further attacks the next day. Though Truscott remained unhappy, Dahlquist kept his job.
Tactical operations remained basically stalemated through the next few days. Neither side did as well as it might have done. Both failed to capitalize on opportunities. Supply problems made it impossible for the Americans to close the road and trap the Germans troops. Most made it out, but they took heavy materiel damage and high casualties. Germans units passed into the Vosges far weaker than they might have done otherwise.
The 36th Division was primarily responsible for this damage, though Dahlquist probably was not as aggressive as he could have been. In a letter written mid-battle, Dahlquist blamed himself for letting the Germans escape. Truscott would agree. However, Dahlquist was new to command of a combat division and had never before worked with Truscott. He probably could have used closer guidance in his first major engagement. He definitely could have used more supplies, transportation, gasoline, and ammunition. The rapid advance inland of the VI Corps, and the fact the Marseille and Toulon were not captured until the end of the battle and made usable as ports until sometime later made this unlikely.
Tags 141st Regiment, 142nd Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, Alexander M. Patch, Crest, France, Fred W. Sladen, Frederick B. Butler, H.K. Hewitt, John E. Dahlquist, Lucian K. Truscott, Marseilles, Montelimar, Operation Anvil, Operation Dragoon, Robert I. Stack, Spencer Lewis, St. Raphael, Task Force Butler, The French Resistance, Toulons, US Army, VI Corps, Wend von Wietersheim.


I reworked all of my oil paintings in the Proscenium Series (see sidebar for original Proscenium Series, new images are not uploaded yet) of landscapes, after looking into glazing technique online. I had never been quite happy with how they came out, and glazing was a method I had never used. In researching it online I also came across new clear acrylic media, (new to the market in the past few years), that can be mixed with acrylic colors to layer up glazes. After reworking the oil paintings and liking what occurred, I headed out to the art store for the new acrylic media. The problem with acrylics revolve around losing cohesion of the binder if mixed with too much water when trying to mix a thin glaze, and of course, that it dries extremely quickly. There were extenders on the market, that keep the paint wet longer, but thinning it out would still break the paint's ability to cohere, flow, and hold pigment. Now there is an extender with acrylic media as well as an acrylic thinner for airbrush. When mixed together these two media replace the use of water and allow thin color glazing. It works quite a bit like oil glazing. I had hoped to be able to have a watercolor-like response, and I experimented above the cumulonimbus in the layered storm front- laying down the painting flat I brushed in areas of wet color and misted water over it with a spray bottle, then dabbing back in with a brush, and locked it in with a blow dryer. There is possibility there for further play.
I reworked all 4 of the Entropy Bale paintings (see sidebar Bale to see them prior to glazing), the Bandalier scene below, and have 3 more big works from the last few months to revisit.
Thin glazing with acrylics brought new life to the clouds and color balance to the desert. At last.
This was how I left it prior to glazing- the yellow ground is mostly a product of the photograph.
The cumulonimbus now roll out from under the front, and their shadows dapple the landscape.
This before image shows how a level of cartoonishness has been overcome.
I need to set up for taking real images of these paintings, but for now we get to see them on the wall in different light- which makes for completely different hues from this image to the next (bale close-up).
Glazing up thin layers of transparent color allows modification of the background into multiple layers, and brings complexity and harmony to tonal areas. It also brought a better sense of mass to the bale.
This was the first big bale painting from back in 2009. I started working glazes with it, as it was the weakest of the series. It had been in a back hallway, but now hangs with the others and holds its own. All four bale paintings have been re-worked.
Snow at last! Yesterday the descending cold front pulled 80 degree air from the southern deserts slamming us with 70mph winds and the sky turned dark yellow with hazard warning levels of dust (nearly 300ppm vs the 35ppm safe level)- so dirty it was like a mist in the neighborhood. The airport was shut down as the cold front rolled over the valley, and the winds went haywire. It was snowing by 5pm, but nothing stuck till around 6am. The mountains have seen nearly 2 feet, and the foothills are blanketed in 5 inches- so our snowless winter has at last caught a break with the snowiest April 15 on record. Just 10 more record breaking storms lined up every other day for the next month is all it would take to bring the 200 inches of snow we need for a normal snow year.
Stanley prances with snow on his nose.
sugar coated blossoms. eat them while cold.
Any snow is good snow, even more so when it's the only snow.


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