THURSDAY 14th AUGUST 2014 09:38 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (14th August 1944)
On the Russian Front...
German 3rd Panzer Army counterattacks 51st Army of Soviet 1st Baltic Front around Jelgava-Riga
47th Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacks north of Warsaw 
2nd Tank Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front attacks south of Warsaw 
German IV SS Panzer Korps counterattacks Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front around Warsaw

On the Western Front...
French police go on strike in Paris
Canadian 1st Army advances to within four miles of Falaise
British 2nd Army attacks around Tinchebray, Vassy, and Conde, and captures Thury-Harcourt 
US 1st Army captures Domfront and attacks around Ranes, La Ferte-Mace, St Jean-du-Bois, and Tinchebray
US 3rd Army advances toward Dreux, Chartres, and Orleans
VIII Corps of US 3rd Army attacks into St Malo and Dinard

In the English Channel...
USN LST-921 and USN LCI-99 are sunk by U-667

In the Bay of Biscay...
Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-444 is damaged by a mine then sunk by Allied aircraft
Kriegsmarine patrol vessel V-605 is sunk by a mine off La Pallice 
RN cruiser Mauritius and destroyers sortie into Bay of Biscay overnight and sink Kriegsmarine mine destructor vessel Sperrbrecher-157, as well as forcing Kriegsmarine minesweeper M-385 to run aground 

In Yugoslavia...
An Allied military mission arrives at Vis

In the Pacific...
IJN landing ship T-129 is sunk by USN submarine Cod off the East Indies

Japanese vessel Zuisho Maru is sunk by USN submarine Ray off Borneo
Japanese vessel Shinpo Maru is sunk by USN submarine Bluefish off the Philippines
Japanese vessel Mikesan Maru is sunk by mine in the South China Sea
IJN gunboat No. 7 Daigen Maru is sunk by USN submarine Croaker in the Yellow Sea

Today's Air Raids...
Berlin by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium Luftwaffe airfields by US 8th Air Force
Southern France on military targets by US 12th and 15th Air Forces
Genoa, Italy by US 15th Air Force
Wotje Atoll, Ponape Island, Rota Island and Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Babo, Kaiten, Terabu, and Wewak, New Guinea by US FEAF
Ternate Island by US FEAF 
Hengyang, Lungling, Siangtan, and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force
Northern Burma military targets by US 10th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Ironing
Missus Time 
Son Time
Meditation
Me Time

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
To my surprise, "carer fatigue" has crept up on me and hit me quite hard all of a sudden. I found myself suddenly fed up with the endless round of catering and attention-giving. This is probably because I am over the Summer deprived of the usual respite of Missus going to work, and in addition Daughter ha cancelled some meetings with Missus.

I really hate the way Daughter inflicts her immature and out-of-control narcissistic emotions on her mother with rudeness, impatience and general disrespect, but on the other hand she unintentionally provides me with some valued respite care. 

Of course my intention is to make a difference, and caring for Missus is my main way of doing that, but there is a limit to capacity. Without shunning her I will be assertively having more me time during the daytime, and she can have my undivided attention in the evening.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you willing to make a stand when you need a break? 

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Showers, some heavy, with sunny intervals, and dry from late evening
A moderate westerly or north-westerly wind throughout
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 13 degC
Sunrise at 05:43
Sunset at 20:39

Weathertrack: ex-Hurricane Bertha will weaken and move into Scandanavia. High pressure over the central Atlantic will build and extend over Britain by Friday
Air Pressure: 1006 millibars and rising

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Only in maths problems can you buy 60 melons and nobody asks what the hell is wrong with you. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY! 
Never Mind The Buzzcocks: What do you use to put glasses on? - particularly funny!

8. TRIVIA
The term “dogfight” originated during WWI. The pilot had to turn off the plane’s engine from time to time so it would not stall when the plane turned quickly in the air. When a pilot restarted his engine midair, it sounded like dogs barking.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Dialogue is not some simplistic assertion of one’s own position, nor is it necessarily about persuading others to one’s point of view. Dialogue is about demonstrating respect for another’s life, and being determined to learn when confronted with differences in personality and perspective.