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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (23rd September
1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Kalinin Front and West Front attacking around Smolensk
Soviet Bryansk Front captures Unecha
Soviet Steppe Front captures Poltava
Soviet 3rd Guards Tank Army and 27th Army fight to extend the bridgehead across the Dniepr River at Veliki Bukrin
In the Black Sea...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper R-30 sunk by Soviet aircraft off Kerch
In the North Sea...
Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Lutzow departs Altafjord for the Baltic, escorted by destroyers
In Germany...
Goebbels meets with Hitler to discuss situation in Italy and the Balkans
In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper R-93 is sunk by a mine
In the Aegean Sea...
Elements of the Long Range Desert Group reinforce British forces on Leros Island
Samos Island is garrisoned by the 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
German vessel Donizetti, transporting 1500 Italian prisoners, sunk by RN destroyer Eclipse, which also damages Kriegsmarine torpedo boat TA-10, forcing it to scuttle to avoid capture
German vessel Dithmarschen is sunk by Allied aircraft
In Italy...
Mussolini proclaims the Italian Fascist Social Republic and cedes cedes Trieste, Istria, and Trentino-Alto Adige to Germany
Roosevelt instructs Eisenhower to allow Italian armed forces to join the Allies
British 8th Army captures Altamura
US 5th Army advances northward
On Corsica...
Free French troops and Resistance forces enter Bonifacio and Portovecchio
General Giraud departs for Algiers
In the Mediterranean...
German vessel St Nazaire is sunk by British submarine Sibyl
In the Atlantic....
In a bad day not seen since the Spring, the Allies lose five freighters to U-Boats, three to U-238
In the Pacific...
Japanese vessels Ryotoku Maru and Yamashiro Maru are sunk by USN submarine Trout
In New Guinea...
Australian 20th Infantry Brigade captures an airfield and reaches Bumi River north of Finschhafen
Australian units reorganize and redeploy in the Lae - Nadzab - Markham Valley sector
Today's Air Raids...
Mannheim and Darmstadt, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Nantes, France by US 8th Air Force, destroying three ships
Northern France RAF Fighter patrols
Kahili, Bougainville Island by US AirSols and RNZAF
Markham Valley, New Guinea on Japanese positions by US 5th Air Force
Gasmata, New Britain bu US 5th Air Force
2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework/Garden
Meditation
Bookwriting
Missus Time
Twitter Followers = 1,672 (down 1)
Nonfollowed
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Unfollowers
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
There is a benefit from having an overreacting kind of mind, which is that you are forced to understand it and closely observe it in order to control it, and I find my own mind fascinating! My unhealthy impulses and inclinations are essentially redundant survival mechanisms that are no longer useful.
Once you accept the idea that the self is simply a concept created by you, you develop the ability to raise your focus above that self and observe it. From this lofty vantage point, there is no threat, so you don't get lost in your own fears. Of course, it isn't as simple as that. External stimuli can drag you right back down into the mode of a cornered animal.
However, as your self-awareness develops, you become increasingly less likely to walk into situations that cause primal behaviours to take over, and your environment begins to change as you do. Primal behaviour does have its place, and is a useful defensive weapon where there is genuine threat. The skill is in knowing when and where to let it off the leash.
After a lifetime of struggle, I have created a home environment that is benign, positive and healthy, purged of threats, and beyond it I have a healthy balance of fierce self-defence towards predators and benevolent difference-making to the receptive. Of course I am not invincible - I can be broken and destroyed like anyone else. If that is my fate, there is little my character can do about it, but as far as I am able, I will continue to make a difference my way.
4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you have a clear agenda?
5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Foggy at first in lowlands and valleys
The fog will lift by mid-morning and it will be mild, dry and sunny
Cloud will build in the afternoon but it will remain dry with sunny periods.
Mild, dry and cloudy with clear periods overnight
Wind negligible
Max Temp = 19 degC
Min Temp = 11 degC
Sunrise at 06:54
Sunset at 19:04
6. TODAY'S ONELINER
How come when your Wife's pregnant all her female friends rub her tummy
and say congratulations, but none of them rub your dick and say well
done?
7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI - omg
8. TRIVIA
Women often feel loved when talking face to face with their partner;
men, on the other hand, often feel emotionally close when they work,
play, or talk side by side.
9. ZEN WISDOM
True love must be transformative; a process that amplifies our
capacity to cherish not just one person but all people. It can make us
stronger, lift us higher and deepen us as individuals. Only to the
extent that we polish ourselves now can we hope to develop wonderful
bonds of the heart in the future.
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