WEDNESDAY 11th JUNE 2014 05:49 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (11th June 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front attacks Finnish defences in the Karelian isthmus

In Normandy, France...
Germans concentrate 2nd Panzer Division, 21st Panzer Division, 12th SS Panzer Division, and Panzer Lehr Division around Caen
British 2nd Army captures Tilly-sur-Seulles but is driven out by counterattacks 
VII Corps of US 1st Army advances toward Cherbourg
Completion of Gooseberry breakwaters at US invasion beaches with construction of Mulberry at Omaha Beach underway
Utah Beach still under occasional German shellfire
Allied aircraft attack the headquarters of German Panzer Group West, wounding Geyr von Schweppenburg and killing seventeen staff officers 
Ground troops receive heavy air support from US 8th and 9th Air Forces and the RAF

In the English Channel...
U-821 is sunk by RAF aircraft  
Kriegsmarine S-Boat attacks sink two US LCT's, one RN MTB, two tugs, and damage one RN frigate and one USN destroyer, at the cost of two S-Boats damaged.
USN LCI(L) 219 is sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft 
RN MGB-17 is sunk by a mine    

In the North Sea...
U-980 is sunk by RAF aircraft

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Cantalupo and attacks around Bagnoregio 
Advancing north, US 5th Army captures Montefiascone and Valentano 

In the Atlantic...
U-490 sunk by USN destroyer escorts and aircraft from USN escort carrier Croatan

In Brooklyn, New York, USA...
USN battleship Missouri is commissioned

In the Pacific...
US 41st Infantry Division heavily engaged around Mokmer airfield on Biak Island

Japanese Imperial Headquarters orders the withdrawal of all Japanese naval aircraft from New Guinea and environs  

Japanese vessel Asanagi Maru is sunk by USN submarine Redfin off Jolo Island   

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): 
40th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army captures Iyang 
58th Infantry Division, 68th Infantry Division, and 116th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army attacks Chinese forces along the Liuyang River 
3rd Infantry Division and 13th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army attacking Chinese 44th Army at Liuyang
Japanese 11th Army orders 116th Infantry Division to advance southward along the Canton-Hankow rail line
70th Infantry Division of Japanese 13th Army advances toward Lungyu 

On the Salween front:
Elements of Chinese Y Force capture Hongmoshu 

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

In India...
Indian 5th Infantry Division advances northward from Imphal toward Kangpokpi on the road to Kohima   
Indian 20th Infantry Division is heavily engaged with Japanese 15th Infantry Division on the Ukhrul road northeast of Imphal 
Japanese forces attack Indian 23rd Infantry Division at Shenam Pass southeast of Imphal 

Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Netherlands Fighter patrols by RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force
Foscani, Constanta, Giurgiu, and Smederovo, Romania by US 15th Air Force 
Guam, Saipan, Pagan, Rota, and Tinian on airfields by Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 58, claiming at least 100 planes destroyed on the ground at the cost of 11.
Truk Atoll by US 7th and 13th Air Forces
Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Peleliu Island by US 13th Air Force 
Hansa Bay and Wewak, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force  
Sabang, Sumatra by Carrier-based aircraft of RN Eastern Fleet  
Rabaul and military targets on New Britain by US 13th Air Force 
Myitkyina and military targets in Burma by US 10th Air Force
Eastern China on military targets by US 14th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping 
Son Time

Online promotional work
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Living by faith in your Higher Self is certainly a less stressful way to live! It's also much simpler - you just kinda get on with it, responding to situations as they arrive, and I'm less phased by extra jobs that suddenly crop up. This is a much better way to face challenges!

Having re-discovered and tasted how much better it is, I intend to push on and allow my Higher Self to do EVERYTHING, reducing the ego to the role of observer. The "Last Bastion" of my ego is my relationships - how I deal with people. What a relief it will be to allow my Higher Self to speak for me! My higher self will also make a much better job of it.

My aim for today then is to relax deeply enough to allow my Higher Self to completely run the show, including all my social interactions, and see what happens! 

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Would you like to find better ways to experience life than you know at present?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout
Cloud will gradually thin out and clear entirely by late afternoon
A moderate south-westerly will swing westerly by mid-afternoon
Max Temp = 17 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:36
Sunset at 21:37
Jetstream: Over Britain running south to north and drifting north-east 
Weathertrack: High pressure centred over the Bay of Biscay will expand north to cover southern Britain. A depression over the Faroe Islands will affect Scotland and Northern Ireland
Air Pressure: 995 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI: Why Are So Many Great Men Short? 

8. TRIVIA
Mutations on chromosome 16 have been tied to autism. The glitch is in a DNA region that contains “morpheus” genes, or genes which historically have changed very rapidly as humans evolved. In other words, the same method that helped evolve human intelligence may contribute to autism.

9. ZEN WISDOM
If you lose today, win tomorrow. In this never-ending spirit of challenge is found the heart of a victor.