TUESDAY 20th MAY 2014 07:36 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (20th May 1944)
In Poland...
A test-fired V-2 rocket lands in the River Bug where it is subsequently recovered by Polish resistance 

In the North Sea...
British minesweeper HMS Wyoming is sunk by a mine 

In Italy...
Polish II Corps of British 8th Army attacks Piedmonte
US 5th Army advances around Fondi and Pico

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper R-190 is sunk by Allied aircraft 

In the Pacific...
IJN guardboat Yawata Maru is sunk by aircraft from USN light carrier San Jacinto
Japanese vessel Otori Maru is sunk by USN submarine Angler
Japanese vessel Miyaura Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bluegill
Japanese vessel Shosei Maru is sunk by USN submarine Silversides 
Japanese vessel Shinju Maru is sunk by US 14th Air Force bombers off Hong Kong  

USN Task Group 53.18 with three light cruisers and eight destroyers bombards Japanese installations in the Shortland Islands  

In New Guinea...
With Insoemoar Island in the Wakde Islands cleared, US 163rd Infantry Regiment returns to the mainland

In China...
Operation Ko-Go (Peking-Hankow Operation): 
Elements of Japanese 12th Army reach Lushih and the Chinese defenders withdraw 
63rd Infantry Division is transferred to Japanese 12th Army to continue attack against Chinese 15th Army at Loyang 

In Burma...
Chinese 112th Infantry Regiment captures Warong
Monsoon rains disrupt air support and supply drops for Chindits 

In India...
Indian 5th Infantry Division captures Kanglatongbi north of Imphal
Japanese forces attack Indian 23rd Infantry Division at Shenam Pass southeast of Imphal  
Japanese forces attack Indian 48th Infantry Brigade's block on the Tiddim road south of Bishenpur 
Indian 63rd Infantry Brigade attacks around Sadu south of Imphal 
Overnight, elements of Japanese 33rd Infantry Division opens an assault around Bishenpur south of Imphal, attacks the HQ of Indian 17th Infantry Division, and sets up roadblocks 

Today's Air Raids...
Dusseldorf and Reisholz, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Northern France:
Fighter patrols by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Airfields, rail yards, and military targets by US 8th Air Force
Transportation lines, V-weapons sites, and military targets by US 9th Air Force 
Bay of Biscay minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Marcus Island by USN aircraft from USN Task Force 58.6
Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Bougainville Island on military targets by US 13th Air Force
Biak Island and Noemfoor Island  by US 5th Air Force
Wewak, and military targets in New Guinea by US 5th Air Force 
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 13th Air Force
Chauk and Yenangyaung, Burma on oil facilities by US 10th Air Force
The Arakan, Burma on military targets by US 10th Air Force
Imphal, India by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Online marketing
Meditation/Me Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I am continuing to feel the benefit of a revitalized meditation regime, and I fully intend to get in 1 - 2 hours per day, even on Weekend Job days. I need it to be able to cope with the various challenges I face. 

I was somewhat comforted by a documentary last night about the mind. It showed how emotions are fundamental to communication and even reasoning. I have often considered my own overactive emotions a burden, but I was made to see that they are actually pivotal in my work as a therapist/teacher. The ability to feel emotions and empathize is fundamentally important in social cohesion and co-operation to mutual benefit, as well as in intuitive decision-making.

4. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Have you learned to be fully self-accepting?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy up to mid-afternoon
Scattered showers, possibly heavy and thundery thereafter 
Showers will clear by midnight, and it will be dry and clear overnight
A moderate north-easterly will swing gradually easterly then southerly by mid-evening
Max Temp = 19 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:58
Sunset at 21:10

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort         :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Nathan Caton on Russell Howard's Good News 

8. TRIVIA
Twenty-five million people die each year from contaminated water. That is the entire population of Canada.  

9. ZEN WISDOM
It is this time and this place that matter—not some other time or place. What matters is here and now—the people here and now.