MONDAY 11th AUGUST 2014 06:34 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (11th August 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet 3rd Baltic Front captures Pechory

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army attacking toward Falaise
British 2nd Army attacks around Tinchebray, Conde, and Thury-Harcourt
US 1st Army attacks around Mortain, Barenton, and St Sauveur-de-Chaulieu
US 3rd Army attacks into Dinard and St Malo, besieges L'Orient, reaches Nantes, and advances toward Falaise

In the Bay of Biscay...
All U-Boats in French bases depart for Norway
U-385 is sunk by RAF aircraft and RN sloop Starling 
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-27 is sunk by a mine
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-410 is sunk by a mine in the Gironde estuary 

In Albania...
Two Soviet intelligence officers arrive as envoys to Enver Hoxha's partisans

In Italy...
First convoys depart Naples for invasion of southern France

In the United States...
Having completed his inspection tour, Roosevelt departs Puget Sound for Washington DC

In the Pacific...
IJN guardboat Daishin Maru is sunk by USAAF aircraft east of Paramushiru Island 
Japanese vessel No. 6 Shinsei Maru sunk by USN submarine Cod 
Japanese vessel Ikuta Maru is sunk by a mine off Sumatra 
Two guardboats and a cargo ship are sunk by patrolling US FEAF aircraft off the East Indies
Japanese vessel Roko Maru is sunk by USN submarine Tang off Honshu

Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Strasbourg, France by US 8th Air Force
Southern France military targets by US 12th Air Force
Ponape Island by US 7th Air Force
Haur, Sawar and military targets in New Guinea by US FEAF 
Changsha, Hengyang and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force
Harabyin, Burma by RAF aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Accompanying Missus to dentist's
Missus Time
Me Time
Meditation

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I awoke with that "party's over" kinda feeling, knowing I had come off the lofty pinnacle of "Total Slob Weekend" but of course life inevitably moves on, and I know that the best cure for that anti-climactic feeling is to get out there and make a difference.

I know that a sound mind requires a goal to achieve and a team to work for. I was particularly inspired during my Sunday papers readathon when I read about people doing just that, particularly about maimed soldiers taking up sport and a young lady with locked-in syndrome making the most of her fertile mind. Here I am, fully able-bodied, so how much more can I make a difference?

I am profoundly grateful that my fragile mind is in such a benevolent environment where it can not only survive but thrive and pass on all the wisdom it has accumulated, show a little tenderness and kindness and yet also take a stand against external threat. I am even a little excited anticipating the difference big or small I am going to make today.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you focused on the difference you're going to make today?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and blustery in the morning
Showers, some heavy, in the afternoon
Dry in the evening with wind gradually easing
Heavy showers overnight
A strong south-westerly will blow throughout, easing in the evening
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 05:38
Sunset at 20:46

Weathertrack: ex-Hurricane Bertha will remain strong and static in the upper North Sea, pulling strong winds and weather fronts across Britain   
Air Pressure: 1000 millibars and rising slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Disleoxics r teople poo  :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Stewart Lee - Unflattering Internet Comments
The genius of this piece is how Lee ridicules remarks made against him just by quoting them

8. TRIVIA
In parts of India and East Africa where water is scarce or polluted, people still bathe in cow urine. It is an effective disinfectant.

9. ZEN WISDOM
When we change, the world changes. The key to all change is in our inner transformation—a change of our hearts and minds. This is human revolution. We all have the power to change. When we realize this truth, we can bring forth that power anywhere, anytime, and in any situation.