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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (8th June 1944)
In Normandy, France...
British 2nd Army advances toward Caen, and captures Port-en-Bessin on its western flank 
British 7th Armoured Division arrives in Normandy 
German 12th SS Panzer Division counterattacks British 2nd Army around Caen 
V Corps of US 1st Army advancing from Omaha beach makes contact with British 2nd Army from Gold beach around Port-en-Bessin
Elements of 29th Infantry Division of US 1st Army relieve 2nd Ranger Battalion at Pointe du Hoc
US 1st Army attack Carentan with 101st Airborne Division and advance toward Cherbourg with VII Corps 
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force conducts major offensive and defensive operations over the Normandy landing beaches, attacking ground targets and intercepting Luftwaffe attacks. In resulting dogfights, 16 Luftwaffe fighters are shot down at a loss of 11 RAF fighters
US 8th and 9th Air Forces provide massive ground support inland. In resulting dogfights, 37 Luftwaffe fighters are shot down at a loss of 28 USAAF fighters 
For the first time, RAF Bomber Command use 12,000-lb "Tallboy" bombs, invented by "bouncing bomb" inventor Barnes Wallace, designed to destroy bunkers. 

In the English Channel...
The Luftwaffe attacks offshore shipping overnight, sinking RN frigate Lawford and British vessel Chant 6.
The US Navy loses three destroyers, an LST and a minesweeper to mines.
Kriegsmarine destroyer and S-Boat attacks on Allied shipping are all repulsed, Kriegsmarine destroyers Z-32 and ZH-1 sunk by RN destroyers overnight

In Yugoslavia...
Tito arrives at Vis via RN destroyer to set up a new partisan headquarters

In Italy...
Marshal Badoglio and his pro-Allied government arrive in Rome
British 8th Army advance toward Orvieto, Monte Maggiore, and Passo Corese 
An Allied Balkan Air Force is established

In Ankara, Turkey...
The British ambassador pressures the Turkish government to bolock German access to the Aegean Sea

In the Atlantic...
In a disastrous day for the Kriegsmarine, four U-Boats sailing north to attack Allied invasion shipping are sunk by the RAF 

In the Pacific...
IJN destroyer Kazagumo sunk by USN submarine Hake off Mindanao
Japanese vessel Shioya sunk by USN submarine Rasher off the East Indies
US 41st Infantry Division is heavily engaged around Mokmer airfield on Biak Island 
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Japanese reinforcement convoy en route to Biak Island. IJN destroyer Harusame Japanese vessel No. 5 Nippo Maru and three barges are sunk, IJN destroyers Shiratsuyu and Shikinami damaged.
USN Task Force 74 and Task Force 75 turn back another Japanese convoy transporting Japanese reinforcements to Biak Island
         
In New Guinea...
US Task Force Tornado attacks west toward the Tirfoam River to expand Arare beachhead  

In Japan...
General Kuribayashi is ordered to Iwo Jima to organize defenses against an anticipated US invasion 

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
Elements of Japanese 11th Army capture Hsiangyin 
On the Salween front: 
Chinese 71st Army isolates Japanese garrison at Lungling and attacks the outer defences

In Burma...
Indian 77th LRP Brigade attacks around Mogaung 

In India...
British 2nd Infantry Division is engaged against a Japanese rearguard around Viswema on the road from Kohima to Imphal 
Japanese 33rd Infantry Division attacks Indian 17th Infantry Division in the Bishenpur sector south of Imphal

Today's Air Raids...
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Pola and Porto Marghera, Italy by US 15th Air Force 
Nauru Island by US 7th Air Force
Truk Atoll by US 7th and 13th Air Forces
South China Sea minelaying by US 10th Air Force
Imphal, India by Japanese aircraft 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Client Prep 
Online promotional work
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
It may be an age-thing, or it may be just me, but I was somewhat disappointed with myself how unsettled I was by two relatively trivial incidents at the end of the Weekend Job shift. I went to bed only to have an unsettling dream as well! I awoke early - and unsettled! 

I would love to have a life free of the raging emotions that stir within my mind, but I know full well that they are intrinsic to my character and can only be at best well-managed, in the same way if you had diabetes you could not be cured, only manage it.

There has to be self-acceptance of the limitations imposed by the circumstances you are dealt, and to respond to those circumstances as well as you can, be they internal or external. Focus on the response rather than circumstances is the key to a fulfilling life, because response is something you can control and wield. 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you responding well to what you are facing?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy in the morning
Scattered showers, some heavy, arrive in the afternoon
Showers will clear by late evening and it will be dry and increasingly clear overnight
A moderate south westerly will peter out overnight
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 13 degC
Sunrise at 04:38
Sunset at 21:34
Jetstream: Over Britain running south to north and static
Air Pressure: 990 milibars and rising slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Sex is like pizza. When it’s good, it’s VERY good! When it’s bad, it’s still petty good. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Mock The Week S10E03 Scenes We'd Like To See Very good!

8. TRIVIA
If human eyes had the same proportions as a domestic cat, they'd be the size of tennis balls.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The greatest tragedy in life is not to die, it is to live as if dead, to let the life within us wither.