TUESDAY 14th JANUARY 2014 06:24 GMT

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (14th January 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front opens a massive new offensive against the German 18th Army 
Soviet 2nd Baltic Front attack around Novosokolnikov

In Washington DC...
Roosevelt insists Chiang Kai-shek must commit more Chinese troops to the war effort or lose Lend-Lease aid

In the Pacific...
Japanese vessel Nippon Maru sunk by USN submarine Scamp
IJN destroyer Sazanami sunk by USN submarine Albacore
Japanese vessel Ken'yo Maru sunk by USN submarine Guardfish
Japanese vessel Yamazuru Maru sunk by USN submarine Seawolf
Japanese vessel Yamakuni Maru sunk by USN submarine Swordfish
Japanese vessel Gyoei Maru sunk by US 14th Air Force aircraft

US 7th Marine Regiment at Cape Gloucester on New Britain captures Hill 660

in Burma...
Indian 114th Infantry Brigade begins advancing south toward Pynghe east of the Kalapanzin River overnight

Today's Air Raids...
Brunswick, Magdeburg and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
V-Weapons sites, Northern France by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force, Bomber Command and US 8th Air Force
North Sea Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Mostar, Yugoslavia by US 15th Air Force
Anzio and military targets in Italy by US 5th Air Force
Wotje Atoll by USAAF, sinking IJN guardboat Tama Maru
Kwajalein Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Buka Island and Japanese positions on Bougainville Island by US 13th Air Force
Alexishafen, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets, New Britain by US AirSols and US 5th Air Force

 2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Bookwriting and online promotional work
Son Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY IN MY LIFE
It's one of my favourite kind of days - where nothing's happening! It's an opportunity to simply enjoy the bliss I now live in and promote my Practice. Blissful circumstances is however not a cue to be complacent - a great threat still remains - from my own mind! 

The various traumatic memories I have access to and the ability to conceive of nightmare scenarios in the future are easily capable of plunging my awareness into bad places. To keep my focus on paradise requires intense exercise of my attention. The irony of this is that it is the presence of malign forces and people that causes my attention to be sharp and thus to live in a state of Higher Awareness for increasingly longer periods of time, and ultimately continually.

This may be the year that sees "perpetual nirvana" occur - where I am so grounded and focused that I will never suffer again.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you able to leave bad memories behind?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry with sunny periods during the day
Rain arrives by mid-evening but it will peter out shortly after midnight
A moderate westerly wind will swing gradually south-easterly over the evening
Max Temp = 4 degC
Min Temp = 2 degC
Sunrise at 08:18
Sunset at 16:15

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I ate a ploughmans lunch at the weekend, and he wasn't happy about it  : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
QI - Switzerland

8. TRIVIA
In 1994, Warner Brother’s 1957 classic “What’s Opera, Doc?” featuring Elmer Fudd chasing Bugs Bunny in a parody of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle operas, was voted #1 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The important thing is to take that first step. Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.