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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (15th September 1944)
In the Arctic...
Soviet torpedo cutter TKA-13 is sunk by Kriegsmarine 61st Patrol Boat Flotilla

On the Russian Front...
Soviet 3rd Baltic Front attacks toward Valk
Soviet 2nd Baltic Front attacks around Madona
Soviet 1st Baltic Front attacking around Jelgava

More than 1200 German troops surrender to Finnish forces on the island of Suursaari after an unsuccessful landing 
Kriegsmarine motor minesweeper R-29 is sunk by Finnish MTB Taisto off Suursaari 

On the Western Front...
Canadian 1st Army besieges Boulogne and Calais while other elements attack across Canal de Derivation near Balgerhoek 
British 2nd Army, out of supplies, stands.
US 1st Army partially encircles Aachen and attacks around Eschweiler and Lammersdorf 
US 3rd Army captures Nancy but remains heavily engaged around Thionville and Metz

In a reorganisation, US 6th Army Group activated, subordinate to SHAEF, to control US 7th Army and French Army B  - 12th Tactical Air Command transferred from US 12th Air Force to US 9th Air Force
VIII Corps of US 9th Army fights its way into Brest 

In France...
The Provisional Government orders the arrest of Marshal Petain and the Vichy cabinet (if/when captured), and special courts to try captured collaborators.

In the Mediterranean...
RN cruiser Royalist and destroyer Teazer sinks German vessel Erpel and Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-2171 in the Aegean

In Italy...
British 8th Army advances north toward the Rimini Line 
US 5th Army continues attacking the Gothic Line
Elements of Brazilian 1st Infantry Division enter the line under command of US 5th Army

In the Atlantic...
USS Carrier Shangri-La is commissioned

In Canada...
2nd Quebec Conference day 3

In the Pacific...
The planned invasion of the Philippines is shifted from Mindanao to Leyte and advanced to 20 October.

USN battleship West Virginia, wrecked at Pearl Harbor in 1941, is recommissioned.

IJN guardboats Kaiko Maru and No.1 Kaza Maru are sunk by patrolling aircraft off the Marshall Islands.
Japanese vessel T-3 is sunk by USN submarine Guavina off the Philippines

Operation Stalemate II: 
US 1st Marine Division, supported by USN Task Group 32.5, lands on Peleliu Island, defended by Japanese 2nd Infantry Regiment, and immediately encounters fierce resistance

Operation Trade Wind: 
US 31st Infantry Division lands on Morotai Island supported by USN Task Force 75. Troops move rapidly inland and capture Pitoe Drome and the Gila peninsula without opposition

More than 150 Allied POW survivors of the sinking of the Japanese ship Rakuyo Maru are rescued from the sea by USN submarines Barb, Queenfish, Pampanito and Sealion

Halmahera Island is bombarded by USN warships

In China...
Chiang Kai-shek threatens to withdraw his troops from the Salween front unless Allied forces begin attacking from Myitkyina within a week

Today's Air Raids...
Norway on the battleship Tirpitz by RAF Bomber Command. Tirpitz is damaged by one bomb whilst German vessel Kehrwieder and Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-1224 are sunk
Lille, Belgium by 2 V-2 missiles
Kiel and Berlin, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
North Sea minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Athens, Salamis and Piraeus, Greece by US 15th Air Force, sinking one torpedo boat, wrecking another and severely damaging submarine U-596         Pagan Island by US 7th Air Force
Manokwari, New Guinea by US FEAF
Halmahera Island, Batjan Island, and Celebes Island by USN carrier-based aircraft, sinking two cargo ships and two fishing vessels
China on depots, transportation lines, river shipping, and other targets around Hengyang, Chuanhsien, Kiyang, Changsha, and elsewhere by US 14th Air Force
Northern Burma on military targets by US 10th Air Force

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

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I begin the week much more focused than last, and unlike last week, have no intention to squander time! Having explored the "Dark Web" and found nothing of personal value there, it will not be distracting me this week.

Though this character of Gary Blonder is fun to play, my study has reminded me that the only way to avoid becoming lost in it is to centre attention on the True Self, which "witnesses" the character. I have had to re-learn how to "step out" of thought and observe it from a distance. Having done so, the character instantly felt and behaved better. 

I continue to have plans and intentions for the character, but I have shifted my focus back from the "front line" to "HQ" where it functions best. A commander loses sight of the situation if he is too close to the front line.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Of all the thoughts you have, which of them are really "you"?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRAFORD
Overcast, damp and drizzly at first, but cloud will thin out from late morning
There may be sunny spells in the afternoon
Dry and cloudy overnight
A moderate north-easterly will gradually ease overnight
Max Temp = 16 degC
Min Temp = 13 degC
Sunrise at 06:39
Sunset at 19:24

Weathertrack: High Pressure over Scandanavia will drift very slowly east.
A depression west of Portugal will drift slowly north. Britain, between the two systems, will experience a prolonged easterly airflow
Air Pressure: 1020 millibars and falling slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I'm searching Facebook for people named Hontas, because I think it would be cool to poke a Hontas. :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Classic Steven Wright on David Letterman, 1990  

8. TRIVIA
Farmville boasts more than 60 million players on Facebook. Zynga—the maker of Farmville, Mafia Wars, and other Facebook games—boasts an annual revenue of more than $200 million.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Ultimately, our battle is with ourselves. Whether in our activities in society, or whether in historical, political or economic developments, everything essentially boils down to a struggle between positive and negative forces within us.