TUESDAY 29th JULY 2014 08:00 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (29th July 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Baltic Front advances towards Riga to cut off the German 16th Army and 18th Army
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front advances toward Kaunas
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front crosses the Vistula at Sandomierz
Soviet 4th Ukrainian Front is reformed with 1st Guards Army and 18th Army and inserted into the front line between 1st Ukrainian Front and 2nd Ukrainian Front

In Normandy, France...
US 1st Army makes rapid progress south, exploiting a gap in the German line

In the English Channel...
RN LSI Prince Leopold is sunk by U-621
Kriegsmarine 6th S-Boat Flotilla sorties and attacks an Allied convoy overnight, sinking SS Samwake and damaging four other ships

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Monte Scalari and advances toward Empoli 

In the Atlantic...
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-627 is sunk by patrolling Allied aircraft 

In the Pacific...
With conferences concluded, Roosevelt departs Hawaii

IJN guardboat Kanno Maru I-Go is sunk by USN submarine Perch

US V Amphibious Corps advance on Tinian is slowed by fierce Japanese resistance

US III Amphibious Corps on Guam captures the Orote peninsula, including its airstrip 

New Guinea...
Skirmishes between Japanese forces and US Task Force Persecution along the Driniumor River at the eastern end of Aitape beachhead 

In India...
US 20th Air Force B-29 bombers begin work as transports hauling supplies over the Hump to airfields in China to support other B-29 missions against Japan

Today's Air Raids...
Merseburg, Bremen and targets of opportunity in Germany by US 8th Air Force. At Bremen, 5 U-Boats are written off, and two S-Boats and a destroyer are sunk
Frankfurt, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
V-Weapons sites in France by RAF Bomber Command
Laon and Juvincourt-et-Damary airfields, France by US 8th Air Force 
Truk Atoll and Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Woleai Atoll, Ceram Island, Boeroe Island, and Timor Island and  anti-shipping sweeps by US FEAF
New Guinea military coastal targets by US FEAF
Anshan, Taku and targets of opportunity in China by US 20th Air Force
China on transportation routes by US 14th Air Force

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

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I am so far very much enjoying holiday-at-home with plenty of time for both self-indulgence and looking after the family. Rather than preparing something I am actually enjoying what preparation is for - to enjoy life! That involves making a difference my way doing what I love doing. My time is NOW and I'm seizing it! 

There is something to be said for living "below the radar", only really known to a small following to whom you can make a significant difference. You are then not a "target" to be shot at but can live life your way unchallenged and undisturbed.

In the midst of all this fulfilling life, I intend not to forget wat I truly am nor to be distracted from my intent of a life experience driven by intuition rather than excessive overthinking. I fully intend to enjoy the bliss of a quiet mind.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you truly living or just hoping to live?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry throughout with variable cloud
A moderate westerly will blow throughout
Max Temp = 18 degC
Min Temp = 14 degC
Sunrise at 05:15
Sunset at 21:10

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity  :D 

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jimmy Carr unscripted - on Hitler, the Catholic church, Jihad, circuses, Gypsies 

8. TRIVIA
The oldest documented person on record is Jeanne Calment, a Frenchwoman who lived for 122 years and 164 days.       

9. ZEN WISDOM
To be courageous no matter what happens—that is the root of true happiness. To move forward resolutely regardless of what lies in store—that is the spirit, the resolve, that leads to human victory.