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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (20th July 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Shock Army attacks around Ostrov
Soviet 1st Baltic Front attacks toward Siauliai and destroys German 3rd Panzer Army
German XIII Korps under heavy attack between Kovel and Lvov

In the Black Sea...
Turkish vessel Semsi-Bahri is sunk by Soviet submarine SC-209 

In Poland...
Due to the approach of Russian forces, Jews rounded up in Warsaw are now sent to German concentration camps

In Germany...
In effort to assassinate the Fuhrer and initiate a coup d'etat, Colonel Count Claus von Stauffenberg carries a briefcase containing a bomb into the conference room at the Wolfsschanze with Hitler and more than twenty officers present. Stauffenberg then departs for Berlin to help run the coup d'etat at OKH. After he has left, General Brandt, not knowing the contents,  moves the briefcase as it was in his way.

When the bomb explodes, four people are killed, but Hitler, on the far side of the table, suffers only minor injuries. Himmler is immediately dispatched to Berlin to crush the coup. Stauffenberg and three others are quickly captured and executed in the courtyard of OKH. General Beck, one of the main conspirators, commits suicide.

Mussolini arrives at the Wolfsschanze for a previously arranged visit, to find that Hitler is alive and convinced that his survival proves that his destiny is total victory.

In Paris...
Under the leadership of General Stulpnagel, conspirators in Paris seize control and jail SS officers. Field Marshal Kluge, commanding German troops in the West, fails to commit himself to the conspiracy. Without Kluge's support, the conspiracy collapses and officers loyal to Hitler quickly reassert control.

In Normandy, France...
Operation Goodwood: 
Canadian 2nd Corps of British 2nd Army captures St Andre-sur-Orne
8th Corps of British 2nd Army captures Bourgubus and Frenouville

British Mulberry (artificial harbor) at Arromanches now in full operation, operates at maximum capacity 

In the English Channel...
RN destroyer Isis and British vessel Norfolk are sunk by mines

In Italy...
British 8th Army reorganizes and extends its troops to the west in order to shorten the line of US 5th Army
US 5th Army advances toward Pisa 

In the Atlantic...
Brazilian vessel Vital de Oliveira is sunk by U-861  

In Chicago, USA...
The Democratic Party Convention in Chicago nominates Roosevelt to run for a fourth presidential term 

On Hawaii...
Admirals King and Nimitz arrive from the Marianas for more conferences

In the Pacific...
IJN auxiliary sub chaser No. 3 Yusen Maru  and sub chaser No. 2 Kaio Maru are sunk by USN submarine Cobia 

Guam is bombarded by Cruisers and destroyers of USN Task Group 53.18, whilst carrier-based aircraft attack from the air. 


US forces continue to bombard the Japanese Ibdi pocket on Biak Island 

In India...
Indian 5th Infantry Division of British 14th Army captures Toronglaobi on the Tiddim road south of Imphal

Today's Air Raids...
Germany military targets by US 8th Air Force in a second massive sweep of 1200 bombers (19 of which - 2% shot down) and 727 fighters (8 of which - 1% shot down) 
Memmingen and Friedrichshafen, Germany by US 15th Air Force 
Bottrop, Hamburg, Homberg and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Coutrai Rail Yard and V-Weapons sites in France by RAF Bomber Command
Po Valley, Italy by US 12th Air Force
Rota Island by Carrier-based aircraft from USN task force 53
Tinian and Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Yap Island, Timor Island, Boeroe Island and the Moluccas by US FEAF
Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima and Haha Jima by USN PB4Y aircraft based at Saipan
Manokwari and military targets in New Guinea by US FEAF
Hengyang, Changsha, river shipping, road traffic, and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force 

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Ironing
Lunch
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,772 (up 2)
Nonfollowed Eliminated = 1
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Unfollowers Eliminated 0
New Followers = 3
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I am in a transitional phase mentally where I am switching where I am deriving my mental strength from. My intention is to derive all my happiness and mood from my Higher Self rather than the circumstances of the character I play. This is requiring me to reach new heights of concentration! 

Due to the benign circumstances at home I can already do this for long periods, but my intention is to be so on a permanent ongoing basis, in the face of any distraction. When I can do this, I will be "me" in the fullest sense, and my character simply an "eye" through which the universe sees itself.

It has been a great adventure starting from a frightened, lost and lonely character to where I am now, and now I am keen to be Me in the fullest sense as seen through a single temporary focal point of consciousness - an experience that can be recorded and left behind for other points of consciousness to learn from.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you want to see Absolute Reality or would you rather stay in the world as you see it now?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy but dry throughout, with some clear spells
A light to moderate north-westerly wind will blow throughout
Max Temp = 20 degC
Min Temp = 16 degC
Sunrise at 05:02
Sunset at 21:24

Jetstream: East of Britain in the North Sea and weak
Weathertrack: Two weak depressions over Britain will move away north and east respectively, allowing a ridge of High Pressure to build from the south.
Air Pressure: 1008 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
A complaint is like a fart - I don't mind by own but I don't want anyone else's  :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
QI: Are your friends pleased to see you? 

8. TRIVIA
The pipistrelle bat weighs less than two pennies and is only as long as a person’s little finger. Yet it can eat 3,000 insects in one night.

9. ZEN WISDOM
It would be pointless for a plum blossom to try to remake itself as a cherry blossom, no matter how deeply the plum yearns to do so. The plum is happiest when it blooms as itself in full glory. How much of the color and wonder of life would be lost if it weren’t for our differences.