Monday 30 June 2014

MONDAY 30th JUNE 2014 08:22 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (30th June 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front assaults Finnish positions around Tali-Ihantala in the Karelian isthmus

Operation Bagration:
Soviet 1st Baltic Front advances west 
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front isolates elements of German 4th Army around Borisov
Soviet 2nd Byelorussian Front advances toward Minsk
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacks around Bobruisk 

In the Baltic...
Three Russian MTB's are sunk in a skirmish with Kriegsmarine warships

In Copenhagen, Denmark
A General Strike against German occupation commences 

In Normandy, France...
Operation Neptune, the amphibious phase of Operation Overlord, is officially ended.
Sword beach is hit by heavy German artillery fire 
VII Corps of US 1st Army eliminates the German pocket at Cap de la Hague

In the English Channel...
U-988 is sunk by RN warships and RAF aircraft 
British vessel Tully Crosby is damaged by a mine off Normandy 

In the North Sea...
U-478 is sunk by RAF aircraft

In England...
Double agent Eddie Chapman begins misreporting V-1 impact information to Germany

In the Bay of Biscay...
Kriegsmarine ASW vessel UJ-1408 is sunk by Allied aircraft 

In Hungary...
Admiral Horthy pressured by King Gustav of Sweden to save Hungarian Jews 

In Albania...
Communist partisans attack Zogist partisans around Derije 

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Petrignano
US 5th Army attacks around Cecina 

In Turkey...
The British ambassador pressures the Turkish government to sever diplomatic relations with Germany

In Washington DC...
The US government severs diplomatic relations with Finland

In the Pacific...
IJN gunboat Hyakafuku Maru is sunk by USN submarine Plaice
IJN guardboat Aikoku Maru is sunk by a US shore battery off Kwajalein Atoll

With central Saipan cleared of Japanese resistance, US V Amphibious Corps advances north

US 41st Infantry Division continues mopping up pockets of Japanese resistance on Biak Island

Japanese vessels Tsurushima Maru and Matsukawa Maru are sunk by USN submarine Jack in the South China Sea
Japanese vessel Nikkin Maru is sunk by USN submarine Tang in the Yellow Sea

In China...
Operation To-Go: 
Japanese 11th Army attacking Chinese 10th Army in Hengyang 
Elements of Japanese 23rd Army conduct diversionary operations northeast of Canton

Today's Air Raids...
Homberg, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium on Luftwaffe airfields by US 8th Air Force
Vierzon and V-Weapons sites, France by RAF Bomber Command
Hungary targets of opportunity by 15th Air Force after failing to reach Germany
Zagreb and military targets in Croatia by US 15th Air Force
Tinian and Rota Islands by US 7th Air Force
Noemfoor Isand and military targets on New Guinea by US FEAF
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US FEAF
Phu Lang Thouong, Indochina by US 14th Air force
Tungting Lake and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force
Tamu, Wainggyo, and Myitnge, Burma by US 10th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework
Online promotional work
Meditation
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,761 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 3

Unfollowers eliminated = 0

New followers = 4

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
This week, with no pressing issues, I have an opportunity to "make hay while the sun shines", or to use another expression, put money where mouth is! Without the excuse of distractions I can consolidate and build up my mental strength and dend out some positive energy out into the Universe.

Events in the first half of this year have reminded me of the importance of faith, which enables you to draw on power beyond your immediate reach. The character/ego I play is the lens and screen through which consciousness is experienced, but it is a negligible fraction of who "I" am! My character is only the leaf on the tree - in entirety "I" am the tree! 

This of course means that I can draw on the full resources of the tree to fully empower the temporary purpose of the leaf. This is where the hard work comes in! The concentration required to tap in to your "true self" is far beyond that which people use in everyday ego-driven lives.  

However I have every incentive to persevere - my particular ego simply doesn't fit in to the culture around me and cannot do it alone. For this character, Enlightenment is a necessity! I will consequently strive on, because only by utilising the full resources of my True Self will this character live out its role to maximum effect.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you what YOU think you are, or do you think you are what others say?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and sunny throughout with a slight south-westerly breeze 
Clear overnight  
Max Temp = 17 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 04:39
Sunset at 21:41

Jetstream: Over France
Weathertrack: A weak high pressure system south of Iceland will remain static. A depression in the Baltic is moving north and filling. A depression west of France will move into the Bay of Biscay and fill.
Air Pressure: 992 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
This is a day for firm decisions ! …Or is it ? :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
QI: Infantile Jokes   

8. TRIVIA
The average human head has about 100,000 hairs.  

9. ZEN WISDOM
To give up even before you’ve attempted something is actually arrogance—an affront to the wondrous power of life within you and disrespectful to yourself.