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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (16th July 1944)
In the Arctic...
Soviet submarine L-15 conducts minelaying operations

On the Russian Front...
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front and 3rd Byelorussian Front converge on Grodno
Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front advances into German Army Group North Ukraine's prepared positions 

In the Baltic...
Kriegsmarine AA cruiser Niobe (ex Dutch Gelderland) is sunk by Soviet forces

In Germany...
Hitler refuses to release the garrison of the Channel Islands for defence of Normandy. Hitler then leaves Berchtesgaden for the last time, flying to the Wolfsschanze

In Normandy, France...
Rommel, endorsed by his superior Von Kluge, sends a letter to Hitler warning that the Normandy Front is on the brink of collapse
12th Corps of British 2nd Army captures Gavrus, Bougy, and Esquay
30th Corps of British 2nd Army attack toward Noyers 
VII Corps of US 1st Army attacks German 5th Fallschirmjaeger Division and Panzer Lehr Division 

In Italy...
First contingent of Brazilian Expeditionary Force arrives from Brazil aboard US vessel General W.A. Mann
British 8th Army captures Arezzo and advances across the Arno River 
US 5th Army captures Usigliano and Monte Maggiore, advancing into the Arno valley 
German 10th Army and 14th Army continue to prepare Gothic Line positions while delaying the Allied advance 

In the Pacific...
USN Admirals King and Nimitz arrive at Eniwetok Atoll

Japanese vessel Nippo Maru is sunk by USN submarine Skate 
Japanese vessel Seattle Maru sunk by USN submarine Piranha off the Philippines
Japanese vessels Mantai Maru and Jinsan Maru are sunk by USN submarine Guardfish off the Philippines
Japanese vessel No. 3 Tatsu Maru sunk by USN submarine Bonefish off the Philippines
Japanese vesselc Shozen Maru, Sainei Maru and Nissan Maru are sunk by USN submarine Thresher off the Philippines

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

US Task Force Cyclone continues mopping up on Noemfoor Island and opens Kamiri airfield for USAAF fighter aircraft 

In New Guinea...
US Task Force Persecution close gaps in the front along the Driniumor River at the eastern end of the Aitape beachhead  

In India...
Indian 17th Infantry Division of British 14th Army captures Ningthourkhong and Thinunggei on the road south of Imphal

Today's Air Raids...
Munich and Saarbrucken, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Homberg, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Vienna and military targets in Austria by US 15th Air Force
V-Weapons site, France by RAF Bomber Command
St. Lo and nearby military targets, France by US 9th Air Force 
Po Valley and transportation routes in 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 and Timor Island by US FEAF
Wewak, Maokwari and military targets on New Guinea by US FEAF
Changsa, Hengyang, Ikiawan and river traffic in China by US 14th Air Force
Myitkyina, Namkwin, Manla, Hopin, Maingna, and Mohnyin, Burma by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Me Time
Meditation
Accompanying Missus to Mammogram
Missus Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I am always aware that there is no cure for the unhelpful characteristics of my personality, but after many years of trial and error I have learned to manage them. Knowing what to do about a situation makes the difference between being overwhelmed and coping.

I have until recently resented the fact that self-management is never automatic, but I have come to realize that it is this very fact that forces my consciousness to stay connected to my True Self rather than retreat into the local situation of the character I play.

Without a challenge, the life-experience is pointless. It is the creation of difference, the rippling of neutral into positive and negative, that makes consciousness itself possible. The very existence of a challenge keeps me conscious!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Do you know what you need to to find fulfilment?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
A dry and sunny start. 
Cloud will thicken by midday with some outbreaks of rain during the afternoon. Some of the rain could be heavy and possibly thundery but will clear by dusk.
Dry with clear spells overnight
Max Temp = 19 degC
Min Temp = 13 degC
Sunrise at 04:56
Sunset at 21:29

Jetstream: Over Scotland, static and weakening
Weathertrack: High Pressure over Northern Germany will remain static. A depression west of Ireland will track north, dragging weak weather fronts across Britain
Air Pressure: 1019 millibars and static

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Just laugh at your problems, because everybody else is :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
John Bishop on white trainers and teenagers 

8.TRIVIA
Earth was originally born as a twin to the planet Theia, which was about half as wide as Earth and roughly the size of Mars. The two planets shared an orbit for several million years until they collided. Earth absorbed Theia, and the remaining debris eventually coagulated into Earth’s moon. The mass donated by Theia gave Earth the gravity necessary to sustain a substantial atmosphere.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Hope transforms pessimism into optimism. Hope is invincible. Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy. Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life’s blossoming.