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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (14th June 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front
attacks and breaks through Finnish VT Line in the Karelian Isthmus - Finnish counterattacks are repulsed

In Normandy, France...
De Gaulle, as head of Provisional Government of the French Republic, visits the Normandy beachhead
Sword beach is still being hit by German artillery fire, but shelling of Utah Beach ceases
British 2nd Army continues attacks around Tilly-sur-Seulles - German counterattacks force a partial withdrawal
VII Corps of US 1st Army advances toward Cherbourg
Massive air support is provided by Allied aircraft

In the English Channel...
USN LST-280 is sunk by U-621 off Normandy
Kriegsmarine minesweepers M-83 and M-343 aresunk by RN MTBs off Jersey.

In London...
Admiral Sir Henry Moore succeeds Admiral Fraser in command of RN Home Fleet

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Orvieto
US 5th Army captures Magliano

In the Mediterranean...
Kriegsmarine torpedo boats TA-26 and TA-30 are sunk by USN PT boats whilst minelaying

In the Atlantic...
British vessel Birdlip and French vessel Saint Basile are sunk by U-547  

In the Pacific...
USN submarine Golet is sunk by uncertain cause  

USN Task Group 52.17 bombards Saipan
USN Task Group 52.18 bombards Tinian
USN battleships California and Tennessee, cruisers Indianapolis and Birmingham, and destroyers Braine and Remey are damaged by Japanese shore batteries 

US 41st Infantry Division still attacking enemy positions around Mokmer airfield on Biak Island  

Japanese vessel Koan Maru sunk by USN submarine Rasher

In New Guinea...
Australian troops advancing toward Hansa Bay reach Potsdam

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
3rd Infantry Division and 13th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army capture Liuyang, isolating Changsha

On the Salween front:
Japanese counterattacks force Chinese Y Force to withdraw from positions around Lungling 

In Burma...
US-Chinese units are heavily engaged with Japanese troops at Myitkyina

In India...
Indian 7th Infantry Division advance beyond Kekrima Ridge east of Kohima 
British 2nd Infantry Division attack the Japanese rearguard around Viswema on the road from Kohima to Imphal 

Today's Air Raids...
Bagenkop Island, Denmark by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Emmerich Refinery, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Gelsenkirchen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Eindhoven, Netherlands by US 8th Air Force
Belgium on airfields and military targets by US 8th Air Force
Le Havre Kriegsmarine Base, France by RAF Bomber Command - in a highly successful raid, 3 torpedo boats, 15 S-Boats, 2 escort vessels, 9 minesweepers, 8 patrol vessels, 1 gun ferry and numerous uncounted small vessels are all sunk
English Channel minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Pardubice, Czechoslovakia by US 15th Air Force
Budapest and Komarom, Hungary by US 15th Air Foece
Osijek and Sisak, Yugoslavia by US 15th Air Force
Saipan, Tinian, Guam, Rota, and Pagan Island on airfields by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 58
Truk Atoll by US 7th and 13th Air Forces
Bougainville Island military targets by US 13th Air Force
Babo, Wewak and military targets in New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Kamiri airfield, Noemfoor Island by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 13th Air Force
Halong Seaplane Base, Celebes Island by US 5th Air Force
Tungting Lake area and other targets throughout eastern China by US 14th Air Force              

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

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New followers = 1 
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A weekend free of the Weekend Job is most pleasant indeed but it hasn't resulted in an abundance of extra time. That however is not a complaint, as I am being enabled to invest quality time into my relationship with Son and Missus. These relationships are always my first priority for time and resources above any other consideration - a lesson I have learned from the negative example of my own parents and their miserable dysfunctional relationships.

I consequently enjoy a life of bliss my parents will have never known. This life is not free of problems but it IS free of misery! It is the ability to handle problems, not the absence of problems that preserves happiness.

All this of course is to do with my character. Whilst my character continues to play out its role, I attach the greatest priority to connecting with my True Self. This requires no material or physical resources at all, but it does require a supreme mental effort, an act of total concentration. I have learned over many years how challenging it is to muster that level of continuous focus, but I have that clear intention and the determination to achieve it, because I have already tasted intermittently the sweet prize - total peace of mind.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you clear in your mind about what you really want?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dull and cloudy start
Clouds may become heavy enough to briefly produce some light drizzle mid-morning.
Cloud will thin out in the afternoon and evening to allow sunny spells
Dry but increasingly cloudy overnight
Max Temp = 17 degC
Min Temp = 14 degC
Sunrise at 04:36
Sunset at 21:39
Jetstream: Over southern England, drifting west and tilting from west-east to north-south over the Irish Sea
Weathertrack: High pressure south west of Britain will build, expand over Britain and drift north.
Air Pressure: 999 millibars and slowly rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Proof that computers are stupid - Error, no keyboard - press F1 to continue :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
The Graham Norton Show: Sporty Guests 

8. TRIVIA
The presence of Earth’s moon is singularly important because it stabilizes Earth’s tilt. Without the moon, Earth would still have wild changes in climate making civilisation impossible. The stabilizing tug of the moon tempers Earth, resulting in the minor tip that causes summer and winter seasons.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Just as a diamond can only be polished by another diamond, it is only through genuine, all-out engagement with others that people can polish their character, and help each other to reach greater heights.