MONDAY 14th JULY 2014 05:53 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (14th July 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Karelian Front unsuccessfully attacks Finnish U Line north of Lake Ladoga
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front attacks around Grodno and advances toward the border of East Prussia
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front captures Pinsk
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front attacks German Army Group North Ukraine 

In France...
Bastille Day is celebrated in Paris for the only time under German occupation
The Vichy French cabinet meets for the last time
U-415 is sunk by a mine in Brest harbour 

In Normandy, France...
The Luftwaffe launches heavy fighter-bomber attacks against the Normandy beachhead 

In the Mediterranean...
German vessel Susanne is sunk by RN submarine Universal in the Aegean

In Albania...
Puppet Prime Minister Rexhep Bey Mitrovica is forced to resign by German authorities

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Monte Carmucino against stiffening German resistance
French units of US 5th Army capture Poggibonsi    

In the Atlantic...
Two Kriegsmarine sub-chasers are sunk by Allied destroyers Tartar, Haida, and Blyskawica in the Bay of Biscay

In the Pacific...
Admirals King and Nimitz travel from Hawaii to the Marianas for further conferences and inspections

Guam is bombarded by Cruisers and destroyers of USN Task Group 53.18, whilst carrier-based aircraft attack from the air. A USN Underwater Demolition Team begins reconaissance of landing beaches on Guam

IJN guardboat Taiko Maru is sunk by USN submarine Sand Lance off the East Indies

In New Guinea...
US Task Force Persecution, with naval artillery support from Task Force 74, continues counterattacks along the Driniumor River at the eastern end of Aitape beachhead 

US reconaissance forces are landed by USN PT boats at Cape Opmarai on the Vogelkop peninsula

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hengyang Operation): 
Japanese 11th Army attacks Chinese 10th Army in Hengyang 

Today's Air Raids...
Hanover, Germany by RAF Bomber Command 
V-Weapons sites in France by RAF Bomber Command
Peronne and Montdidier airfields, France by US 8th Air Forces
Rail yards in Northern France by RAF Bomber Command
Budapest and Petfurdo, Hungary by US 15th Air Force
Po Valley, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Mantua, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Rota Island by Carrier-based aircraft from USN task force 53
Tinian by US 7th Air Force
Yap Island, Ceram Island and Timor Island by US FEAF
Leiyang, Sungpai, Hengyang, and Changsha, China by US 14th Air Force 
Myitkyina, Mohnyin, Kadu, Henu, and Mawlu, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework 
Gardening
Meditation
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A particularly wonderful weekend of rest and quality time with Missus, and trouble-free shifts at the Weekend Job have got the new week off to a good start. With a clear vision of purpose and intention and the right mental strategy in place, it is simply a question of enjoying life moment by moment. 

Monday is a physical/practical sort of day where you can simply get on with it. I have a blissful situation not because it is free of challenges but because I know what I'm doing and what I'm doing it for.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Is what you're doing now part of a clear purpose and strategy for your life? 

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout
Bright sunshine in the morning
Cloud will increase from noon
A light westerly wind will swing south-westerly and strengthen from mid-morning
Max Temp = 19 degC
Min Temp = 10 degC
Sunrise at 04:53
Sunset at 21:31

Jetstream: Over Scotland and static
Weathertrack: A weak ridge of High Pressure is moving east over Britain. A longstanding static depression over Iceland is slowly filling
Air Pressure: 1012 millibars and slowly falling

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
A poo is like a lapdance - please remain seated for the entire performance  :D 

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!   
The Jimmy Fallon Show - Steve Coogan discusses Dame Judi Dench & James Bond 

8. TRIVIA
The wettest place on Earth is Mt. Waialeale on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where the average rainfall is 476 inches per year.

9. ZEN WISDOM
The courage not to bow to pressure, the courage to stand alone, the courage to maintain one’s determination, the courage to look deep into one’s heart and confront one’s own cowardice and arrogance, the courage to challenge difficulties—those who possess this kind of courage are true victors.